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Democrats’ voting rights debacle

Did the party waste a year on a doomed Senate push? Or was this their best chance?

By Andrew Prokop

What you need to know about Biden’s free rapid test program

You can now order free Covid-19 rapid tests that will be delivered to your mailbox — but you’ll only get a few.

By Rebecca Heilweil

Could a universal Covid-19 vaccine defeat every variant?

Scientists envision a shot that could protect against many coronaviruses in one fell swoop.

By Umair Irfan

We’ll never have a normal flu season again

This terrible Covid and flu season is a preview of the post-pandemic normal.

By Dylan Scott

Biden’s offshore wind plan is also a jobs plan

Europe has already invested in offshore wind power. Now the US is getting onboard.

By Neel Dhanesha

Am I asymptomatic, or do I just really not want to have Covid-19? A guide.

Asymptomatic means you really, truly have no symptoms.

By Allie Volpe

Why 5G is causing flight cancellations

The FAA is worried about your cellphone again.

By Rebecca Heilweil

Microsoft is buying one of the biggest names in games — if Washington lets it

Microsoft-Activision is like Disney-Fox. Maybe bigger.

By Peter Kafka

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The James Webb Time Machine

To look into deep space is to look back in time. Ahead of the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope, Unexplainable talked to scientists who hope to see “cosmic dawn,” a period long ago when the first starlight transformed the universe.

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It was a great day in the Supreme Court for the bribery of lawmakers

By Ian Millhiser January 19

Is confidence a cult? These sociologists think so.

By Rebecca Jennings January 18

A physicist’s lessons about race, power, and the universe

By Neel Dhanesha January 17

How to sponsor an Afghan refugee family

By Sigal Samuel January 17

One Good Thing: ABC’s Abbott Elementary breathes new life into the mockumentary

By Emily VanDerWerff January 17

Take a mental break with the newest Vox crossword

By Vox Staff January 1

TV’s buzziest shows aren’t trying to trick viewers anymore

By Emily VanDerWerff January 17

Could a 54-year-old civil rights law be revived?

By Jerusalem Demsas January 17

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How seditious conspiracy charges change the January 6 narrative

By Ellen Ioanes January 16

The Christian right brings a Supreme Court case it actually deserves to win

By Ian Millhiser January 16

Even Tories are over Boris Johnson’s scandals after “Partygate”

By Ellen Ioanes January 15

The Supreme Court can’t get its story straight on vaccines

By Ian Millhiser January 15

The pipeline at the center of geopolitical drama

By Jen Kirby January 14

The intimacy of the TV star death

By Emily VanDerWerff January 14

This is what long-term immunity to Covid-19 might look like

By Umair Irfan January 14

Nearly half the world’s kids are exposed to dangerous levels of lead

By Dylan Matthews January 14

The most consistently botched part of the US pandemic response

By Dylan Scott January 14

Kyrsten Sinema’s opposition to filibuster reform rests on a myth

By Li Zhou January 13

Earth is running low on wildlife. Plants will be next.

By Benji Jones January 13

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What BBB means for climate policy

Can the White House and Congress see eye-to-eye on climate?

Protecting voting rights isn’t enough to save democracy

By Fabiola Cineas January 13

The true cost of Amazon’s low prices

By Sara Morrison January 13

A syllabus for a new world

By Alissa Wilkinson January 13

Texas shows the dangers of indifference to omicron

By Nicole Narea January 13

Is Covax finally going to vaccinate the world?

By Muizz Akhtar January 13

The empty promise of instant delivery

By Terry Nguyen January 13

The lesson America refuses to learn about Covid-19 and the economy

By Emily Stewart January 12

Can randomly selected citizens govern better than elected officials?

By Dylan Matthews January 12

The Supreme Court takes up a case, brought by Ted Cruz, that could legalize bribery

By Ian Millhiser January 12

The latest data on US climate pollution is very bad

By Rebecca Leber January 12

Virtual reality is reality, too

By Sean Illing January 12

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After the Beanie Baby bubble burst

What happens when the frenzy ends and the world doesn’t value your valuables?

By Emily Stewart January 12

The FTC’s antitrust case against Facebook is going forward after all

By Shirin Ghaffary January 11

Biden changed his mind on the filibuster. It’s not enough.

By Li Zhou January 11

Stop calling workers “low skill”

By Jerusalem Demsas January 11

The misery of the Hype House

By Rebecca Jennings January 11

Omicron is exploding. Here’s what to do if you’re exposed.

By Sigal Samuel January 11

A new era for the American worker

By Rani Molla January 11

Rapid tests, omicron, and you

By Rebecca Heilweil January 10

Why the US photographed its own WWII concentration camps

By Coleman Lowndes January 10

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