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Still going to the grocery store? With new virus variants spreading, it’s probably time to stop.

Health experts say you should avoid optional trips whenever you can. You probably need a better mask, too.

By Julia Belluz

Deep cleaning, packing supplies, and a concession: The Trumps plan their White House exit

There hasn’t been a peaceful transition of power, but there will be a transition.

By Jerusalem Demsas

Up to 25,000 National Guard troops are headed to DC. It’s unclear why so many are needed.

Maybe it’s the right amount to protect the US Capitol on Inauguration Day. Or too few. Or too many.

By Alex Ward

Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion Covid-19 stimulus plan, explained

Biden has unveiled his opening bid in a proposal to rescue the economy.

By Emily Stewart

White women’s role in white supremacy, explained

Women at the Capitol riot are just the latest reminder of a long history.

By Anna North

Biden’s plan to fix the Covid-19 vaccine rollout, explained

Here’s how Biden plans to get 100 million vaccine doses out in his first 100 days.

By German Lopez

Most Democrats and Republicans think the government should make climate change a priority

A new survey finds broad support among American voters for doing more on climate change.

By Jariel Arvin

Why Christians keep appropriating Jewish ritual symbols

The difference between religious exchange and appropriation, according to a rabbi.

By Alissa Wilkinson

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By Vox Staff April 8, 2020

The word “Orwellian” has lost all meaning

By Constance Grady January 16

The warning signs before the Capitol riot

By Liz Scheltens January 16

A close read of Promising Young Woman’s brilliant, divisive ending

By Emily VanDerWerff January 15

How Californians are resorting to crowdsourcing to get their Covid-19 vaccine

By Kelsey Piper January 15

The profound grief and terrible puns of Harrow the Ninth

By Constance Grady and Emily VanDerWerff January 15

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Norway wants to lead on climate change. But first it must face its legacy of oil and gas.

By Jariel Arvin January 15

How the FBI’s surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr. was bolstered by Hollywood

By Alissa Wilkinson January 15

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By Emily Stewart January 15

“I think this is a wake-up call”: Seeing a familiar face in the Capitol riot

By Luke Winkie January 15

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By clamping down on DC rioters, Airbnb is finally acting like it owns the place

By Rani Molla January 15

New poll shows Trump’s support dropping sharply among Republicans

By Ian Millhiser January 15

America’s Covid-19 vaccine rollout is way too complicated

By German Lopez January 15

One Night in Miami is a thoughtful study of Black celebrity, power, and justice

By Alissa Wilkinson January 15

Biden’s $400 billion Covid-19 plan, explained

By German Lopez January 15

The GOP’s existential crisis, explained by a former Republican Congress member

By Sean Illing January 15

Natural immunity after Covid-19 could last at least 5 months

By Julia Belluz January 15

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The Next Four Years: Fighting tech monopolies

Charlotte Slaiman joins Matt to discuss the ongoing antitrust cases against Google and Facebook, and the prospects for tech regulation in the Biden administration.

What domestic work looks and feels like right now

By Luke Winkie January 15

Walmart’s e-commerce chief is leaving to build “a city of the future”

By Jason Del Rey January 15

Everything is awful. Here’s a Q&A with a philosopher about why cats rule.

By Sean Illing January 15

How to avoid another election year like 2020

By Jen Kirby January 15

Georgia went blue. Can Democrats make it happen elsewhere?

By Ella Nilsen January 15

Olivia Nuzzi and Sam Sanders talk about the final days of the Trump White House

By Liz Nelson January 14

How all 50 state capitals are preparing for possible insurrections of their own

By Alex Ward January 14

Trump won’t say the one thing that could really calm down his followers

By Aaron Rupar January 14

WandaVision is at its best when it gets weird

By Alex Abad-Santos January 14

Why the best referees for Twitter and Facebook may be the people who work there

By Peter Kafka January 14

A running list of corporate responses to the Capitol riot

By Melinda Fakuade January 14

The F Word

By Dylan Matthews January 14

Corporate America takes away Trump’s toys

By Emily Stewart January 14

Can Captain America serve two dramatically different versions of America?

By Aja Romano January 14

Why Israel is leading the world in vaccinating its population

By Jen Kirby January 14

How random people have managed to get leftover coronavirus vaccines

By Terry Nguyen January 14

What the history of the Ku Klux Klan can teach us about the Capitol riot

By Anna North January 14

“It’s embarrassing”: The spotty US tracking of coronavirus mutations

By Brian Resnick January 14

How novelist Anna North built a Western around a gang of gender-nonconforming outlaws

By Constance Grady January 14

Abolish the lame-duck period

By Ian Millhiser January 14