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America’s unique, enduring gun problem, explained
The factors that lead to tragedies like Uvalde are deeply ingrained in US politics, culture, and law.
Australia confiscated 650,000 guns. Murders and suicides plummeted.
It was one of the world's largest mandatory gun buybacks — and it was a smashing success.
How America fails children
US public policy is a disaster on guns — and so much more.
With Ricky Gervais’s new special, Netflix yet again suffers transphobic fools
Does Netflix even care that Ricky Gervais’s SuperNature is rife with transphobic TERF ideology?
Why Boeing’s successful Starliner test is a big deal
Elon Musk’s SpaceX finally has some competition.
In Appalachia, a race to preserve the practice of plant healing
Even as ginseng, St. John’s wort, and other herbs grow in popularity, the region is struggling to keep its age-old practice of herbalism alive for a new generation.
Countries are limiting food exports. It may make global hunger worse.
Trade is vital to mitigating the global food crisis.
How the Supreme Court made it impossible to solve America’s gun violence problem
If you can’t ban handguns, you’re just spinning your wheels.
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Monkeypox!?!?
Good news: Epidemiologists don’t think monkeypox will be as bad as Covid-19. Bad news: We stopped vaccinating people against this type of disease decades ago. Vox reporter (and resident epidemiologist) Keren Landman explains.