Voxflipped into All StoriesNowHow Sam Bankman-Fried’s possible sentence stacks up against the century’s biggest fraudstersverified_publisherVox - Nicole NareaSBF vs. Bernie Madoff, Elizabeth Holmes, Allen Stanford, and Jeffrey Skilling. Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of the defunct crypto exchange FTX who was convicted on fraud and conspiracy charges last year, will be sentenced Thursday in New York court. Prosecutors are seeking a 40- to 50-year sentence …
Voxflipped into World PoliticsNowThere’s a shadow fleet sneaking Russian oil around the world. It’s an ecological disaster waiting to happen.verified_publisherVox - Joshua KeatingThe world’s next big maritime catastrophe could involve sanctions-dodging rustbuckets. On March 2, just as it was rounding the northern tip of Denmark, an oil tanker called the Andromeda Star collided with another ship. Thankfully, the 700,000-barrel capacity Andromeda Star was empty at the time, as …
Voxflipped into Policy14 hours agoChicago’s inhumane migrant evictions are a symptom of a bigger problemverified_publisherVox - Li ZhouThey point to much deeper holes in US immigration policy. Chicago’s decision to move forward with a controversial migrant eviction proposal is underscoring ongoing gaps in immigration policy that continue to exist across the country — and the inhumane quick fixes that are being used in the …
Voxflipped into World Politics19 hours agoWhat the Red Sea ship attacks are really aboutverified_publisherVox - Rajaa ElidrissiYemen’s Houthis say they’re avenging Gaza. But there’s a lot more to it. After the Israel-Hamas war broke out on October 7, 2023, the Houthis, a Yemeni rebel group, began attacking ships passing through the Red Sea. The Houthis pledged to attack any ship in these waters that does business with …
Voxflipped into Future Perfect21 hours agoOne big problem with how we rank countries by happinessverified_publisherVox - Sigal SamuelHow happy are you? Are you sure about that? We know that America is really unhappy. And Finland is the happiest country. Right? Well, that’s what it says in the World Happiness Report, a wide-ranging survey on global happiness levels released last week. But before you pack your bags and move to …
Voxflipped into All Stories23 hours agoThe Baltimore bridge collapse is only the latest — and least — of global shipping’s problemsverified_publisherVox - Caroline HouckFrom drought in the Panama Canal to the Houthis in the Suez to pirates off Somalia, we’re all paying the price. Baltimore woke up yesterday to horrific images of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsing into the harbor after the cargo ship Dali lost power and collided with a support column. It’s a …