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The real story of the Green Book, the guide that changed how black people traveled in America

A new documentary, The Green Book: Guide to Freedom, looks at how the historic travel guide helped black motorists.

By P.R. Lockhart

The Trump administration is finalizing plans to strip funding from Planned Parenthood

A rule released Friday will make it harder for abortion providers to offer birth control.

By Anna North

President Maduro’s forces clash with Venezuelans in aid showdown

Soldiers killed at least one person, and the violence between the socialist dictator and his public could get worse.

By Alex Ward

Google employees fought for their right to sue the company — and won

Here’s why that matters.

By Alexia Fernández Campbell

This clothing brand proudly uses prison labor. Critics say it’s exploiting workers.

Can a brand like Carcel ever rely on truly ethical prison labor?

By Gaby Del Valle

Pay attention to the growing wave of climate change lawsuits

Kids, farmers, fishermen, cities, and states are suing the fossil fuel industry and governments. Could they win?

By Umair Irfan

The frenzy over Patriots owner Robert Kraft’s solicitation charges, explained

It’s a huge story in both sports and politics.

By Emily Stewart and Dylan Scott

The Vox guide to Robert Mueller’s Trump-Russia investigation

9 questions about the Mueller report you were too embarrassed to ask

What might the Mueller report look like? What will be covered in it? Will we get to see it?

By Andrew Prokop

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Jussie Smollett's worst enemy

Jussie Smollett was the victim of a racist, homophobic hate crime last month. Or at least that’s what he’d have you believe. The Advocate’s Zach Stafford tells the Smollett saga from its shocking start to its outrageous end.

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By Nicole Fallert February 22

From Recode

Microsoft workers are demanding the company cancel its $480 million contract with the US military

By Shirin Ghaffary February 22

3 big things to know about Nigeria’s presidential elections

By Jen Kirby February 22

A new Uniqlo outfit looks like a Mao suit. The company says it’s a coincidence.

By Gaby Del Valle February 22

One video refutes Sarah Sanders’s claim that Trump has never encouraged violence

By Aaron Rupar February 22

Almost every Best Picture nominee has a real chance of winning. Here’s the case for each one.

By Todd VanDerWerff February 22

Trump just reversed his decision to pull all US troops out of Syria

By Alex Ward February 22

The fight over whether ISIS recruit Hoda Muthana is a US citizen, explained

By Dara Lind February 22

From Recode

Silicon Valley loves Cory Booker. That could be a problem for him.

By Theodore Schleifer February 22

Sexual misconduct allegations against R. Kelly spanning 25 years, in one timeline

By Constance Grady February 22

R. Kelly has been charged with 10 counts of aggravated sexual abuse

By Constance Grady February 22

Are Uggs kosher? Rabbis say the boots might violate Jewish law.

By Chavie Lieber February 22

A guide to this year’s exceptionally good Oscar-nominated documentaries

By Alissa Wilkinson February 22

How Soviet hockey ruled the world — and then fell apart

By Todd VanDerWerff February 22

The complicated case of A Star Is Born and its Best Picture dreams

By Alissa Wilkinson, Aja Romano, and 2 others February 22

Empire will cut Jussie Smollett’s scenes from the rest of the season

By Aja Romano February 22

The House will vote Tuesday on blocking Trump’s national emergency

By Li Zhou February 22

How #$@!% became shorthand for cursing

By Phil Edwards February 22

American sunscreen isn’t good enough. Can new regulations help?

By Cheryl Wischhover February 22

Jussie Smollett arrested and charged over alleged hate crime attack hoax

By Amanda Sakuma and German Lopez February 22

Jeffrey Epstein, the convicted sex offender who is friends with Donald Trump and Bill Clinton, explained

By Jane Coaston and Anna North February 22

Banks made record profits last year thanks to the Republican tax cuts

By Emily Stewart February 22

Measles is back because states give parents too many ways to avoid vaccines

By Julia Belluz February 22

Elizabeth Warren’s universal child care plan, explained

By Sarah Kliff February 22

It is absolutely time to panic about climate change

By Sean Illing February 22

Democrats welcome an increasingly diverse America; Republicans aren’t so sure

By Matthew Yglesias February 22

How to make more Vox Video happen

By Joe Posner and Mona Lalwani December 17

Is lab-grown meat actually worse for the environment?

By Sigal Samuel February 22

How Vice’s makeup designer turned Christian Bale into Dick Cheney

By Cheryl Wischhover February 22

Steve Irwin said, “My mission ... is to save wildlife.” He did.

By Brian Resnick February 22

Have smartphones really destroyed a generation? We don’t know.

By Brian Resnick February 21

“All the Stars” is up for an Oscar, but Kendrick Lamar and SZA won’t perform it during the show

By Alissa Wilkinson February 21

How the Jussie Smollett case became part of a larger controversy around believing survivors

By Anna North February 21

These volunteers get malaria on purpose so we’ll know how to fight it

By Kelsey Piper February 21

Judge issues gag order in Roger Stone case after Instagram post controversy

By Andrew Prokop February 21

North Carolina elections board orders new House election after ballot tampering scandal

By Dylan Scott February 21

The bizarre election fraud hearings that could lead to a new House election, explained

By Dylan Scott February 21

Trump’s tweets saying he’s already building the border wall, briefly explained

By Aaron Rupar February 21

Hundreds of families are still being separated at the border

By Dara Lind February 21

Vox Borders’ next stop: India

By Johnny Harris February 21

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