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Bernie Sanders just won the Nevada caucuses

Sanders is on a winning streak; he has now won two early states in a row.

By Ella Nilsen

Nevada Democratic caucuses: Live results

You can follow the results here as they come in.

By Andrew Prokop

Latinos were Bernie Sanders’s key to victory in Nevada

Sanders has been courting Latinos for months. It helped him sweep the vote in Nevada.

By Nicole Narea

The Nevada caucus tool is an iPad and a Google Form

Nevada’s Democratic Party is replacing the caucus app with "caucus calculator"-equipped iPads.

By Sara Morrison

Half of South Korea’s coronavirus cases are linked to a controversial religious organization

One Covid-19 patient attended Shincheonji Church of Jesus services while she nursed a fever.

By Catherine Kim

Trump tries to sow doubt in Nevada caucuses results before they’re even out

President Trump spent part of his Las Vegas rally claiming the Nevada Democratic Party will be unable to properly count caucuses votes.

By Catherine Kim

Why Nevada caucuses are sometimes decided by drawing a card

Nevada has a very Vegas spin on tie breakers at its caucuses.

By Dylan Scott

Culinary Union members seem to have broken from their leaders to back Sanders

A health care debacle put Nevada’s Culinary Union in the middle of an ugly debate.

By Sean Collins

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The sixth sense (the real one)

A study at the National Institutes of Health offers a window into some of science’s biggest mysteries, from the origins of pain to how consciousness works.

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Mainstream Democrats shouldn’t fear Bernie Sanders

By Matthew Yglesias February 22

Nevada’s entrance polls look good for Bernie Sanders

By Ella Nilsen February 22

Greyhound will no longer consent to warrantless searches by border patrol agents

By Anya van Wagtendonk February 22

The Nevada caucuses’ importance, and potential chaos, explained

By Ella Nilsen February 22

Renowned Catholic figure Jean Vanier has been accused of sexual manipulation and abuse

By Anya van Wagtendonk February 22

Justice Sotomayor warns the Supreme Court is doing special favors for the Trump administration

By Ian Millhiser February 22

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By Vox Staff February 20

Asian Americans make up a big part of the Nevada electorate — enough to sway the caucuses

By Li Zhou February 22

Sanders condemns Russian interference into his campaign

By Anya van Wagtendonk February 22

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Weinstein’s lawyers tried to kick out a juror for reading a novel about a predatory man

By Constance Grady February 22

Who’s going to win the Nevada caucuses, according to the polls

By Ella Nilsen February 22

The Harvey Weinstein jury deliberations so far, explained

By Anna North February 21

Bloomberg says his company will release 3 women from nondisclosure agreements

By Emily Stewart February 21

The reports about Russian meddling in the 2020 election, and Trump’s response, explained

By Cameron Peters February 21

Amazon’s Hunters, starring Al Pacino, is an exploitative Holocaust vengeance fantasy

By Aja Romano February 21

America’s presidential primaries, explained

By Madeline Marshall February 21

Sudan just took a step backward on its path to democracy

By Danna Takriti February 21

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America’s failure in Afghanistan, explained by one village

18 years after the US-led invasion of Afghanistan, the capital city of Kabul is prospering. In rural areas, it’s a different story entirely.

By Emran Feroz February 21

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By Aja Romano February 21

Emma’s Anya Taylor-Joy on slapstick, set life, and playing Jane Austen’s iconic character

By Alissa Wilkinson February 21

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Bezos’ $10 billion climate change pledge

Jeff Bezos, Amazon founder and CEO, is donating $10 billion to stop climate change. But is this the best way to spend his money if he wants to tackle climate change?

Some development aid gets misdirected. Did the World Bank try to suppress a paper saying so?

By Kelsey Piper February 21

Google’s education tech has a privacy problem

By Sara Morrison February 21

Trump is making a mockery of Bill Barr

By Aaron Rupar February 21

I was sexually abused as a Boy Scout. Thousands like me deserve a reckoning.

By James Russell Kretschmer February 21

The president has opinions about Parasite

By Alissa Wilkinson February 21

The US and the Taliban are inching closer to a peace deal. It could all still fall apart.

By Alex Ward February 21

No writer does “weirdly specific yet relatable” better than Daniel Mallory Ortberg

By Constance Grady February 21

The best argument for each of the 2020 Democratic frontrunners

By Matthew Yglesias, Ezra Klein, and 4 others February 21

Trump’s expanded travel ban just went into effect for 6 new countries

By Nicole Narea February 21

Trump’s Colorado rally featured an extended meltdown over 30 seconds of critical Fox News coverage

By Aaron Rupar February 21

How the good economy is benefiting workers with disabilities

By Matthew Yglesias February 21

11 questions about the Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak, answered

By Julia Belluz February 21

She’s Pete Buttigieg’s top fundraiser. He’s the founder of Nest. And they’re Silicon Valley’s new power couple.

By Theodore Schleifer February 21

Mike Bloomberg’s stop-and-frisk problem, explained

By German Lopez February 21

Amy Klobuchar can win where Democrats need to win in 2020

By Kay Steiger February 21

Alexa records you more often than you think

By Sara Morrison February 21

Odd Job: What’s it like to be a real-life Disney princess?

By Luke Winkie February 21

How does the new coronavirus spread? These new studies offer clues.

By Julia Belluz February 21

Twitter is considering warning users when politicians post misleading tweets

By Shirin Ghaffary February 20

The rise of meatless meat, explained

By Kelsey Piper February 20