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How to tax the rich, explained

It’s no accident that the Democratic Party went from wanting a 39.6 percent top tax rate to wanting much more.

By Dylan Matthews

3 takeaways from newly unsealed Michael Cohen search warrants

Mueller had a warrant for a Michael Cohen email account for more than a year before Cohen was charged.

By Andrew Prokop

A fake Tom Ford quote about Melania Trump is going viral on Twitter

People are applauding Tom Ford for a quote about refusing to dress the first lady. Except he never actually said it.

By Gaby Del Valle

Elizabeth Warren wants to get rid of the Electoral College

Warren is part of a growing number of Democratic presidential candidates want to get rid of the Electoral College.

By Ella Nilsen

New Zealand prime minister on mosque shooter: “You will never hear me mention his name”

The shooter wants notoriety — and the prime minister is denying him that.

By German Lopez

What Alan Krueger taught the world about the minimum wage, education, and inequality

The late economist’s work totally changed the debate on each subject.

By Dylan Matthews

Toy Story 4’s new trailer reveals a spork-induced existential crisis

A talking spork makes Woody question everything he knows about being a toy.

By Alex Abad-Santos

Facebook’s tremendous size was its greatest asset. Now it may be its biggest problem.

The viral video of a shooting in New Zealand offered a grim reminder of tech companies’ vast reach.

By Kurt Wagner

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Reporter Sarah Kliff is collecting emergency room bills as part of a year-long project focused on American health care prices.

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Khalik Allah on his bold, boundary-breaking documentary Black Mother

By Alissa Wilkinson

What we learned about the FAA and Boeing’s cozy relationship from a damning new report

By Dylan Scott

How the US could actually get rid of the Electoral College

By Li Zhou and Andrew Prokop

Trump administration’s latest attack on the press is to block reporters from covering Pompeo

By Aaron Rupar

What the historic Midwest floods look like from space — and from the ground

By Brian Resnick and Kainaz Amaria

Kirsten Gillibrand: “I had to make my choice” to call for Al Franken’s resignation

By Li Zhou

The 3 Trump-Russia ties we know about

By Alvin Chang

The 2020 Democratic primary debate over reparations, explained

By P.R. Lockhart

Utrecht shooting: what we know so far

By Jen Kirby and Nicole Fallert

The demobilization of the resistance is a dangerous mistake

By Matthew Yglesias

How the politics of racial resentment is killing white people

By Sean Illing

You can now shop on Instagram without leaving the app

By Gaby Del Valle
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By Sarah Kliff

As air pollution gets worse, a dystopian accessory is born

By Rose Eveleth

Why the Washington measles outbreak is mostly affecting one specific group

By Julia Belluz

Elizabeth Warren gives a full-throated endorsement of reparations at CNN town hall

By Ella Nilsen

Democrats want the FBI to investigate Cindy Yang, the massage parlor founder accused of selling access to Trump

By Ella Nilsen

Beto O’Rourke pulled in a massive fundraising haul — and 2020 competitors are noticing

By Tara Golshan

The US is experiencing a widespread worker shortage. Here’s why.

By Alexia Fernández Campbell

Trump uses bad poll question to claim half of America thinks Mueller’s on a “witch hunt”

By Aaron Rupar

How to make more Vox Video happen

By Joe Posner and Mona Lalwani

Hundreds of US cities are killing or scaling back their recycling programs

By Chavie Lieber

Medicare for America, Beto O’Rourke’s favorite health care plan, explained

By Dylan Scott

Netflix won’t have any films at Cannes for the second year in a row

By Alissa Wilkinson

Kellyanne Conway’s irresponsible advice: read the New Zealand mosque shooter’s manifesto

By Aaron Rupar

The spring equinox is Wednesday: 7 things to know about the first day of spring

By Brian Resnick

Beto O’Rourke was an early supporter of marijuana legalization

By German Lopez

Myspace, which still exists, accidentally deleted 12 years’ worth of music

By Kaitlyn Tiffany

Marvel bids farewell to the original Avengers by introducing new, vaguely similar ones

By Todd VanDerWerff

Trump’s General Motors tweets, explained

By Emily Stewart

How the Tinder algorithm actually works

By Kaitlyn Tiffany

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

By Jane Coaston

Christchurch mosque shooting: what we know so far

By Jennifer Williams, Alex Ward, and 2 others

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

By Dara Lind

New Zealand’s gun laws, explained

By German Lopez

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

By Alex Abad-Santos

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

By Jen Kirby

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

By Aditi Shrikant

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

By Amanda Sakuma
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