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The hottest number in conservation is rooted more in politics than science

The goal to protect 30 percent of the Earth is more arbitrary than you might think.

By Benji Jones

The “natural-born citizen” ceiling

The Capitol rioters’ apologists are still eligible to be president — and immigrant lawmakers who fought to hold Trump accountable are not.

By Jesus A. Rodriguez

Why the Chauvin trial feels so momentous

Whether Derek Chauvin is convicted or not, his trial will have an important legacy.

By Sean Collins

What Biden’s plan to tackle housing prices is missing

Fed up with skyrocketing housing prices, voters support strong federal action.

By Jerusalem Demsas

70 years of cop shows taught us to valorize the police

Early Hollywood treated the cops as incompetent fools. Then everything changed.

By Constance Grady

The bizarre push to kill more of Montana’s wolves, explained

Four new hunting bills in the Big Sky State are reigniting a centuries-old debate.

By Benji Jones

The Christian right is racking up huge victories in the Supreme Court, thanks to Amy Coney Barrett

The Supreme Court is serious about exempting religious conservatives from the law — even when their rulings could kill people.

By Ian Millhiser

Our mixed feelings about The Trial of the Chicago 7, explained

The Netflix historical courtroom drama seems like a classic Oscar movie. Will it win?

By Alissa Wilkinson, Meredith Haggerty, and 1 more

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Why the US egg industry is still killing 300 million chicks a year

Hatcheries promised to stop killing male chicks by 2020. What’s taking so long?

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Larry Ellison bought an $80 million mansion in Florida — but he’s tearing it down

By Theodore Schleifer April 12

After Georgia, companies are banding together to condemn restrictive voting laws

By Terry Nguyen April 12

Introducing Down to Earth, our new project on the biodiversity crisis

By Eliza Barclay and Brian Anderson April 12

Breaking down the 2021 Best Picture nominees

By Alissa Wilkinson April 12

Maryland just repealed its police bill of rights. Here’s what it means for reform.

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Top court rules against Covid-19 restrictions on grounds of religious liberty

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How America’s one-click obsession is warping the future of work

By Sean Illing April 10

Biden’s Supreme Court reform commission won’t fix anything

By Ian Millhiser April 10

The Amazon union vote is over. Here’s what happens now.

By Jason Del Rey April 10

The controversial autopsy at the heart of the Chauvin trial, explained

By Rachel Ramirez and Fabiola Cineas April 9

Why the author of Girl, Stop Apologizing had to apologize twice in a week

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The British media narrative of Prince Philip’s death is about Meghan Markle

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What a fair climate target looks like for the US, the largest historical carbon emitter

By Lili Pike April 9

Saudi Arabia’s Yemen blockade is starving millions. Democrats want Biden to stop it.

By Alex Ward April 9

Amazon has won a historic warehouse union election. But the battle is not over.

By Jason Del Rey April 9

Biden’s first budget proposal, explained in 600 words

By German Lopez April 9

What Biden’s first budget proposal tells us about his vision for America

By German Lopez April 9

Why Taylor Swift is rerecording all her old songs

By Constance Grady April 9

Jordan’s royal family feud and alleged coup plot, explained

By Alex Ward April 9

It’s astounding that HBO’s new docuseries Exterminate All the Brutes even exists

By Alissa Wilkinson April 9

“Cancel culture” forgets most racism happens in private

By Karyn Lacy April 9

Why a global chip shortage is screwing up America’s pickup trucks

By Rebecca Heilweil April 9

Where Americans stand on policing today

By Li Zhou April 9

Why it feels like mushrooms are everywhere

By Terry Nguyen April 9

The effects of Black Lives Matter protests

By Jerusalem Demsas April 9

The problem with painting Derek Chauvin as a “bad apple”

By Fabiola Cineas April 9

Biden’s executive actions tackle a small part of America’s enormous gun problem

By Gregory Svirnovskiy April 8

Helen Oyeyemi’s unsettling new novel Peaces starts weird and gets weirder

By Constance Grady April 8

The claim that drugs killed George Floyd relies on a racist trope

By Carl L. Hart April 8

Matt Gaetz’s scandal and legal problems, explained

By Andrew Prokop April 8

It looks like Amazon is changing the dates for Prime Day again

By Jason Del Rey April 8

How to listen to all of Vox’s Earth Month podcasts

By Eliza Barclay and Lauren Katz April 8