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One way or another, the Supreme Court is likely to let Trump end DACA

The DACA arguments went better than expected for DREAMers, but that’s probably not enough to save them.

By Ian Millhiser

The 2 quid pro quos at the heart of the impeachment inquiry

Here’s the timeline of what Trump officials asked the Ukrainians for.

By Andrew Prokop

10 lessons for Disney, Apple, and all the new streaming companies trying to take down Netflix

Advice from two veterans of Amazon and Hulu.

By Matthew Ball and Alex Kruglov

Loss, trauma, and injustice: On being Black and dying from a broken heart

The father of Atatiana Jefferson is one of too many lost to grief, trauma, and injustice.

By Nylah Burton

Supreme Court lets Sandy Hook families sue gun maker Remington Arms

The lawsuit could send a message to the gun industry.

By German Lopez

Why old people will always complain about young people

Prediction: Today’s "OK boomer" Gen Z will complain about the youth one day. Blame human memory.

By Brian Resnick

Disney says its new Disney+ streaming service is so popular you can’t stream it

"The consumer demand for Disney+ has exceeded our highest expectations." Translation: Whoops.

By Peter Kafka

A Republican memo details the party’s impeachment inquiry defenses. They aren’t very strong.

Republicans have four defenses they hope will protect the president during public impeachment inquiry hearings.

By Sean Collins

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Today the Supreme Court heard the case about a border patrol agent who shot and killed a 15-year-old boy. Ian Millhiser explains why it could make holding federal agents accountable a lot harder.

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Disney+’s Star Wars series, The Mandalorian, is a triumph of atmosphere — and little else

By Emily Todd VanDerWerff

Trump just claimed Ivanka created 14 million jobs. The entire economy added 6 million.

By Aaron Rupar

The real reasons Democrats want open impeachment hearings

By Alex Ward

Stephen Miller promoted white supremacist, anti-immigrant articles in private emails to Breitbart

By Nicole Narea

Noelle, starring Anna Kendrick, doesn’t bode well for Disney+’s holly jolly future

By Emily Todd VanDerWerff

Pixar’s touching animated short Float is one of the best new things on Disney+

By Alex Abad-Santos

Pop culture unites us as Americans. Will streaming services change that?

By Lauren Katz

Disney+ is a treasure chest of forgotten films and TV. Here are 6 gems to revisit.

By Emily Todd VanDerWerff, Allegra Frank, and 4 others

Roger Stone trial testimony casts doubt on Trump’s answers to Mueller

By Andrew Prokop
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The best case for and against a fracking ban

By Umair Irfan

Why is SMS texting a mess? Fixing it is harder than you think.

By Delia Paunescu

Impeachment, explained

By Matthew Yglesias and Andrew Prokop

Trump’s attempt to smear DACA recipients as “hardened criminals” is untethered from reality

By Aaron Rupar

The new Sonic the Hedgehog trailer gives Sonic a much-needed glow-up

By Alex Abad-Santos
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How Mars photos inspired the first CGI

By Phil Edwards

Climate change lawsuits are not going away

By Umair Irfan

How should billionaires spend their money to fight climate change? I asked 9 experts.

By Sigal Samuel

If you are a unionized journalist, this labor ruling should worry you

By Ian Millhiser

Fare evasion costs cities millions. But will cracking down on it solve anything?

By Terry Nguyen

The Supreme Court will hear my case today. Trump will not win on DACA.

By Martín Batalla Vidal

Vox Sentences: The bad E in e-cigarettes

By Hannah Brown

How Heroes of the Fourth Turning, about Catholic intellectuals, became one of fall’s buzziest plays

By Alissa Wilkinson

Why alt-right trolls shouted down Donald Trump Jr.

By Jane Coaston

The Seattle politician Amazon tried to oust has declared victory

By Jason Del Rey

The one big policy change 2020 Democrats want to make for veterans, explained

By Alex Ward

Trump’s big veterans health care plan has hit a snag

By Dylan Scott

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The 2020 election calendar

By Catherine Kim and Hannah Brown
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China’s fight with the NBA, explained

By Mac Schneider

WeWork is reportedly in talks to hire a new CEO, and he’s a character

By Rani Molla and Shirin Ghaffary

Martin Scorsese’s fight against Marvel isn’t really about Marvel movies

By Alex Abad-Santos

Trump’s lie about impeachment transcripts is one of his laziest yet

By Aaron Rupar

Singles Day is China’s biggest shopping holiday. Why hasn’t America caught on?

By Terry Nguyen

A demonstrator was shot and a man set on fire in Hong Kong’s protests

By Jen Kirby

The number of migrants apprehended at the southern border has plummeted 75% since May

By Nicole Narea

Peter King is the 20th House Republican to announce their retirement

By Sean Collins

Bloomberg’s Matt Levine explains Wall Street, WeWork, and how to leave Goldman Sachs for a much lower-paying job

By Peter Kafka

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Clean energy technologies threaten to overwhelm the grid. Here’s how it can adapt.

The centralized, top-down power grid is outdated. Time for a bottom-up redesign.

By David Roberts

How Burning Cane’s 19-year-old director made his haunting tale of religion in the South

By Alissa Wilkinson

Vitamin E acetate is a key culprit in the vaping illness outbreak

By Julia Belluz