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The fate of the planet will be negotiated in Glasgow

Here’s what you need to know about COP26, the high-stakes climate conference that starts on October 31.

By Umair Irfan

Remote work is bringing the city to the suburbs

How working from home is changing the suburbs as we know them.

By Rani Molla

MLMs might not be able to get away with their shady promises much longer

Multilevel marketing schemes promise the world. Soon, the FTC might make them prove it.

By Emily Stewart

Poaching is altering the genetics of wild animals

Elephants and other species are quickly adapting to human threats. Will that help them survive?

By Benji Jones

It’s time for Americans to buy less stuff

Thanks to the supply chain crisis, holiday shopping won’t be easy this year — even if you buy early.

By Terry Nguyen

How New York overengineered its million-dollar vaccine passport

A key feature of the Excelsior Pass app is rarely used.

By Rebecca Heilweil

Why Fannie Lou Hamer’s definition of “freedom” still matters

Revisiting the lesson of an activist and former sharecropper: "You are not free whether you are white or black, until I am free."

By Jamil Smith

Democrats are setting up social policies for painful cliffs

They’re banking on the popularity of social programs to keep them from expiring.

By Li Zhou

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Steve Bannon in contempt

The House is holding Steve Bannon in criminal contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena as part of its January 6 investigation.

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The future of vaccine mandates will likely come down to Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett

By Ian Millhiser October 22

Democrats’ winnowing health care ambitions

By Dylan Scott October 21

Facebook’s name change plan reflects its real priorities

By Shirin Ghaffary October 20

Dave Chappelle vs. trans people vs. Netflix

By Aja Romano October 20

The Freedom to Vote Act is almost certainly doomed

By Fabiola Cineas October 20

Take a mental break with the newest Vox crossword

By Vox Staff October 1

Bitcoin’s big day on Wall Street

By Adam Clark Estes October 20

The animals that may exist in a million years, imagined by biologists

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The Supreme Court floats a startling expansion to police immunity from the law

By Ian Millhiser October 20

When can we start enjoying nightlife again?

By Alex Abad-Santos October 20

19 must-see movies from the fall film festivals

By Alissa Wilkinson October 19

What’s the deal with fictional influencers?

By Rebecca Jennings October 19

One Good Thing: A YouTube decluttering channel that made my sister and me quit screaming

By Athena Frost October 19

Texas’s anti-abortion law is back at SCOTUS. Here’s what’s different this time around.

By Ian Millhiser October 19

The author whose story inspired Netflix’s Maid on why welfare is broken

By Constance Grady October 18

The chaotic, irreplaceable Wendy Williams

By Melinda Fakuade October 18

How screwed are Democrats in the Senate?

By Andrew Prokop October 18

Fake rhino horns were supposed to foil poachers. What went wrong?

By Benji Jones October 18

The past, present, and future of body image in America

By Anna North October 18

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The Most Dangerous Branch: A well-regulated militia

With six conservative judges on the bench this term, the Supreme Court could rule in favor of the most sweeping gun rights laws yet.

What to know about the latest fight over Trump’s executive privilege claims

By Ellen Ioanes October 17

The best $160 I ever spent: A session with a Black therapist

By Sarah Doneghy October 17

Joe Manchin won’t support a key climate program. Alternatives won’t be enough.

By Ellen Ioanes October 16

Americans are ready to tax the rich

By Tim Ryan Williams October 16

Where is the line between life and art?

By Alissa Wilkinson October 16

The myth of the climate moderate

By Rebecca Leber October 16

No, the supply chain mess is not a war on Christmas

By Rebecca Heilweil October 16

In Lauren Groff’s Matrix, medieval nuns build a feminist utopia

By Constance Grady October 15

The case against means testing

By Li Zhou October 15

The $5 trillion insurance industry faces a reckoning. Blame climate change.

By Umair Irfan October 15

The Last Duel is a medieval epic about believing women, and it’s a mess

By Alissa Wilkinson October 15

A last will and testament can be a huge fight for families

By Luke Winkie October 15

Why so many new buildings are covered in rectangles

By Phil Edwards October 14

How TV lied about abortion

By Tanya Melendez October 14

Money Talks: The couple that grew up with very different relationships to spending

By Nicole Dieker October 14

The dark, enthralling power of Succession

By Emily VanDerWerff October 14

Why Hollywood loves this creepy bird call

By Marie Cascione October 13

Maybe losing the AI race to China isn’t such a bad idea

By Adam Clark Estes October 13

When removing a statue actually is antidemocratic

By Jen Kirby October 13

Bryan Stevenson on tracing the legacy of American enslavement to mass incarceration

By Jamil Smith October 13

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