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What to expect on the Mueller report’s release day

Collusion, obstruction, redactions, and more.

By Andrew Prokop

William Barr will give a press conference on the Mueller report Thursday. Here’s how to watch.

The attorney general will discuss the special counsel’s findings at 9:30 am ET.

By Jen Kirby

The case against solitary confinement

On any given day, some 61,000 people are in solitary confinement in US prisons. It’s time to abolish the practice.

By Stephanie Wykstra

The last-minute drama about the Mueller report’s release, explained

We learned that William Barr will give a pre-report press conference — and that DOJ has briefed the White House.

By Andrew Prokop

Scientists: We kept pig brains alive 10 hours after death. Bioethicists: “Holy shit.”

Scientists hooked up 32 dead pig brains to a machine to revive them. And it worked.

By Brian Resnick

The Notre Dame fire is a roofer’s worst fear come to life

I know how easy it is for a small mistake on any construction site to cause a massive disaster.

By Damian Fleming

Denver may become the first US city to decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms

The city’s voters are now deciding whether to decriminalize psilocybin mushrooms.

By German Lopez

The persistent myth of finding love on a plane

Why do cramped seats, gross food, and no personal space make us think of … romance?

By Aditi Shrikant

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The Jeffrey Epstein scandal isn't over

A Florida millionaire created a system to sexually abuse around 80 young girls. The sitting Secretary of Labor who let him off easy might now be held accountable.

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Billie Ellish, the neo-goth, chart-topping 17-year-old pop star, explained

By Charlie Harding April 18

Vox Sentences: Another Trump veto

By Fareehan Elgakhlab and Catherine Kim April 17

Native American activists: The fire at Notre Dame is devastating. So is the destruction of our sacred lands.

By Li Zhou April 17

Black churches in Louisiana see $1.3 million surge in donations after fire at Notre Dame Cathedral

By P.R. Lockhart April 17

As extreme diets have become mainstream, Beyoncé swears she’ll never do hers again

By Rebecca Jennings April 17

Suspect found in Denver-area hunt for potential threat to schools: what we know

By German Lopez April 17

Why the Notre Dame fire was so destructive, according to fire experts

By Umair Irfan April 17

Beyoncé’s new documentary shows exactly how much work it takes to be queen

By Constance Grady April 17

These immigrants contribute $4.6 billion in taxes. Trump’s trying to strip their legal status.

By Alexia Fernández Campbell April 17

How airport scanners discriminate against passengers of color

By Gaby Del Valle April 17

Puerto Rico is targeting 100% renewable energy. The Trump administration has other ideas.

By Umair Irfan April 17

Tim Burton has built his career around an iconic visual aesthetic. Here’s how it evolved.

By Aja Romano April 17

Game of Thrones’ Tyrion was the game’s sharpest player. Now he’s in trouble.

By Alex Abad-Santos April 17

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After Columbine, martyrdom became a powerful fantasy for Christian teenagers

By Alissa Wilkinson April 17

What the Constitution Means to Me lets teen girls inject hope into democracy. It’s great.

By Aja Romano April 17

BTS, the band that changed K-pop, explained

By Aja Romano April 17

Attorney General Barr just handed ICE more power to keep asylum seekers in detention

By Dara Lind April 17

Democrats don’t have to wait for Trump to leave office to cut child poverty

By Dylan Matthews April 17

More affluent neighborhoods are creating their own school districts

By Alvin Chang April 17

Unplanned, the anti-abortion movie that’s getting mainstream attention, explained

By Anna North April 17

Beyoncé made her iconic Coachella performance into a live album. You can stream it right now.

By Constance Grady April 17

How to make more Vox Video happen

By Joe Posner and Mona Lalwani December 17

How Game of Thrones’ final season premiere mirrors its first

By Aja Romano April 17

Flight attendants know the real job killer isn’t the Green New Deal. It’s climate change.

By Sara Nelson April 17

There’s nothing funny about Kim Kardashian studying to pass the bar

By Laura McGann April 17

Trump vetoes Congress’s directive to end US involvement in bloody Saudi-led war in Yemen

By Tara Golshan April 17

Why the world’s leading AI charity decided to take billions from investors

By Kelsey Piper April 17

How Harry Potter and emoji became part of Passover

By Chavie Lieber April 17

Game of Thrones is more interested in payoffs than actual storytelling

By Todd VanDerWerff April 17

Why the dragons on Game of Thrones aren’t akin to nukes

By Alex Ward April 17

Women suffer needless pain because almost everything is designed for men

By Sigal Samuel April 17

Vox Sentences: One man, 39 measles cases

By Catherine Kim and Fareehan Elgakhlab April 16

An art historian explains the tough decisions in rebuilding Notre Dame

By Jen Kirby April 16

Facebook’s data-sharing practices are called into question, again

By Li Zhou April 16

Israel is deporting a human rights activist over his BDS support

By Salwa Sadek April 16

82-year-old Glenda Jackson’s King Lear is towering. But she can’t rescue a bungled show.

By Aja Romano April 16

Hospitals keep ER fees secret. We’re uncovering them.

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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Small donors rally to Ilhan Omar after Trump’s attacks

By Catherine Kim April 16

Notre Dame has always been the people’s cathedral

By Yvonne Seale April 16

Hospitals keep ER fees secret. We’re uncovering them.

After Vox stories, Zuckerberg Hospital is overhauling its aggressive billing tactics

By Sarah Kliff April 16

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