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The New Zealand shooter wrote a manifesto. An extremism expert explains what it means.

"The trick is how do you cover this ... without simply redistributing a piece of propaganda."

By Jen Kirby

Fox News pulls Jeanine Pirro show after her Islamophobic remarks

Trump isn’t happy about it.

By Amanda Sakuma

Beto O’Rourke’s border cred is genuine. It’s not the same as an immigration platform.

Beto’s — and Democrats’ — choice: make immigration a policy issue or keep it a vague theme.

By Dara Lind

Ethiopian Airlines, Lion Air crash linked by new evidence

According to the New York Times, the Boeing 737 Max jet’s automatic stabilizers could have played a role in both crashes.

By Kelly Cohen

Why tech companies failed to keep the New Zealand shooter’s extremism from going viral

Friday’s massacre exemplified the problem of expecting tech companies to self-police content.

By Amanda Sakuma

Tourists are flocking to locations threatened by climate change. That only makes things worse.

"Last-chance tourism" is hastening the decline of destinations like the Florida Reef and the Galapagos Islands.

By Aditi Shrikant

Captain Marvel has made $760 million worldwide. $1 billion is in its sights.

Captain Marvel has 760 million reasons not to listen to trolls.

By Alex Abad-Santos

Photos: kids in 123 countries went on strike to protect the climate

"This movement had to happen, we didn’t have a choice."

By Eliza Barclay and Kainaz Amaria

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A mass shooting, live-streamed

A terrorist attacked two mosques in New Zealand during Friday prayer, killing at least 49 people.

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Utrecht shooting: what we know so far

By Jen Kirby March 18

How the Tinder algorithm actually works

By Kaitlyn Tiffany March 18

The New Zealand shooter’s manifesto shows how white nationalist rhetoric spreads

By Jane Coaston March 18

Christchurch mosque shooting: what we know so far

By Jennifer Williams, Alex Ward, and 2 others March 18

New Zealand’s gun laws, explained

By German Lopez March 18

Catastrophe’s final scene is perfect

By Todd VanDerWerff March 17

This filmmaker spent months interviewing neo-Nazis and jihadists. Here’s what she learned.

By Sean Illing March 17

Kirsten Gillibrand officially launches her 2020 presidential bid

By Amanda Sakuma March 17

Trump doesn’t think white nationalism is a threat — but data says otherwise

By Kelly Cohen March 16

How the Christchurch shooter used memes to spread hate

By Aja Romano March 16

Judge stays Kentucky’s fetal heartbeat bill, keeping the state’s lone abortion clinic open — for now

By Gabriela Resto-Montero March 16

New Zealand shows willingness to curb guns after one, not 1,981 mass shootings

By Gabriela Resto-Montero March 16

Why are millennials burned out? Capitalism.

By Sean Illing March 16

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Vox Sentences: 1 in 500 of New Zealand’s Muslims

By Nicole Fallert March 15

Your questions about WTF is going on with Brexit, answered

By Lauren Katz March 15

The New Zealand shooter called immigrants “invaders.” Hours later, so did Trump.

By Alex Ward March 15

Identities

The sexual misconduct allegations against Neil deGrasse Tyson, explained

Multiple women have accused the astrophysicist of sexual misconduct. But he’s coming back to TV.

By Anna North March 15

Beto O’Rourke used to be a member of a legendary computer hacktivist group

By Dylan Scott March 15

Captain Marvel’s cat Goose, explained

By Alex Abad-Santos March 15

How to make more Vox Video happen

By Joe Posner and Mona Lalwani December 17

Trump just used his first-ever veto to save his national emergency

By Li Zhou March 15

Captain Marvel’s 2 end-credits scenes, explained

By Alex Abad-Santos March 15

Disney rehires James Gunn to write and direct Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy 3

By Alex Abad-Santos March 15

At-home shopping shows still make a lot of money

By Kaitlyn Tiffany March 15

“Jexodus,” the fake departure of American Jews from the Democratic Party, explained

By Matthew Yglesias March 15

Why we love to play the lottery when we know we won’t win

By Tanya Pai March 15

How Captain Marvel changed the MCU’s Tesseract timeline, explained

By Alex Abad-Santos March 15

Do you know of any untold or underreported historical conflicts? We want to hear about it.

By Lauren Katz and Ranjani Chakraborty March 15

A microloan can help poor people in Bangladesh. What about New Jersey?

By Kelsey Piper March 15

2 new documentaries pinpoint the uniquely troubling grift of Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos

By Alissa Wilkinson March 15

Dozens of black partygoers were arrested over less than an ounce of marijuana. Now they’re suing.

By P.R. Lockhart March 15

North Korea just threatened to end talks with US and restart weapons testing

By Alex Ward March 15

Top Mueller cooperator Rick Gates continues to cooperate with several investigations

By Andrew Prokop March 15

A progressive group is trying to create a 2020 litmus test on judges

By Li Zhou March 15

3 ways AI is already changing medicine

By Julia Belluz March 15

The future of streaming is the cable bundle

By Todd VanDerWerff March 15

How the college admissions scandal busts racist stereotypes about who gets into elite schools

By Natasha Warikoo March 15

Far-right Australian senator blames New Zealand attack on Muslim immigrants

By Jen Kirby March 15

Olivia Jade, the influencer at the center of the college admissions scandal, explained

By Chavie Lieber March 15

From Recode

Why Facebook couldn’t stop the New Zealand shooter from streaming his attack

By Peter Kafka March 15

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