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Joe Biden is already facing an ally problem

Biden’s biggest foreign policy challenge? Getting Europe on board.

By Alex Ward

The national GOP is broken. State GOPs might be even worse.

Extreme moves in Oregon, Arizona, and Hawaii point to a discouraging conclusion: The post-Trump Republican Party shows no signs of reforming.

By Zack Beauchamp

Is it constitutional to hold an impeachment trial for a former president?

The Constitution is not at all clear about whether Trump remains vulnerable to impeachment.

By Ian Millhiser

For Black Americans, the middle class has always been a mirage

So many Black families have been shut out of stability at every turn.

By Anne Helen Petersen

What’s next for Trump’s Senate impeachment trial

The House transmitted its article of impeachment to the Senate. Here’s what we know about the trial.

By Andrew Prokop

India’s farmers are still protesting — and things are turning violent

The farmers rode tractors into New Delhi, demanding the repeal of new farm laws.

By Jariel Arvin

Biden’s new Covid-19 vaccination goal won’t get the US to herd immunity before the fall

Some experts want Biden to go bolder.

By German Lopez

A stunt from Rand Paul reveals limited Republican support for impeachment

The vote signaled GOP reservations about Trump’s conviction.

By Li Zhou

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Coronavirus, 365 days later

One year after our first episode on the novel coronavirus, Vox’s Julia Belluz explains what we got right, what we got wrong, and what comes next.

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How a bunch of Redditors made GameStop’s stock soar

By Emily Stewart January 26

Biden is ordering 200 million more Covid-19 vaccine doses

By German Lopez January 26

A pro-democracy activist on Hong Kong’s year of turmoil: “The city itself is dying”

By Jen Kirby January 26

Biden had his first call with Putin. He said everything Trump wouldn’t.

By Alex Ward January 26

Violent anti-lockdown protests sweep the Netherlands

By Jen Kirby January 26

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Biden’s latest executive action is a win for chickens and meatpacking workers

By Dylan Matthews January 26

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A Texas judge just blocked Biden’s 100-day pause on deportations

By Nicole Narea January 26

Kellyanne and Claudia Conway’s very complicated, very public relationship, explained

By Rebecca Jennings January 26

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By Sarah Bishop Woods November 23, 2020

Did the New York Times fire an editor over a tweet? The Lauren Wolfe controversy, explained.

By Anya van Wagtendonk January 26

Poll: Most Americans want to break up Big Tech

By Rani Molla January 26

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell is banned from Twitter

By Gabrielle Birenbaum January 26

The Biden administration’s early plans for racial equity, explained

By Fabiola Cineas January 26

What Joan Didion means to us

By Alissa Wilkinson January 26

What Kamala Harris means to women who are childfree by choice

By Nayomi Munaweera January 26

Twilight of the American antihero

By Emily VanDerWerff January 26

60 percent of likely voters say they’re in favor of public housing. So why isn’t there more of it?

By Jerusalem Demsas January 26

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Biden's immigration shuffle

Matt and Dara are joined by German Lopez to discuss the Biden administration's early immigration moves and policy signals

Biden’s “all of government” plan for climate, explained

By Ella Nilsen January 26

This week in TikTok: How are you supposed to be a girl online?

By Rebecca Jennings January 26

Why Mitch McConnell relented on his demands about preserving the filibuster

By Li Zhou January 25

Dr. Fauci and Dr. Birx detail how Trump’s coronavirus response was even worse than we thought

By Aaron Rupar January 25

Some Silicon Valley donors’ next political fight? Trying to oust California’s governor.

By Theodore Schleifer January 25

Hawley tries to cancel Senate Democrats for “canceling” him

By Gabrielle Birenbaum January 25

What a recent Covid-19 flight outbreak tells us about spread on planes

By Abraar Karan January 25

Trans people can serve openly in the US military once again

By Katelyn Burns January 25

Got a weird text about a package delivery? It could be a scam.

By Terry Nguyen January 25

How random people have managed to get leftover coronavirus vaccines

By Terry Nguyen January 25

Netflix’s misguided Night Stalker series treats its cops like gods

By Aja Romano January 25

Unions just got a rare bit of good news from the Supreme Court

By Ian Millhiser January 25

When will kids be able to get the Covid-19 vaccines?

By Katherine Harmon Courage January 25

Why scientists are more worried about the Covid-19 variant discovered in South Africa

By Julia Belluz and Umair Irfan January 25

One Good Thing: All Creatures Great and Small is cozy as a mug of tea on a rainy day

By Emily VanDerWerff January 25

The essential shoes of essential workers

By Dayna Evans January 25

9 questions about budget reconciliation you were too afraid to ask

By Dylan Scott January 25

Joe Biden is president, but Rand Paul still won’t admit the election wasn’t stolen

By Anya van Wagtendonk January 24

The Arizona GOP censures 3 prominent members for not sufficiently supporting Trump

By Anya van Wagtendonk January 24

Thousands of Russians were arrested in protests supporting Putin critic Alexei Navalny

By Anya van Wagtendonk January 23