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Boris Johnson wants Brexit by October 31. Parliament won’t let him have it.

After advancing the Brexit bill, Parliament is still denying the prime minister an October 31 exit.

By Jen Kirby

Why Joe Biden shouldn’t get complacent about South Carolina

Democrats in the state recall how Hillary Clinton’s double-digit lead collapsed in 2008.

By Li Zhou

The connections between Donald Trump, Harvey Weinstein, and the National Enquirer, explained

The tabloid is accused of covering up stories. Its reach and connections say a lot about power in America.

By Anna North

The emoluments clause, explained for Donald Trump

It’s not phony.

By Ian Millhiser

Trump unironically says his sons receiving foreign payments “would be the biggest story of the century”

The central tenet of Trumpism is to never sit one out. Trump’s latest love-fest with Hannity illustrated it.

By Aaron Rupar

Justin Trudeau’s Liberals won Canada’s election

He survived the scandals.

By Zack Beauchamp

The WeWork mess, explained

From the "next Alibaba" to a financial liability for SoftBank, here’s how the coworking startup got to this point.

By Rani Molla and Shirin Ghaffary

The best $1.75 I ever spent: Hand sanitizer that allows me to exist in public

As someone with cerebral palsy, moving through the world by myself means I have to make a lot of contact with less-than-clean surfaces.

By Kelly Dawson

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Where are the troops going?

President Trump is pulling out of Syria while sending more troops to Iraq and Saudi Arabia.

The Latest

The ignorance of Trump comparing impeachment to “a lynching,” explained

By Sean Collins October 22

Almost every state in the country is now investigating Facebook

By Theodore Schleifer October 22

Airlines don’t usually hold connecting flights for delayed passengers. That could be changing.

By Terry Nguyen October 22

UK Parliament has advanced the Brexit bill. Here’s what comes next.

By Jen Kirby October 22

A new poll finds strong support for the Supreme Court ending LGBTQ discrimination

By Ian Millhiser October 22

Elizabeth Warren marches with striking Chicago teachers, a day after releasing new K-12 education plan

By Ella Nilsen October 22

3 key solutions to California’s wildfire safety blackout mess

By David Roberts October 22

Skin care brand Sunday Riley got in trouble for writing fake reviews. It just settled with the FTC.

By Cheryl Wischhover October 22

Is biohacking ethical? It’s complicated. A new Netflix series explains why.

By Sigal Samuel October 22

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Robots aren’t taking warehouse employees’ jobs, they’re making their work harder

By Shirin Ghaffary October 22

The Hillary Clinton-Tulsi Gabbard feud, explained

By Zack Beauchamp October 22

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By Vox Staff October 22

The embarrassing epilogue to the media’s obsession with Hillary Clinton’s emails

By Ian Millhiser October 22

Introducing Reset, a new podcast about how tech is changing our lives

By Liz Nelson October 15

Watch the final trailer for Star Wars: Episode IX — The Rise of Skywalker

By Alex Abad-Santos October 21

Vox Sentences: School’s still out in Chicago

By Hannah Brown October 21

Zuckerberg isn’t done answering questions about Facebook’s political ads policy

By Peter Kafka October 21

Mark Zuckerberg is the new political villain for the Democratic Party

By Theodore Schleifer October 21

The last 72 hours in Brexit, explained

By Jen Kirby October 21

We deserve a better Medicare-for-all debate

By Dylan Scott October 21

Freelance journalists are mad about a new California law. Here’s what’s missing from the debate.

By Alexia Fernández Campbell October 21

The past 24 hours in Syria news, explained

By Alex Ward October 21

Mitt Romney has a secret Twitter account named “Pierre Delecto”

By Jane Coaston October 21

Republican and Democratic lawmakers are distancing themselves from Trump’s foreign policy

By Ella Nilsen October 21

This is a worst-possible wildfire scenario for Southern California

By Eliza Barclay October 21

Meghan and Harry are taking a break from their royal duties. This isn’t surprising.

By Terry Nguyen October 21

Facebook banned more fake Russian and Iranian accounts

By Peter Kafka October 21

Team Trump’s efforts to spin Mulvaney’s quid pro quo confession are not going well

By Aaron Rupar October 21

The problem with the endangered species list

By Kimberly Mas October 21

Poll: Pete Buttigieg joins the list of presidential frontrunners in Iowa

By Sean Collins October 21

Drug companies reach $260 million deal with Ohio counties over role in opioid epidemic

By German Lopez October 21

Google’s attempt to shut down a unionization meeting just riled up its employees

By Shirin Ghaffary October 21

How meritocracy harms everyone — even the winners

By Sean Illing October 21

The Goods

Travel has never been “authentic”

Visiting Iceland in the age of overtourism.

By Kyle Chayka October 21

World

“America’s surrender”: What Afghans think about US-Taliban peace talks

Many Afghans fear US-Taliban peace talks are coming at their own expense.

By Christopher R. Jones October 21

Halloween costumes have a size problem

By Jasmin Malik Chua October 21

6 comic book callbacks from Watchmen’s series premiere

By Alex Abad-Santos October 20

Watchmen plunges straight through the funhouse mirror into another 2019

By Emily Todd VanDerWerff and Allegra Frank October 20

I think HBO’s Watchmen is tremendous television. Lots of people will strongly disagree.

By Emily Todd VanDerWerff October 20

UK leaders insist Brexit will happen by October 31 despite an extension request

By Riley Beggin October 20