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Allie Volpe

Philadelphia

Senior Reporter at Vox

Senior reporter @voxdotcom, bylines in @theatlantic @rollingstone @nytimes @washingtonpost @playboy @thecut @vice @guardian etc. | [email protected]

Articles

  • 1 week ago | vox.com | Allie Volpe

    Among all the mental calculations and decisions we make each day as complex social beings, we choose, actively or implicitly, to trust. By staying in our relationships, we trust our partners won’t betray us. By showing up at the stop, we trust that the bus will arrive. By making the reservation, we trust our friends will show up for dinner. But that trust is fraying.

  • 2 weeks ago | vox.com | Allie Volpe

    Ashley Pro lived with her sister Dennice for 28 years. They moved in together after leaving their childhood home, and if Pro hadn’t been transferred to a different city for work, the sisters would likely still be roommates. Pro, a 29-year-old director for an after-school program in Rancho Cucamonga, California, initially worried that any distance would drive a wedge in their relationship. She’d never known a life without the daily presence of Dennice, who is only a year older.

  • 1 month ago | vox.com | Allie Volpe

    Mikaela Shafer values spending time with her friends, and if that means booking a flea market day three months in advance, she considers it a small price to pay. For a while, Shafer, 38, and her friends found themselves in the throes of schedule coordination hell. One person would attempt to make plans on a particular day, but another couldn’t make it. Somebody else would offer a new date, but that one was no good either.

  • 1 month ago | yahoo.com | Allie Volpe

    Mikaela Shafer values spending time with her friends, and if that means booking a flea market day three months in advance, she considers it a small price to pay. For a while, Shafer, 38, and her friends found themselves in the throes of schedule coordination hell. One person would attempt to make plans on a particular day, but another couldn’t make it. Somebody else would offer a new date, but that one was no good either.

  • 1 month ago | vox.com | Allie Volpe

    The Trump administration’s announcement of widespread tariffs has thrown the stock market into a tailspin, increasing the odds of a recession. This economic turmoil could have far-ranging implications, and some Americans’ first question — and the outcome they believe they have most control over — is how to handle their retirement savings and other investments.

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Allie Volpe
Allie Volpe @allieevolpe
8 May 25

RT @JaimieKrems: Vox article on trust here: https://t.co/Z1IzJPytIT (paywalled for 3 weeks) @EvolHumBehav article w Laureon Merrie, @dszn…

Allie Volpe
Allie Volpe @allieevolpe
8 May 25

RT @JaimieKrems: Friends, how can we foster TRUST in one another? Spoke to @voxdotcom's @allieevolpe about FRIENDS + TRUST! Link to artic…

Allie Volpe
Allie Volpe @allieevolpe
30 Apr 25

tell me all your in-law gossip!!! looking to interview people about how they get along with their in-laws -- the good, the bad, the awkward. do you consider them family? what do you feel you owe them? email me! [email protected]