How we measure poverty matters — and we can do better
How many people are living in poverty in America? It depends on whom you ask. If...
I care a lot about climate change. Does that mean I can never ever fly?
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What the Air Quality Index doesn’t tell us about the air
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Trump’s “shock and awe” approach to executive orders, explained
President-elect Donald Trump’s second term is expected to start with a flurry of executive orders, starting...
The best thing that Joe Biden did
Joe Biden has had a rough go of things. He leaves the presidency with the worst...
What happens when the California fires go out? More gentrification.
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The bright side of TikTok’s downfall
The TikTok ban seems imminent. The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a law that would spell...
Biden just announced there’s a new constitutional amendment. Huh?
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The Supreme Court’s decision upholding the TikTok ban, in TikTok v. Garland, explained
On Friday, the Supreme Court unanimously upheld a federal law that effectively bans the social media...
Your fixation on celebrity wildfire victims has an unexpected benefit
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Neil Gaiman and the problem of faux feminists
The faux-feminist man who is accused of being a secret predator is by now, after the...
What happens to kids when their schools are destroyed?
This story originally appeared in Kids Today, Vox’s newsletter about kids, for everyone. Sign up here for future...
What it will really take to end the war in Ukraine
After nearly three years of fighting, it will take more than a day to end the...
It’s a make-or-break moment for housing in California
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The first electric minivan will change the way you think about EVs
When I stepped up to test drive the all-electric Volkswagen ID. Buzz, the first thing I...
What’s actually in Congress’ harsh new immigration bill?
One of the first bills that could be sent to President Donald Trump after he is...
What’s in the Gaza ceasefire deal? And can it last?
A ceasefire deal has been reached in Gaza. Long-running negotiations among Israelis, Palestinians, Americans, Qataris, and...
The Supreme Court seems eager to curb First Amendment protections for porn
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard the first major First Amendment case involving pornography — or,...
How the Los Angeles fires highlight the challenge of disaster relief
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An even bigger threat is looming behind California’s fires
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Animal rights advocates are ready for Trump’s war on science
Democrats and Republicans generally don’t agree about science. The vast majority of Democrats believe climate change...
Your brain is lying to you about the “good old days”
Vox reader Dov Stein asks: Why do people think the past was so much better when...
How weight-loss drugs ended the era of “lifestyle changes”
When drugmakers pulled the weight-loss drug fen-phen off the market in 1997, my mom was devastated....
The deeply American roots of Trump’s imperial ambitions
Back in 2016, when much of the political press was casting Donald Trump as a dovish...
How factory farming built America
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What homeowners and renters need to know after a wildfire
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I plan to retire in 2025. Am I financially prepared?
On the Money is a monthly advice column. If you want advice on spending, saving, or...
Big Oil and Big Ag are teaming up to turn cow poop into energy — and profits. The math doesn’t add up.
The hundreds of billions of pounds of waste produced by America’s dairy cows every year has...
Welcome to the January issue of The Highlight
For many, January is a month full of hard-to-keep resolutions and hopeful plans for self-improvement. New...
It’s getting harder to measure just how good AI is getting
Toward the end of 2024, I offered a take on all the talk about whether AI’s...
What Megyn Kelly gets right — and wrong — about Conclave
Megyn Kelly is impressive when you consider that she’s been able to create an entire career...
The real danger of Trump’s Greenland gambit
It is an era of superpower conflict and competition for natural resources. Newly accessible sea routes...
Wildfires impact wildlife and pets, too. Here’s how you can help them.
In just four days, blazing wildfires across Los Angeles neighborhoods have put 150,000 residents under evacuation...
TikTok: The most exciting, and controversial, social media app on the planet
TikTok has only been around in the US since August 2018, but it’s become the defining...
What to know about TikTok’s fate in the US
TikTok’s future in the US has perhaps never been in more doubt than it is right...
Has TikTok made us better? Or much, much worse?
For years, murmurs of a US TikTok ban have left users and creators furious and terrified...
NYC’s congestion pricing is unpopular — for now
After a last-minute about-face, pushback, and compromise, congestion pricing officially went into effect this week in...
The Supreme Court doesn’t seem likely to save TikTok
On Friday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case that will decide if the...
Should fluoride be in our water?
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has put the decades-old debate over water fluoridation back on the table....
Why does Trump hate this tiny fish so much?
As devastating wildfires continue to burn through Los Angeles, so far killing at least 10 people...
Onscreen age gaps have never been more pathetic
Robert Eggers’s Nosferatu is about so many things, but perhaps most urgently this: Never tell an...
Have the past 10 years of Democratic politics been a disaster?
In the wake of Donald Trump’s victory last November, Matthew Yglesias published a manifesto imploring the...
The Supreme Court hands Trump a loss in his bid for legal immunity
By a 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court handed a largely symbolic, but still politically significant, loss...
Are gadgets getting good again?
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An explosive Fox Sports lawsuit has turned into a salacious, sexist mess
Fox isn’t exactly known for fostering ethical work environments. However, a new lawsuit against Fox Sports,...
How factory farming took over America — and why it isn’t going away anytime soon
A Vox reader asks: Why is factory farming still around? Factory farming — the intensive confinement...
Live updates: Wildfires spread across Los Angeles
Wildfires are raging across Los Angeles, turning the skies red, destroying homes and businesses, and blanketing...
California overhauled its insurance system. Then Los Angeles caught fire.
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What happens when a wildfire reaches a city?
Multiple major wildfires, fanned by unusually strong seasonal winds, are currently burning through the Los Angeles...
