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Myanmar’s coup is uniting a country riven by ethnic divisions. Will it last?

Protesters and activists faced a reckoning about Myanmar’s past decade of civilian rule. Now they say they are fighting for a real federal democracy.

By Jen Kirby

The Big Lie is the GOP’s one and only truth

Liz Cheney’s downfall shows the GOP threat to democracy is getting worse.

By Zack Beauchamp

The many Asian Americas

R.O. Kwon, Nicole Chung, and other writers on where they grew up and how it shaped their identities.

By Karen Turner

Got the vaccine? Experts say you can relax about your Covid-19 risk now. Really.

I asked health experts about their post-vaccination lives. Most no longer worry about their own risk of Covid-19.

By German Lopez

A crypto billionaire donated $1 billion to India. Make sure you include an asterisk.

The saga highlights just how uncharted the territory is in the world of crypto philanthropy.

By Theodore Schleifer

Liz Cheney’s honesty about the 2020 election just got her ousted from House GOP leadership

If Trump critics end up purged from the GOP, the next electoral crisis will be even worse.

By Andrew Prokop

The Colonial Pipeline is coming back online

The company said it began to restart operations after a cyberattack caused a shutdown for several days.

By Sara Morrison

How YouTube Kids keeps kids watching 

YouTube says it’s adding more control over autoplay in its Kids app.

By Rebecca Heilweil

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How America’s gas got hacked

The largest-known ransomware attack on American energy infrastructure is driving up gas prices and creating shortages. Wired's Lily Hay Newman says it might be a turning point for cybersecurity.

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We shouldn’t go back to “normal.” Normal wasn’t good enough.

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How much to worry — and not worry — about inflation

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By Byrd Pinkerton and Noam Hassenfeld

The case for sleeping in separate beds

By Sean Illing

As McConnell gears up for obstruction, 43 percent of Republican voters say they prefer bipartisanship

By Li Zhou

Why you’re noticing flowers now more than ever

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Buy now, pay later changed retail. Health care and rent are next.

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The Supreme Court is facing a showdown over abortion

By Ian Millhiser

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By Caroline Houck

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Homelessness and the rising tide

Vox's Jerusalem Demsas joins Matt and Dara to talk about why even progressives have failed to appropriately confront the problem of homelessness

Israel’s actions in East Jerusalem are a human rights test for Biden

By Alex Ward

A new report complicates simplistic narratives about race and the 2020 election

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Why India needs oxygen more urgently than vaccines 

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The coronavirus is a thorn in Biden’s democracy agenda

By Alex Ward

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Biden finally raised the refugee cap. Now comes the hard part.

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The Supreme Court made the GOP’s new voting restrictions possible

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By Dylan Scott

The falling Chinese space rocket is a policy failure

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RSVP now to talk Gold Diggers with Sanjena Sathian and the Vox Book Club

By Constance Grady

Don’t freak out about the jobs report yet

By Emily Stewart

Novelist Akwaeke Emezi talks writing a nonbinary novel

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A leaked Walmart memo highlights the daunting challenges facing the world’s largest retailer

By Jason Del Rey

A Canadian study gave $7,500 to homeless people. Here’s how they spent it.

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How the world missed more than half of all Covid-19 deaths

By Umair Irfan

The Biden administration has a game-changing approach to nature conservation

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Biden agreed to waive vaccine patents. But will that help get doses out faster?

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