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How the UK found the first effective Covid-19 treatment — and saved a million lives

The United Kingdom is not a pandemic success story. But its massive Covid-19 trials program is.

By Dylan Scott

Here’s the nuclear option to opt out of tracking on iOS

App Tracking Transparency is here, but many apps aren’t offering it yet.

By Sara Morrison

Biden’s fake burger ban and the rising culture war over meat

Biden’s not taking away your meat, as Republicans claimed this weekend. But partisan conflict over eating animals is just getting started.

By Zack Beauchamp

I help people decide if they want to have kids. Here’s my advice.

A parenthood clarity therapist explains how she helps fence sitters make one of the most important decisions of their lives.

By Ann Davidman

Biden is using his economic plan to challenge China

Biden’s domestic policy is also foreign policy.

By Ella Nilsen and Alex Ward

7 winners and 4 losers from the deeply eccentric 2021 Oscars

A fantastically unpredictable show ended on a huge bummer of an anticlimax.

By Emily VanDerWerff, Alissa Wilkinson, and 2 more

How thrifting became problematic

Thrift shopping is popular online, but some are worried about the effects of overconsumption.

By Terry Nguyen

The Supreme Court will hear a major Second Amendment case that could gut US gun laws

The Supreme Court could make the NRA’s dreams come true.

By Ian Millhiser

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India’s SOS to the world

The world’s biggest vaccine manufacturer ended up with the world’s worst Covid-19 surge. Neha Arora, New Delhi correspondent for Reuters, explains.

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By Alissa Wilkinson April 26

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The US military is finally withdrawing from Afghanistan

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By Gregory Svirnovskiy April 25

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By Alissa Wilkinson April 25

A coronavirus surge is overwhelming India’s health care system

By Cameron Peters April 24

Why Biden’s statement recognizing the Armenian genocide is a big deal

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By Cameron Peters April 24

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By Eliza Barclay and Lauren Katz April 24

The 1995 Mortal Kombat is a masterclass in wonderfully bad movie-making

By Aja Romano April 24

“Dying by blood or by hunger”: The war in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, explained

By Jen Kirby April 24

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Why the Johnson & Johnson vaccine pause was the right move

By Umair Irfan April 23

4 winners and 4 losers from Biden’s climate leader summit

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Why transit projects fail

Matt is joined by researcher Eric Goldwyn to talk about why transit projects in the U.S. fail — and how they might succeed in the future

Ben Rhodes is worried about Joe Biden’s climate change and China policies

By Alex Ward April 23

The rape allegations against Philip Roth’s biographer are a damning condemnation of publishing

By Constance Grady April 23

Netflix’s Shadow and Bone is a muddled, joyless checklist of fantasy tropes

By Aja Romano and Constance Grady April 23

Biden’s federal paid leave plan, explained in 600 words

By German Lopez April 23

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By Estelle Caswell and Antonella Crescimbeni April 23

Alexei Navalny, the Russian dissident challenging Putin, explained

By Alex Ward April 23

Your job saved money on electric bills during the pandemic. You didn’t.

By Rani Molla April 23

How broken policing is breaking our democracy

By Zack Beauchamp April 23

For All Mankind’s season 2 finale is the best TV episode of 2021 so far

By Emily VanDerWerff April 23

Why the Chauvin verdict didn’t feel like justice

By Sean Collins April 23

Moderna mafia? Pfizer pham? Vaccine factions are forming online.

By Luke Winkie April 23

The Pandemic Playbook

Vox explores the successes — and setbacks — in six nations as they fought Covid-19.

By Dylan Scott, German Lopez, and 3 more April 23

The debate over how to handle kids’ “lost year” of learning

By Anna North April 23

Breaking down the 2021 Best Picture nominees

By Alissa Wilkinson April 23

Minari is America

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Greek life is losing members. Here’s why.

By Maryam Gamar April 23

Are our pets gobbling up the planet?

By Eleanor Cummins and Maki Naro April 23

Vietnam defied the experts and sealed its border to keep Covid-19 out. It worked.

How the country has kept coronavirus deaths to just 35, and grew its economy in 2020.

By Julia Belluz April 23

Republicans’ opening bid on infrastructure is about a quarter of the size of Biden’s plan

By Ella Nilsen and Li Zhou April 22

5 things to know about the new US climate commitment

By Umair Irfan April 22