Shira Tarlo

New York

Senior Audience Strategy Editor at Vox

senior audience strategy editor @voxdotcom

Articles

Pasadena fire live updates: News, analysis, explainers

Jan 8, 2025 | vox.com | Shira Tarlo

Wildfires are raging across Los Angeles, California, turning the skies red, destroying homes and businesses, and blanketing the region with smoke and debris. The largest fire is in Pacific Palisades, which has grown to nearly 3,000 acres as of Wednesday and forced tens of thousands of people to evacuate. Three other major fires have engulfed Los Angeles County: The 2,000-acre Eaton Fire in Altadena, the 500-acre Hurst Fire north of San Fernando, and the 30-acre Woodley Fire near Sepulveda Basin.
Joe Biden drops out, endorses Kamala Harris as Democratic nominee: Live updates, explainers, analysis

Jul 21, 2024 | vox.com | Shira Tarlo

President Joe Biden announced on Sunday that he will be stepping down as the Democratic presidential nominee for the 2024 race and will not pursue a second term in the White House. He is set to address the nation later this week. The news comes after top Democrats, including former President Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, and Sen. Chuck Schumer called on Biden to step aside, with polls showing Trump leading Biden in major swing states.
RNC 2024: Explainers, analysis, live updates from Republican National Convention

Jul 16, 2024 | vox.com | Shira Tarlo

The Republican National Convention opened Monday, July 15, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where the Republican Party is set to formally nominate former President Donald Trump and his vice presidential pick, Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance, to their 2024 ticket. The four-day event is expected to feature speeches from politicians, celebrities, and party stars, including Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, TV host Tucker Carlson, and UFC CEO Dana White.
Republican National Convention 2024

Jul 16, 2024 | newsbreak.com | Shira Tarlo

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Cicadas 2024: Maps, explainers, updates about rare double brood event

May 6, 2024 | vox.com | Shira Tarlo |Brian Resnick |Benji Jones

Trillions of these noisy insects are set to take to the skies in the first double brood event in 221 years. Contributors: Brian Resnick and Benji Jones For the first time in 221 years, this spring will seebillions, if not trillions, of cicadas take to the skies in a rare synchronized event that will transform our ecosystems for years to come.
Home Planet

Apr 21, 2024 | vox.com | Shira Tarlo |Allie Volpe |Benji Jones |Marina Bolotnikova

The news we get about the planet is often pretty depressing. The warming climate impacts our economies, influences our politics and culture, threatens the food we eat and the water we drink; it even affects our love lives and the education of our children. The climate crisis is increasingly disrupting our fundamental sense of where we belong and what we consider home as extreme heat and climate disasters displace more people around the world.
Why is it so warm this winter? Here’s what to know.

Feb 27, 2024 | vox.com | Shira Tarlo |Umair Irfan |Michael Venutolo-Mantovani |Benji Jones

Contributors: Vox Staff This winter has been unseasonably hot. In fact, last month the world experienced its warmest January ever measured, and February is likely to continue that streak. This rise in temperatures is not isolated to any one part of the world. It’s happening everywhere, like in the Southern Hemisphere, where it’s summer, and in the Northern Hemisphere, where it’s winter.
2024 New Hampshire primary: Latest news, explainers, analysis

Jan 23, 2024 | vox.com | Shira Tarlo |Andrew Prokop |Zack Beauchamp |Abdallah Fayyad

The latest news, analysis, and explainers coming out of the New Hampshire GOP primary. Contributors: Vox Staff Voters in New Hampshire head to the polls on Tuesday, January 23, to vote in the Republican and Democratic presidential primary, the first of the 2024 presidential election cycle. The Republican primary is a two-person battle between former President Donald Trump and his former US ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, afterFlorida Gov.
Iowa caucuses 2024: Latest results, news, analysis, and explainers

Jan 15, 2024 | vox.com | Shira Tarlo |Eric Levitz |Andrew Prokop |Nicole Narea

The latest news, analysis, and explainers coming out of the GOP Iowa caucuses. Contributors: Eric Levitz, Andrew Prokop, and Nicole Narea Voters in Iowa will head to the caucus locations on Monday, January 15, for the first contest of the Republican presidential primary, kicking off the 2024 presidential election cycle.
2023 Future Perfect 50: Vox names 50 writers, activists, scholars, and thinkers who are changing the world

Nov 28, 2023 | vox.com | Shira Tarlo

At Future Perfect, we’re primarily concerned with ideas — ideas that can change the world, ideas that can make it a better place, ideas that might seem utopian but are actually doable. But ideas only matter so far as they have people behind them, the people who can transform those ideas into the raw materials of a more perfect future.