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Elijah Cummings, chair of the powerful House Oversight Committee, dies at 68

Cummings was a longtime Congress member from Baltimore.

By Ella Nilsen

9 questions about Turkey, Syria, and the Kurds you were too embarrassed to ask

Trump took US troops out of northeastern Syria last week, and Turkey invaded.

By Jen Kirby

Capitalism is turning us into addicts

How Big Business shapes our habits and desires.

By Sean Illing

The death of a British teen has put a strain on the US-UK relationship

The wife of an American official was involved in a crash that killed a teen. She fled back to the US — setting off a diplomatic dispute.

By Jen Kirby

Michael Cohen’s testimony about Trump’s shady business practices just got strong corroboration

A new ProPublica investigation found that Trump inflated and deflated his assets when convenient.

By Aaron Rupar

The man who rigged America’s election maps

How Tom Hofeller shifted the balance of power by taking gerrymandering to the extreme.

By Alvin Chang

“Don’t be a tough guy. Don’t be a fool!”: Read Trump’s wild letter to Turkey’s Erdogan

This is one of the most astonishing letters in diplomatic history.

By Alex Ward

Clothing sizes — especially for women — are complicated. Here’s why.

What does it even mean to "be a size 8"?

By Tracy E. Robey

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In the fourth Democratic debate, the candidates treated Elizabeth Warren as the frontrunner. Vox’s Ezra Klein explains what that means for the race ahead.

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The serious message behind Kim Jong Un’s silly horse photos

By Alex Ward October 17

Teens are increasingly depressed, anxious, and suicidal. How can we help?

By Brian Resnick October 17

Vox Sentences: Turkey to US: “No power can stop us”

By Hannah Brown October 16

The October Democratic presidential debate, explained in under 25 minutes

By Delia Paunescu October 16

AOC and Ilhan Omar endorse Bernie Sanders for president

By Sean Collins October 16

Ayanna Pressley breaks with AOC on Sanders endorsement

By Anna North October 16

House Republicans joined Democrats in condemning Trump’s actions in Syria

By Ella Nilsen and Li Zhou October 16

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By Vox Staff October 17

Netflix missed its subscriber numbers, again

By Peter Kafka October 16

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Trump told 6 falsehoods about Syria in 4 minutes

By Alex Ward October 16

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

By Liz Nelson October 15

Cory Booker’s latest gun plan goes after urban violence

By German Lopez October 16

The Succession twist that probably doesn’t exist, explained

By Emily Todd VanDerWerff October 16

Kamala Harris’s call to suspend Trump’s Twitter account, explained

By Emily Stewart October 16

Amazon’s 1-day shipping is convenient — and terrible for the environment

By Terry Nguyen October 16

Gina Rodriguez apologizes, amid backlash, for saying the n-word on Instagram

By Aja Romano October 16

After losing more than $1 billion, GM makes a deal with striking workers

By Alexia Fernández Campbell October 16

California’s deliberate blackouts were outrageous and harmful. They’re going to happen again.

By David Roberts October 16

Fort Worth police had problems way before the Atatiana Jefferson shooting

By P.R. Lockhart October 16

Sorry, but Democrats need to talk about Hunter Biden

By Ezra Klein October 16

How Robert Pattinson transformed into a salty lighthouse keeper for his new movie

By Alissa Wilkinson October 16

The Constitution’s ban on “cruel and unusual” punishment is in grave danger from the Supreme Court

By Ian Millhiser October 16

The art of doing makeup on a dead body

By Terry Nguyen October 16

Elizabeth Warren spoke the most at the Democratic debate — a sign of her status as a frontrunner

By Li Zhou October 16

Pete Buttigieg and Beto O’Rourke’s feud boils over at the Democratic debate

By Li Zhou October 16

The simmering debate over Big Tech explodes on the Democratic debate stage

By Theodore Schleifer October 16

The best and most substantive answers of the 4th Democratic debate

By Emily Stewart, Anna North, and 3 others October 15

Democrats’ debate about automation missed the mark

By Matthew Yglesias October 15

No one has a damn clue how many jobs will be lost to automation

By Alexia Fernández Campbell October 15

5 winners and 3 losers from the October Democratic presidential debate

By Dylan Matthews, Zack Beauchamp, and 3 others October 15

Here’s everything you need to know about the November Democratic debate

By Li Zhou October 15

Elizabeth Warren was treated like the frontrunner at the Democratic debate

By Ella Nilsen October 15

Kamala Harris brought up the most-ignored policy issue in the Democratic debates so far

By Anna North October 15

The Democratic candidates are calling for locking up opioid executives

By German Lopez October 15

Here’s what the 2020 Democrats are saying about Trump’s Syria policy

By Alex Ward October 15

Everybody went after Warren over Medicare-for-all

By Dylan Scott October 15

Vox’s guide to where 2020 Democrats stand on policy

How the Democratic presidential candidates would combat the opioid epidemic

By German Lopez October 15

Vox’s guide to where 2020 Democrats stand on policy

Where every 2020 candidate stands on guns

By German Lopez October 15

Tom Steyer shouldn’t be running for president

By Kelsey Piper October 15

Here’s where all the 2020 Democrats stand on impeachment

By Li Zhou and Sean Collins October 15