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Trump met with refugees and seemed to learn about major humanitarian crises for the first time

President Trump displayed awkwardness and ignorance throughout a meeting with refugees.

By Zeeshan Aleem

The worst part of a heat wave is when it doesn’t cool off at night

A major heat wave is affecting most of the United States. Its biggest risks may come at night.

By Umair Irfan

The controversy over Bernie Sanders’s low-paid field staffers, explained

A moralist gets a taste of his own medicine.

By Matthew Yglesias

“Incredible patriots” is the new “very fine people”: Trump defends racist chants

One day after trying to distance himself from "send her back," the president abruptly reverses course.

By Aaron Rupar

Mark Sanford is willing to run against Trump for president if people start talking about the debt

Sanford wants me to ask him about the deficit with more "passion" in my voice.

By Tara Golshan

Humans landed on the moon 50 years ago, and it’s still freaking awesome

The Apollo 11 moon landing changed our understanding of the solar system.

By Brian Resnick

Hulu’s terrific Veronica Mars revival is a moody repudiation of nostalgia

Season four of Veronica Mars recaptures just enough of the original.

By Constance Grady

Why are the cats sexy? And other Cats questions you were too embarrassed to ask.

Cats, the musical and now the movie, is a trippy delight — but it doesn’t have to be confusing.

By Aja Romano

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Why the ending of Game of Thrones elevated the worst of fan culture

By Aja Romano July 20

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By Alex Abad-Santos July 20

The Ice Bucket Challenge and the promise — and the pitfalls — of viral charity

By Kelsey Piper July 20

Buzz Aldrin carried a tiny book with him to the moon

By Constance Grady July 20

Breakups really suck, even if you’re a fish

By Sigal Samuel July 20

Hulu’s Veronica Mars revival ends on a dark and shocking note

By Constance Grady July 20

Vox Sentences: The fight for $15 in Congress

By Catherine Kim July 19

Recode Daily: RIP Instagram influencers?

By Kat Borgerding July 19

Police posted thousands of offensive memes on Facebook. Now some of them are being fired.

By P.R. Lockhart July 19

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Exploring TV’s weird role in the moon landing — and moon landing conspiracy theories

By Emily Todd VanDerWerff July 19

Astronaut ice cream is a lie.

Astronaut ice cream is a lie

By Phil Edwards July 19

Why 2020 presidential candidate Andrew Yang doesn’t want to break up Google

By Eric Johnson July 19

Vox’s guide to where 2020 Democrats stand on policy

Keep up with the policy debates that will shape the Democratic 2020 primary.

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Elizabeth Warren’s latest Wall Street enemy: private equity

By Emily Stewart July 19

A plan to fix inequality would target CEOs who make 100 times more than their employees

By Theodore Schleifer July 19

What would alien life mean for Catholicism? The Vatican’s chief astronomer explains.

By Byrd Pinkerton July 19

TV doesn’t always do right by sisters. Starz’s Vida finds a way.

By Emily Todd VanDerWerff July 19

Boris Johnson, the frontrunner to be the UK’s next prime minister, explained

By Jen Kirby July 19

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By Joe Posner and Mona Lalwani December 17, 2018

America is warming fast. See how your city’s weather will be different in just one generation.

Here’s how much the winters and summers in the city closest to you may change in about 30 years.

By Umair Irfan, Eliza Barclay, and 1 other July 19

Jerry Nadler asks Hope Hicks to clarify her “inconsistent” testimony about hush payments

By Aaron Rupar July 19

Governors in these states can give workers a raise with the stroke of a pen

By Dylan Matthews July 19

Is the new Lion King live-action or animated? That’s the wrong question.

By Emily Todd VanDerWerff July 19

Big Little Lies tried to justify its second season. It never did.

By Alex Abad-Santos July 19

The Trump racism spin cycle

By Jane Coaston July 19

“Send her back” is where racism and authoritarianism meet

By Zack Beauchamp July 19

What can be done right now to stop a basic source of health care fraud

By Marshall Allen July 19

What economists have gotten wrong for decades

By Jared Bernstein July 19

Health insurers make it easy for scammers to steal millions. Who pays? You.

By Marshall Allen July 19

Rattan furniture is everywhere because we all want to be on vacation

By Molly McHugh July 19

CNN announces the nightly matchups for the second Democratic debate

By Andrew Prokop July 18

Vox Sentences: ¡Ricky, renuncia!

By Catherine Kim July 18

“Do something”: why Bill de Blasio is facing criticism for the Eric Garner case

By P.R. Lockhart July 18

The first Cats trailer is finally here. We were not prepared.

By Aja Romano July 18

Trump says US Navy destroyed Iranian drone

By Jen Kirby July 18

Watch: It Chapter Two returns with an eerie new trailer

By Aja Romano July 18

Senate Republicans are literally avoiding what Trump does and says

By Li Zhou July 18

“Send her back!”: Trump’s attacks on Ilhan Omar — and the response — represent a new low

By Aaron Rupar July 18

Trump claims he tried to quell “send her back!” chants. The video says otherwise.

By Aaron Rupar July 18

Instagram is thinking about hiding the public “Like” count

By Kaitlyn Tiffany July 18

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