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We asked 8 young people why they joined the global climate strike

"I need to be here to make a change": New York’s climate strikers in their own words.

By Umair Irfan

2 winners and 3 losers from the LGBTQ presidential forum

Joe Biden had an uncomfortable showing.

By Katelyn Burns

Report: Trump pressured Ukrainian president about 8 times to investigate Biden’s son

Details remain murky. But there’s been a scandal unfolding in plain sight.

By Andrew Prokop

Leftists, liberals, and neoliberals share a problem: Congress

Congress, not neoliberalism, hamstrung Obama’s presidency.

By Ezra Klein

The week in US-Saudi Arabia-Iran tensions, explained

It looked like Trump was going to bomb Iran over Saudi Arabia. Now it doesn’t.

By Alex Ward

Vox Crossword

For the curious in all of us. Can you solve it?

By Vox Staff

What the youth climate strike looks like around the world

These images of youth climate activists on strike around the world are simply inspiring.

By Brian Resnick and Danielle Scruggs

Getting to 100% renewables requires cheap energy storage. But how cheap?

New research gives energy storage a cost target.

By David Roberts

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Burn, baby, burn

The vast majority of your plastic isn’t being recycled. It might be time to consider lighting it on fire.

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A whistleblower alleges Trump requested 2020 election interference. Pelosi still says she won’t pursue impeachment.

By Anya van Wagtendonk September 21

Bernie Sanders’s plan to eliminate medical debt, explained

By Dylan Scott September 21

How big was the global climate strike? 4 million people, activists estimate.

By Eliza Barclay and Brian Resnick September 21

Joe Kennedy is officially going after Ed Markey’s Senate seat

By Li Zhou September 21

Scholars think they’ve found Milton’s annotated copy of Shakespeare’s First Folio

By Constance Grady September 21

Vox Sentences: There’s no planet B

By Stavros Agorakis September 20

The US just signed a deal that could send asylum seekers back to El Salvador

By Nicole Narea September 20

Trump responds to Ukraine whistleblower scandal with contradictions and transparent falsehoods

By Aaron Rupar September 20

American Horror Story: 1984 puts the camp back into teen slashers

By Aja Romano September 20

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Washington, DC, is serious about statehood

By Delia Paunescu September 20

From Austin to Indianapolis: The US climate strike in photos

By Alexia Fernández Campbell and Danielle Scruggs September 20

Some brands are closing stores for the global climate strike. That’s a big deal.

By Terry Nguyen September 20

Trump used to steal the show at the UN. This year, it may be different.

By Jen Kirby September 20

Community was one of the most inventive shows in TV history. Don’t let it be forgotten.

By Emily Todd VanDerWerff September 20

Vox’s guide to the 2020 presidential candidates

The 20 Democrats running for president, the next debate lineup, and everything else you should know about 2020

By Dylan Scott September 16

12 excuses for climate inaction and how to refute them

By Eliza Barclay and Jag Bhalla September 20

Emmy nominations 2019: the full list

By Alex Abad-Santos September 20

An AI learned to play hide-and-seek. The strategies it came up with on its own were astounding.

By Kelsey Piper September 20

The climate change policy with the most potential is the most neglected

By David Roberts September 20

America’s evolving views on crime, explained by Law & Order: SVU

By Dylan Matthews September 20

Storm Area 51 weekend has arrived. Here’s what’s actually happening.

By Allegra Frank and Aja Romano September 20

Your smart devices listening to you, explained

By Rani Molla September 20

Internet Culture

The totally wild, true tale of a meme about aliens that almost inspired a real raid on Area 51

How an online gag about storming the military base became a drama involving a rural town, the government, and frequent evocations of the Fyre Festival.

By Allegra Frank September 20

How these rocks became a Western movie cliché

By Coleman Lowndes September 20

Young people have a stake in our future. Let them vote.

By Kelsey Piper September 20

The House just passed a bill that would give millions of workers the right to sue their boss

By Alexia Fernández Campbell September 20

Culture

Friends is 25 years old. It’s still extremely popular — and polarizing.

Was Friends homophobic and way too white? Yes. But arguing about the show is healthy.

By Kelsey Miller September 20

Vox Video Lab

How to make more Vox Video happen

By Joe Posner and Mona Lalwani December 17, 2018

Greta Thunberg is leading kids and adults from 150 countries in a massive Friday climate strike

By Umair Irfan September 20

How a wealth tax could totally remake charity in the United States

By Dylan Matthews September 20

Rudy Giuliani’s viral CNN meltdown over Trump and Ukraine, briefly explained

By Aaron Rupar September 20

Game of Thrones is poised to smash its own Emmy record

By Emily Todd VanDerWerff September 20

The fall equinox is Monday: 9 things to know about the first day of autumn

By Brian Resnick September 20

How Mama Jan, the vocal coach behind Justin Bieber and Drake, creates superstars

By Jewel Wicker September 20

How Reese Witherspoon became the new high priestess of book clubs

By Constance Grady September 20

Elizabeth Warren has just one plan

By Emily Stewart September 20

I’m a Latina who went to an elite institution. Kavanaugh culture dominates.

By Jennifer M. Morton September 20

Trumpworld’s “the media is trying to cause a recession” conspiracy theory, explained

By Dylan Scott September 20

Bill de Blasio ends his befuddling 2020 bid

By Emily Stewart September 20

5 questions about labor strikes that you were too embarrassed to ask

By Alexia Fernández Campbell September 20