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NYTimes report shows how Twitter, McKinsey were complicit in helping Saudi Arabia silence critics

Saudi Arabia reportedly groomed a Twitter employee to help it spy on dissenters.

By Emily Stewart

After weeks of lying, Saudi Arabia just admitted Jamal Khashoggi is dead

This is a big test for President Donald Trump.

By Alex Ward

Louisiana voters will have a chance to strike down a Jim Crow law this November

Louisiana’s split-jury law dates to a constitutional convention disenfranchising black voters.

By German Lopez

Democratic outreach to Latino voters doesn’t look much better than it did in 2016

Most Latino voters say they haven’t experienced any kind of midterms outreach.

By Li Zhou

Justice Department charges Russian national with conspiring to interfere with 2018 midterms

It’s another charge in connection with a "troll farm" that posts social media propaganda.

By Andrew Prokop

13 found-footage horror movies actually worth watching this Halloween

An appreciation of an undeservedly maligned subgenre of horror movies.

By Dylan Scott

Reconsidering the US-Saudi relationship

Things have changed since the Cold War.

By Matthew Yglesias

The Orionid meteor shower peaks this weekend. Here’s how to watch.

Earth is currently passing through a patch of debris created in the wake of Halley’s comet tail.

By Brian Resnick

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Halloween’s post-credits “scene,” explained

By Aja Romano October 20

A guide to the 2018 midterm elections

How Republicans are misleading voters about preexisting conditions

By Dylan Scott October 20

Alaska’s independent governor drops out of 3-way race and endorses a Democrat

By Dylan Scott October 20

Michael Cohen now wants to get out the vote

By Emily Stewart October 20

Judy Blume’s seminal Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret is becoming a movie

By Constance Grady October 20

Abortions by mail are available now in the US. Here’s what you need to know.

By Julia Belluz October 20

Vox Sentences: Meddling in the midterms

By Stavros Agorakis October 19

Karlie Kloss and Josh Kushner’s marriage adds new star power — and weirdness — to the Trump family tree

By Eliza Brooke October 19

How the Sears catalog transformed shopping under Jim Crow, explained by a historian

By Gaby Del Valle October 19

Nancy Pelosi just suggested she sees herself as a “transitional” House speaker

By Ella Nilsen October 19

A radio ad invoked lynchings to court black voters. It did not go over well.

By P.R. Lockhart October 19

5 fascinating stories about Lee Israel, the real person behind Can You Ever Forgive Me?

By Alissa Wilkinson October 19

Social issues YA novels can be terrible. The Hate U Give is a stunning exception.

By Constance Grady October 19

Here’s why Trump threatened to pull out of a 144-year-old postal treaty

By Jen Kirby October 19

The new Halloween reimagines the franchise as a tale of maternal warrior women

By Todd VanDerWerff October 19

Edible cotton now exists — and it could have a big effect on world hunger

By Rachel Sugar October 19

Lyft has a new “all-access” subscription plan. But is it really worth the money?

By Aditi Shrikant October 19

Halloween costumes are about dressing as someone else. I decided to go as my own fears instead.

By Joe Wadlington October 19

Cage-free, free range, organic: what all those egg labels really mean

By Dylan Matthews October 19

Twitter released 9 million tweets from one Russian troll farm. Here’s what we learned.

By Aja Romano October 19

Julian Assange is fighting the Ecuadorian government over a cat

By Alex Ward October 19

Watch: Stephen Colbert skewers white supremacists’ weird obsession with chugging milk

By Brian Resnick October 19

Kamala Harris’s new basic income-style bill is so frustratingly close to being great

By Dylan Matthews October 19

Report: 300 Pennsylvania Catholic priests sexually abused more than 1,000 children

By Tara Isabella Burton October 19

Polls can be wrong

By Andrew Prokop October 19

Republicans won’t admit it — but their tax cuts blew a big hole in the deficit

By Tara Golshan October 19

A guide to the 2018 midterm elections

The 13 most important governor elections in 2018, briefly explained

By Stavros Agorakis and Dylan Scott October 19

Everything you need to know about Prince Harry’s sleep tracker fitness ring

By Cheryl Wischhover October 19

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The Hate U Give’s creative team talks turning the best-seller into a movie

By Constance Grady October 19

Halloween: a complete guide to horror’s quirkiest, most erratic franchise

By Aja Romano October 19

The DOJ is investigating clerical child sex abuse in Pennsylvania. Such an inquiry is unprecedented.

By Tara Isabella Burton October 19

Farts: which animals do, which don’t, and why

By Brian Resnick October 19

Why DNA test results are actually pretty fuzzy

By Daniel Villarreal October 19

Trump praises a Montana Congress member for body-slamming a reporter

By Jane Coaston October 19

The Hate U Give is equal parts coming-of-age drama and Black Lives Matter primer. It’s terrific.

By Alissa Wilkinson October 19

Kristen Bell has some doubts about Snow White and consent. She’s part of a long tradition.

By Constance Grady October 19

80,000 Americans died of the flu last winter. Get your flu shot.

By Julia Belluz October 19

Making a Murderer is back. Here’s all that’s happened since the first season.

By German Lopez October 19

A guide to the 2018 midterm elections

The 2018 midterms could be pivotal for the future of the Trump administration. Here’s everything you need to know about who’s running, what to watch, and why it matters.

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