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Is Russia losing?

Russia’s offensive is stalled. It has taken massive casualties. We are, according to one expert, "seeing a country militarily implode."

By Zack Beauchamp

Europe’s embrace of Ukrainian refugees, explained in six charts and one map

Data shows why Ukrainian refugees are being treated differently than others fleeing violence.

By Youyou Zhou, Nicole Narea, and 1 more

Democrats’ fears about restricting mail-in voting were confirmed in Texas

Thousands of mail-in ballots were thrown out in the Texas primaries due to new ID requirements.

By Nicole Narea

The constitutional problem with Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill

Florida Republicans are leveraging uncertainty to terrorize teachers and school administrators.

By Ian Millhiser

The neon shortage is a bad sign

Russia’s war against Ukraine has ramifications for the chips that power all sorts of tech.

By Rebecca Heilweil

Elden Ring is almost impossible to explain, but so worth playing

It’s wildly difficult, ridiculously complicated, and could be the best video game of the year.

By Alanna Okun

Deep Water is a movie for the mean and horny

Deep Water asks the deep moral question: Can a drone engineer be sexy?

By Alex Abad-Santos

Covid-19 cases are exploding in Asia. Here’s what it means for the rest of the world.

Why countries with strong Covid-19 policies are now getting hammered.

By Umair Irfan

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By Vox Staff April 23, 2021

Is Russia holding back from cyberwar?

By Natasha Ishak March 19

The dangerous new phase of Russia’s war in Ukraine, explained

By Jen Kirby and Jonathan Guyer March 19

How you can help all refugees — from Ukraine and beyond

By Sigal Samuel March 19

Standup comedy and the myth of cancel culture

By Sean Illing March 19

What it’s like to flee Ukraine

By Christina Thornell March 18

Take a mental break with the newest Vox crossword

By Vox Staff March 1

Josh Hawley’s latest attack on Ketanji Brown Jackson is genuinely nauseating

By Ian Millhiser March 18

One Good Thing: The movie that first made me sit up and take note of Jessie Buckley

By Alissa Wilkinson March 18

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The simplest, most revolutionary approach to ending poverty

By Siobhan McDonough March 18

Why India isn’t denouncing Russia’s Ukraine war

By Jen Kirby March 18

Are we done with face masks?

By Kimberly Mas March 17

Why Amazon is paying nearly $9 billion for MGM and James Bond

By Peter Kafka March 17

Money Talks: Navigating unemployment two years into the pandemic

By Nicole Dieker March 17

What’s the point of all these scammer stories?

By Alissa Wilkinson March 17

Pixar’s Turning Red is an unlikely culture war battleground

By Aja Romano March 17

The biggest funder of anti-nuclear war programs is taking its money away

By Dylan Matthews March 17

The surprising link between Covid-19 deaths and ... internet access

By Keren Landman March 16

Cancer has a smell. Someday your phone may detect it.

By Noam Hassenfeld March 16

What we can learn from Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s TV presidency

By Kelsey Piper March 16

Disney’s “Don’t Say Gay” stance wasn’t the first time it betrayed its LGBTQ fans

By Alex Abad-Santos March 16

The free speech search engine that never was

By Sara Morrison March 16

What Zelenskyy wants, America can’t give

By Zack Beauchamp March 16

Volodymyr Zelenskyy brings a performer’s skill to wartime politics

By Emily St. James March 16

What happened to Build Back Better?

By Li Zhou March 16

Why we still don’t yet know how bad climate migration will get

By Umair Irfan March 16

What science still doesn’t know about the five senses

By Brian Resnick and Noam Hassenfeld March 16

3 Oscar nominees, one little-seen musical about cheerleaders

By Constance Grady March 16

Growing up Maasai and the art of healing the Earth

By Benji Jones March 16

The Senate just voted to make daylight saving time permanent. Good.

By Brian Resnick March 15

War in the time of crypto

By Emily Stewart and Rebecca Heilweil March 15

Where teen influencers go to become actors

By Rebecca Jennings March 15

The intricate literary layers of Drive My Car

By Alissa Wilkinson March 15

What happened the last time high gas prices dominated US politics

By Andrew Prokop March 15

The Stop Asian Hate movement is at a crossroads

In the year since the Atlanta shootings, the Stop Asian Hate movement dramatically changed awareness of anti-Asian racism. Where does it go from here?

By Li Zhou March 15

Is booking Airbnbs really the best way to help Ukrainians?

By Muizz Akhtar March 14

Animal sounds are a marvel of evolution. We can’t afford to drown them out.

By Neel Dhanesha March 14

Can TV take down the cult of the tech founder?

By Rani Molla March 14

A new Supreme Court case allows the justices to fix one of their worst anti-worker decisions

By Ian Millhiser March 14

The danger of making the internet safe for kids

By Sara Morrison March 14