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“We are at a turning point”: The coronavirus outbreak is looking more like a pandemic

Health experts say it’s time to prepare for worldwide spread on all continents.

By Julia Belluz

3 winners and 2 losers from the Nevada caucuses

Bernie Sanders looks like the strongest candidate, and the other Democrats still haven’t distinguished themselves.

By Dylan Scott

Buttigieg used his Nevada concession speech to make the case against Bernie Sanders

Buttigieg argued Sanders is too divisive to defeat President Donald Trump.

By Anya van Wagtendonk

Mainstream Democrats shouldn’t fear Bernie Sanders

He’d be a strong nominee and a solid president.

By Matthew Yglesias

Justice Sotomayor warns the Supreme Court is doing special favors for the Trump administration

The ordinary rules no longer apply when the Trump administration shows up in court.

By Ian Millhiser

As Covid-19 cases rise, South Korea raises virus threat level to its maximum

With 602 confirmed coronavirus cases, President Moon Jae-in has raised the country’s threat alert level to the highest of its four levels.

By Catherine Kim

Joe Biden was the most popular candidate among black voters in the Nevada caucuses

Entrance polls suggest Biden was correct about the strength of his black support in the state.

By Catherine Kim

It looks like the debate may have given Elizabeth Warren a slight boost in Nevada

She saw an uptick in support from voters who recently decided on a candidate.

By Li Zhou

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The sixth sense (the real one)

A study at the National Institutes of Health offers a window into some of science’s biggest mysteries, from the origins of pain to how consciousness works.

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Nevada Democratic caucuses: Live results

By Andrew Prokop February 22

The Nevada caucuses are on track to break a voter turnout record

By Catherine Kim February 23

Nevada highlighted Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar’s weakness with African American voters

By Li Zhou February 23

Vox’s guide to the 2020 presidential candidates

The race for presidential delegates has begun. Track them here.

By Ella Nilsen February 22

Latinos were Bernie Sanders’s key to victory in Nevada

By Nicole Narea February 22

Bernie Sanders just won the Nevada caucuses

By Ella Nilsen February 22

Culinary Union members seem to have broken from their leaders to back Sanders

By Sean Collins February 22

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By Vox Staff February 20

Why Nevada caucuses are sometimes decided by drawing a card

By Dylan Scott February 22

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Nevada’s entrance polls look good for Bernie Sanders

By Ella Nilsen February 22

Greyhound will no longer consent to warrantless searches by border patrol agents

By Anya van Wagtendonk February 22

The Nevada caucus tool is an iPad and a Google Form

By Sara Morrison February 22

The Nevada caucuses’ importance, and potential chaos, explained

By Ella Nilsen February 22

Renowned Catholic figure Jean Vanier has been accused of sexual manipulation and abuse

By Anya van Wagtendonk February 22

Half of South Korea’s coronavirus cases are linked to a controversial religious organization

By Catherine Kim February 22

Trump tried to sow doubt in the Nevada caucuses results before they were even out

By Catherine Kim February 22

Asian Americans make up a big part of the Nevada electorate — enough to sway the caucuses

By Li Zhou February 22

Sanders condemns Russian interference into his campaign

By Anya van Wagtendonk February 22

Weinstein’s lawyers tried to kick out a juror for reading a novel about a predatory man

By Constance Grady February 22

Who’s going to win the Nevada caucuses, according to the polls

By Ella Nilsen February 22

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The Bachelor: here for the wrong reasons

Is it better to have loved and influenced than never to have loved at all? Emma Gray, co-host of HuffPost’s Here to Make Friends podcast, explains how social media has reshaped the Bachelor.

The Harvey Weinstein jury deliberations so far, explained

By Anna North February 21

Bloomberg says his company will release 3 women from nondisclosure agreements

By Emily Stewart February 21

The reports about Russian meddling in the 2020 election, and Trump’s response, explained

By Cameron Peters February 21

Amazon’s Hunters, starring Al Pacino, is an exploitative Holocaust vengeance fantasy

By Aja Romano February 21

America’s presidential primaries, explained

By Madeline Marshall February 21

Sudan just took a step backward on its path to democracy

By Danna Takriti February 21

World

America’s failure in Afghanistan, explained by one village

18 years after the US-led invasion of Afghanistan, the capital city of Kabul is prospering. In rural areas, it’s a different story entirely.

By Emran Feroz February 21

BTS, the band that changed K-pop, explained

By Aja Romano February 21

Emma’s Anya Taylor-Joy on slapstick, set life, and playing Jane Austen’s iconic character

By Alissa Wilkinson February 21

Some development aid gets misdirected. Did the World Bank try to suppress a paper saying so?

By Kelsey Piper February 21

Google’s education tech has a privacy problem

By Sara Morrison February 21

Trump is making a mockery of Bill Barr

By Aaron Rupar February 21

I was sexually abused as a Boy Scout. Thousands like me deserve a reckoning.

By James Russell Kretschmer February 21

The president has opinions about Parasite

By Alissa Wilkinson February 21

The US and the Taliban are inching closer to a peace deal. It could all still fall apart.

By Alex Ward February 21

No writer does “weirdly specific yet relatable” better than Daniel Mallory Ortberg

By Constance Grady February 21

The best argument for each of the 2020 Democratic frontrunners

By Matthew Yglesias, Ezra Klein, and 4 others February 21

Trump’s expanded travel ban just went into effect for 6 new countries

By Nicole Narea February 21

Trump’s Colorado rally featured an extended meltdown over 30 seconds of critical Fox News coverage

By Aaron Rupar February 21

How the good economy is benefiting workers with disabilities

By Matthew Yglesias February 21