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Nisha Chittal

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VP, development & chief of staff, @vox.com

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Nisha Chittal @nishachittal.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
America, Actually, our new politics podcast hosted by Astead Herndon, launches this Saturday, April 11! Get it on Youtube or wherever you listen to your podcasts.
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Nisha Chittal @nishachittal.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
A thoughtful piece from @sigalsamuel.bsky.social: "For you, the tricky question is: How do you get someone to realize that they’re in a dual state, when its darker half has not yet touched their life personally?" www.vox.com/future-perfe...
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Your friends are still acting like everything is normal in America. What do you do?
All Americans live in a “dual state.” Here’s what that means — and how to help others see it.
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Nisha Chittal @nishachittal.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
"So it’s not only that federal agents kill an American citizen like authoritarian thugs, but their superiors in Washington justified that killing with the kind of bald-faced lie that recalls Tehran and Moscow." www.vox.com/policy/47639...
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The killing of Alex Pretti is a grim turning point
Trump’s authoritarianism is becoming less subtle — and more vicious.
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Nisha Chittal @nishachittal.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
The first Saturday video episode of @vox.com's Today, Explained is now live. Watch the interview with Minnesota AG Keith Ellison here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9Hr...
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Why is Trump obsessed with Minneapolis? | Today, Explained
YouTube video by Vox
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Nisha Chittal @nishachittal.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Watch the full @today_explained video episode this Saturday -- youtube.com/vox
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Nisha Chittal @nishachittal.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
We're launching a new @vox.com newsletter dedicated to helping you navigate your health and the healthcare system, written by @dylanlscott.bsky.social Subscribe here: www.vox.com/pages/good-m...
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Nisha Chittal @nishachittal.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Vox is now on Patreon! Join us here: patreon.com/vox And read more about it here: www.vox.com/press-room/4...
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Making sense of it all
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Nisha Chittal @nishachittal.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Thrilled to be part of the Sulzberger program alongside so many impressive newsroom leaders! Can't wait to get started.
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Nisha Chittal @nishachittal.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
So excited to welcome Astead Herndon to Vox and excited to see what he will do in video, audio and more! www.vox.com/press-room/4...
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Astead W. Herndon Joins Vox as Host and Editorial Director
The New York Times political journalist and host of “The Run-Up podcast” is joining Vox
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Nisha Chittal @nishachittal.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
"This suggests that the common sense read of the indictment — that it’s an authoritarian overreach by an authoritarian president — is also the correct one." www.vox.com/politics/462...
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The gaping hole in the James Comey indictment
The DOJ’s case is authoritarian — and shockingly sloppy.
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Nisha Chittal @nishachittal.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
"This is what it looks like when a society’s elite rolls over in the face of authoritarianism. It never ends well." www.vox.com/politics/461...
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Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel
Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.
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Nisha Chittal @nishachittal.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
I think I subscribe to too many newsletters
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Nisha Chittal @nishachittal.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
"The phone sets the pizzicato of Americans’ daily lives... It has bestowed on us an infernal mental itchiness, and it whispers, ceaselessly, to take a break from whatever else we’re doing and look at the phone again." www.theargumentmag.com/p/youre-bein...
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You're being rude. Put away your phone.
New manners for a post-smartphone society
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Nisha Chittal @nishachittal.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
"But now the American political system is crumbling, and many of its tools for containing political violence lie shattered. This probably will not be the event to break America, but we have to consider the possibility that it may be." www.vox.com/politics/461...
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Our country is not prepared for this
On the horrible murder of Charlie Kirk — and the threat to democracy it created.
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Nisha Chittal @nishachittal.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
So thrilled to welcome Christina Vallice to Vox as our new head of video! www.vox.com/press-room/4...
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Vox Announces Christina Vallice Joins as Head of Video
Vox is a general interest news site for the 21st century. Its mission: to help everyone understand our complicated world, so that we can all help shape it. In text, video and audio, our reporters expl...
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Nisha Chittal @nishachittal.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
"The real problem, I realized, was the guilt that came with granting myself the luxury of spending three and a half hours doing something that would not, in any tangible or measurable way, improve my life." www.vulture.com/article/atte...
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How I’m Fixing My Broken Attention Span
The infinite scroll has ruined our ability to focus. Is wasting more time the key to getting it back?
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Nisha Chittal @nishachittal.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
"The transformation of America, from democracy to Frankensteinian amalgam, has been in the works for decades." www.vox.com/politics/407...
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The real reason Trump is destroying the economy
Trump is imposing ruinous tariffs because American democracy is no longer strong enough to stop him.
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Nisha Chittal @nishachittal.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Today at Vox we're announcing some exciting new updates, including *ad-free podcasts* for Vox Members! If that interests you, now's a great time to become a member: www.vox.com/press-room/4...
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Some exciting news from Vox
Vox has a new tagline, a new mission statement, and a great new perk for members.
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Nisha Chittal @nishachittal.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Independent journalism matters more than ever. If you can, please support Vox by becoming a member. We’re here to serve you -- not billionaires. www.vox.com/support-memb...
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Nisha Chittal @nishachittal.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
What a sentence: Linkedin is "a lavish psychoanalytic corpus, bursting with naked ambition, inspiration, desperation, status-seeking, spiritual yearning, brownnosing, name-dropping, corporate shilling, and self-promotion." www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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The Insidious Charms of the Entrepreneurial Work Ethic
You’re passionate. Purpose-driven. Dreaming big, working hard, making it happen. And now they’ve got you where they want you.
