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New York just passed the most ambitious climate target in the country

Carbon-free electricity by 2040 and a net-zero carbon economy by 2050.

By David Roberts

What Democrats want from Robert Mueller’s upcoming testimony

Chairmen Adam Schiff and Jerry Nadler say they plan to use Mueller’s testimony to vividly bring his report to life.

By Riley Beggin

The Amazon dilemma: how a tech powerhouse that fulfills our every consumer need still lets us down

Despite increasing criticism, Amazon refuses to acknowledge many of the unintended consequences its rise to dominance has spawned.

By Jason Del Rey

Trump now: Criticizing America is unpatriotic. Trump then: America “is going to HELL.”

Life comes at you fast.

By Aaron Rupar

Laboratories of democracy: what Seattle learned from having the highest minimum wage in the nation

The city adopted a $15 minimum wage four years ago. Here’s what happened.

By Matthew Zeitlin

Immigrants are skipping reproductive health care because they’re afraid of being deported

In the Trump era, news of ICE raids and family separation are shaping people’s reproductive lives.

By Anna North

Why the ending of the Veronica Mars revival was so shocking

To understand the Veronica Mars finale, you have to understand the Veronica Mars fandom.

By Constance Grady

Mark Kleiman, who changed the way we think about crime and drugs, has died at 68

RIP Mark Kleiman, one of our best criminal justice scholars and my friend.

By German Lopez

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On the 50th anniversary of the Moon landing, Vox’s Brian Resnick says astronauts left something up there that could unlock the origins of life itself.

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Iran says it arrested 17 people spying for the CIA. The US says it’s fake news.

By Alex Ward July 22

Live Nation admits to helping artists scalp their own tickets to make more money

By Kaitlyn Tiffany July 22

Watch: the biggest movie and TV trailers released at Comic-Con

By Alex Abad-Santos July 22

Democrats and the White House are close to striking a budget and debt ceiling deal

By Tara Golshan and Ella Nilsen July 22

Avengers: Endgame finally beats Avatar to become the biggest movie of all time

By Alex Abad-Santos July 22

Watch Tom Hanks become Mister Rogers in A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood’s first trailer

By Alissa Wilkinson July 22

Elizabeth Warren sees “serious warning signs” of an economic crash

By Emily Stewart July 22

Who pays for Amazon’s “customer obsession”? The service reps who pick up the phones.

By Francesca Regalado July 22

“We’re not ready” for foreign election interference in 2020, says Rep. Adam Schiff

By Eric Johnson July 22

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Big Little Lies’ season 2 finale ends on a lackluster, disappointing note

By Aja Romano July 21

Extradition and independence: What’s behind the continued protests in Hong Kong

By Riley Beggin July 21

Ocasio-Cortez calls for an independent investigation into child separation policies

By Riley Beggin July 21

CNN’s debate draft special shows cable news has learned nothing from 2016

By Emily Todd VanDerWerff July 21

Vox’s guide to where 2020 Democrats stand on policy

Keep up with the policy debates that will shape the Democratic 2020 primary.

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Marvel announces 10 Phase 4 projects for 2020 and 2021

By Alex Abad-Santos July 20

Donald Trump has joined the campaign to free A$AP Rocky from a Swedish jail

By Zeeshan Aleem July 20

Puerto Rico’s week of massive protests, explained

By Zeeshan Aleem July 20

Trump met with refugees and seemed to learn about major humanitarian crises for the first time

By Zeeshan Aleem July 20

Why the ending of Game of Thrones elevated the worst of fan culture

By Aja Romano July 20

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How to make more Vox Video happen

By Joe Posner and Mona Lalwani December 17, 2018

The Ice Bucket Challenge and the promise — and the pitfalls — of viral charity

By Kelsey Piper July 20

The controversy over Bernie Sanders’s low-paid field staffers, explained

By Matthew Yglesias July 20

Buzz Aldrin carried a tiny book with him to the moon

By Constance Grady July 20

Breakups really suck, even if you’re a fish

By Sigal Samuel July 20

Mark Sanford is willing to run against Trump for president if people start talking about the debt

By Tara Golshan July 20

Hulu’s Veronica Mars revival ends on a dark and shocking note

By Constance Grady July 20

The worst part of a heat wave is when it doesn’t cool off at night

By Umair Irfan July 19

Vox Sentences: The fight for $15 in Congress

By Catherine Kim July 19

Recode Daily: RIP Instagram influencers?

By Kat Borgerding July 19

Police posted thousands of offensive memes on Facebook. Now some of them are being fired.

By P.R. Lockhart July 19

Why are the cats sexy? And other Cats questions you were too embarrassed to ask.

By Aja Romano July 19

Exploring TV’s weird role in the moon landing — and moon landing conspiracy theories

By Emily Todd VanDerWerff July 19

Astronaut ice cream is a lie.

Astronaut ice cream is a lie

By Phil Edwards July 19

Why 2020 presidential candidate Andrew Yang doesn’t want to break up Google

By Eric Johnson July 19

Elizabeth Warren’s latest Wall Street enemy: private equity

By Emily Stewart July 19

A plan to fix inequality would target CEOs who make 100 times more than their employees

By Theodore Schleifer July 19

Hulu’s terrific Veronica Mars revival is a moody repudiation of nostalgia

By Constance Grady July 19

What would alien life mean for Catholicism? The Vatican’s chief astronomer explains.

By Byrd Pinkerton July 19

“Incredible patriots” is the new “very fine people”: Trump defends racist chants

By Aaron Rupar July 19

TV doesn’t always do right by sisters. Starz’s Vida finds a way.

By Emily Todd VanDerWerff July 19

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