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System Failure

The Trump administration’s war on birth control

The Affordable Care Act made birth control more accessible than ever. Then came Trump.

By Anna North

“We’re gonna have to see what happens”: Trump’s comments about the peaceful transfer of power, explained

Trump won’t commit because he’s hoping the Supreme Court will save him.

By Aaron Rupar

No cops were charged with Breonna Taylor’s death. This is how the system was designed.

People took to the streets Wednesday night to call out systemic injustice.

By Fabiola Cineas

How Mitch McConnell is changing the Democratic Party

What Senate Democrats are learning from Mitch McConnell.

By Ezra Klein

What happens to the law in a world without Ruth Bader Ginsburg?

Sloppy, purely partisan arguments are likely to prevail.

By Ian Millhiser

“I don’t want to be a nurse, a purse, or worse”: 5 seniors on dating online

What it’s like to try online dating for singles who are 65 or older.

By Julie Vadnal

How affluent people can end their mindless overconsumption

Every energy reduction we can make is a gift to future humans, and all life on Earth.

By Jag Bhalla and Eliza Barclay

The election result the stock market is really afraid of

"Markets don’t give a shit about who’s president": Wall Street’s biggest 2020 fear is a contested result.

By Emily Stewart

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Pennsylvania’s naked ballot problem, explained

By Andrew Prokop September 24

The legal theories of Amy Coney Barrett, explained

By Dylan Matthews September 24

Scientists fear the Western wildfires could lead to long-term lung damage

By Umair Irfan September 24

Protesters demand justice after police officers aren’t charged with killing Breonna Taylor

By Fabiola Cineas September 24

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The commodification of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

By Terry Nguyen September 24

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4 ways to make remote learning better for everyone

The shift to online education is worsening inequality. These schools have lessons that could help.

By Anna North September 24

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Postal workers say they are ready for the mail-in voting surge

By Jason Del Rey September 24

The first big test of Facebook’s oversight board will be the US election

By Shirin Ghaffary September 24

How to fix America’s broken democracy

By Ian Millhiser September 24

Can Democrats pull off another Senate win in Arizona?

By Li Zhou September 24

Top US officials are campaigning for Trump in crucial states

By Alex Ward September 23

How do you cover a presidential campaign during a pandemic?

By Peter Kafka September 23

9 experts reflect on the US reaching 200,000 confirmed Covid-19 deaths

By Dylan Scott September 23

Marvel pushes Black Widow to 2021, delaying the MCU’s future even further

By Alex Abad-Santos September 23

Trump’s Justice Department proposes legislation that could end the internet as we know it

By Sara Morrison September 23

How the coronavirus outbreak is roiling the film and entertainment industries

By Alissa Wilkinson September 23

Kayleigh McEnany has made a mockery of her promise not to lie. Tuesday’s briefing was case in point.

By Aaron Rupar September 23

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After RBG

Vox’s judiciary expert Ian Milhiser joins the panel to explain Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s legacy and the future of American jurisprudence

RBG, the 2020 election, and the rolling crisis of American democracy

By Zack Beauchamp September 23

Troubled Blood sees J.K. Rowling at the mercy of all her worst impulses

By Constance Grady September 23

How bad is your state’s Covid-19 outbreak?

By German Lopez September 23

Who should get the Covid-19 vaccine first? The equality vs. equity debate, explained.

By Sigal Samuel September 23

This billionaire built a big-money machine to oust Trump. Why do some Democrats hate him?

By Theodore Schleifer September 23

Farms have bred chickens so large that they’re in constant pain

By Kelsey Piper September 23

Trans Twitter and the beauty of online anonymity

By Emily VanDerWerff September 23

The Vox Senate interview: Cal Cunningham is running down the middle to win in North Carolina

By Dylan Scott September 23

Pigs are as smart as dogs. Why do we eat one and love the other?

By Sigal Samuel and Byrd Pinkerton September 23

The long history of trans voters’ disenfranchisement, explained

By Katelyn Burns September 23

North Carolina’s all-important 2020 Senate race, explained

By Dylan Scott September 23

How to fix Lebanon’s political crisis

By Faysal Itani September 23

Welcome to The Great Rebuild Issue of The Highlight

By Vox Staff September 23

Policy

We can end America’s unemployment nightmare

The problem with our social safety net is clear. The solution is, too.

By Emily Stewart September 23

The extremely profitable (and ethically murky) business of reselling dumbbells

By Alex Abad-Santos September 23

How the coming fight over Ginsburg’s SCOTUS replacement could shape the Senate elections

By Ella Nilsen September 22

At the UN, China’s Xi showed he understands the system better than Trump

By Jen Kirby September 22

How Trump let Covid-19 win

By German Lopez September 22

How to vote by mail in 2020

By Cameron Peters September 22

156 countries are teaming up for a Covid-19 vaccine. But not the US or China.

By Julia Belluz September 22