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Nisha Chittal @nishachittal.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
not sure how 2015 college grads are bosting a decade of work experience on LinkedIn when last I checked 2015 was only 5 years ago
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Nisha Chittal @nishachittal.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
a few weeks late to this piece but it really is interesting to reflect back on what a massive legislative achievement NYC's Pre-K for All was at the time, and why 3K hasn't gone nearly as well nymag.com/intelligence...
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The Miracle of Universal Pre-K
Ten years in, Bill de Blasio and his allies explain how they did it — and what future mayors could learn from their success.
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Nisha Chittal @nishachittal.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
"Boredom is when you do the things that make you feel you have life under control. Not being bored is why you always feel busy, why you keep “not having time” to take a package to the post office or work on your novel. You have time—you just spend it on your phone." open.substack.com/pub/embedded...
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You might just have to be bored
Or: How to fix an attention span.
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Vox @vox.com · 22/01/2025
In the first edition of our new daily newsletter, @patrickcreis.bsky.social explains Trump's attack on birthright citizenship and the larger significance of the maneuver. voxdotcom.visitlink.me/pUa5O5
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The Logoff: Trump attacks birthright citizenship
Our new daily newsletter tackles one big story every day.
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Nisha Chittal @nishachittal.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
More on The Logoff, our new newsletter: “The idea is to present political news in a deeply accessible way... A multi-hour Twitter doomscrolling session doesn’t leave me with a better understanding of what’s going on." www.niemanlab.org/2025/01/want...
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Want a little less Donald Trump in your brain? Vox has a new newsletter that dials down the franticness
"A daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life."
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Paige Vega @paigeblank.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
From smarties Sigal Samuel and @mbolotnikova.bsky.social: Some morally nuanced advice on how to think about flying and travel amidst the worsening climate crisis. www.vox.com/future-perfe... @vox.com
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I care a lot about climate change. Does that mean I can never ever fly?
My extreme self-sacrifice is making me resent my friends who fly all the time.
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Ian Millhiser @imillhiser.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
The single most unconstitutional thing Trump did yesterday, explained www.vox.com/immigration/...
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The single most unconstitutional thing Trump did yesterday, explained
The president cannot unilaterally repeal parts of the 14th Amendment.
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Nisha Chittal @nishachittal.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
"It’s an order that will test just how willing the federal bureaucracy and the courts are to defend against unlawful Trumpian behavior." www.vox.com/policy/39586...
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The Trump executive orders that threaten democracy
Amid the flurry of executive orders on Day 1, these could prove the most damaging to the republic’s health.
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Nisha Chittal @nishachittal.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
The prevailing belief among legal experts is that ending birthright citizenship would require a constitutional amendment, that there is not enough support in Congress to pass one, and that Trump’s proposed executive order would not hold up in court. www.vox.com/policy/38609...
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The law is clear on birthright citizenship. Can Trump end it anyway?
The Constitution guarantees citizenship to nearly everyone born in the US. Trump wants to take that away.
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Nisha Chittal @nishachittal.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
"When it comes to speeches, there are two Donald Trumps. The first is Teleprompter Trump, who reads a prepared speech and tends to be staid, sleepy, and insincere. The second is Rally Trump." www.vox.com/politics/395...
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Trump’s real inaugural address started when the teleprompter stopped
During an impromptu speech after his formal inaugural address, the new president revealed what really animated him: revenge.
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Rachel Cohen Booth @rcobooth.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
if you are unfamiliar with the phrase "Schedule F" today is a good day to read about it here's @awprokop.bsky.social www.vox.com/politics/361...
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J.D. Vance’s radical plan to build a government of Trump loyalists
“Fire every single midlevel bureaucrat, every civil servant in the administrative state, replace them with our people.”
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Nisha Chittal @nishachittal.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
want to keep up with the news but not be overwhelmed by the firehose of trump push alerts every day? The Logoff, a new daily newsletter that gives you the one important thing you need to know every day, is for you: www.vox.com/pages/logoff...
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Nisha Chittal @nishachittal.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
"For the tech bros... It’s about ideology. An ideology inspired by science fiction and fantasy. An ideology that says they are supermen, and supermen should not be subject to rules, because they’re doing something incredibly important: remaking the world in their image." www.vox.com/future-perfe...
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The broligarchs have a vision for the new Trump term. It’s darker than you think.
The real reason Musk, Zuckerberg, and Bezos are supporting Trump.
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Paige Vega @paigeblank.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
There are a number of guides for LA county wildfire victims floating around at this point, but @allieevolpe.bsky.social's latest story for @vox.com is one of the most practical and compassionate that I've seen. We hope this helps someone in need this week: www.vox.com/even-better/... @vox.com
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Was your home damaged by a wildfire? Here’s what to do next.
Beginning the recovery process can be overwhelming. We’re here to help.
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Nisha Chittal @nishachittal.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
"Only after I started remedying my “gluteal amnesia” (real medical term) did it become clear how little I knew about basic affairs like walking, standing and sitting (or living, for that matter)." www.nytimes.com/2025/01/14/m...
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Fix Your Glutes. Fix Your Life.
I didn’t appreciate their utility — and paid for it.
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Vox @vox.com · 09/12/2024
After 13 years of civil war, Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria has been defeated. Footage from Damascus shows the kind of celebrations not seen since the heady early days of the Arab Spring.
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Nisha Chittal @nishachittal.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
cannot believe i now have to post on x, threads, bluesky, instagram, and linkedin????? this is ridiculous? also hi, guess i am on bluesky now
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