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The United Nations is trying to pressure the world into faster action on climate change

Three things to watch for at the UN Climate Action Summit on Monday.

By Umair Irfan

Poll: Elizabeth Warren now leads the Democratic primary field in Iowa

Warren tops a recent poll, but many voters remain undecided.

By Anya van Wagtendonk

Emmys 2019 winners: the complete list

The full list of winners from the 2019 Emmys (updating live).

By Alex Abad-Santos

Trump admits he discussed Biden with Ukraine, but says he was just worried about corruption

Republicans are now calling for an investigation into Biden as Democrats call for impeachment.

By Anya van Wagtendonk

US officials say their pressure on Iran is working — and that’s why tensions are getting worse

Secs. Mike Pompeo and Steve Mnuchin stood by the Trump administration’s strategy and outlined new sanctions.

By Anya van Wagtendonk

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

By Vox Staff

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

A brief scientific guide to the first day of fall.

By Brian Resnick

A Pastafarian hilariously trolled a town council meeting. The stakes are profoundly serious.

The Satanic Temple and the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster are playing a dangerous high-stakes game with the Supreme Court.

By Ian Millhiser

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

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5 winners and 5 losers from a Succession that crumples everybody up like a napkin

By Emily Todd VanDerWerff and Meredith Haggerty

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

By Eliza Barclay and Brian Resnick

Biden wants Trump to release a transcript of the call that led to a whistleblower complaint

By Anya van Wagtendonk

An exchange at an LGBTQ forum reopens questions about Joe Biden’s treatment of women

By Anya van Wagtendonk

Bernie Sanders wants to put credit reporting companies like Equifax out of business

By Tara Golshan

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

By Anya van Wagtendonk

Bernie Sanders’s plan to eliminate medical debt, explained

By Dylan Scott

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

By Umair Irfan

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

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

By Constance Grady

2 winners and 3 losers from the LGBTQ presidential forum

By Katelyn Burns

Vox Sentences: There’s no planet B

By Stavros Agorakis

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

By Alex Ward

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

By Andrew Prokop

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

By Nicole Narea

Trump responds to Ukraine whistleblower scandal with contradictions and transparent falsehoods

By Aaron Rupar

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

By Aja Romano

Washington, DC, is serious about statehood

By Delia Paunescu

From Austin to Indianapolis: The US climate strike in photos

By Alexia Fernández Campbell and Danielle Scruggs

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

By Terry Nguyen

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

By Dylan Scott

What the youth climate strike looks like around the world

By Brian Resnick and Danielle Scruggs

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

By Jen Kirby

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

By Emily Todd VanDerWerff

12 excuses for climate inaction and how to refute them

By Eliza Barclay and Jag Bhalla

Emmy nominations 2019: the full list

By Alex Abad-Santos

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

By Kelsey Piper

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

By David Roberts

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

By David Roberts
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By Joe Posner and Mona Lalwani

Leftists, liberals, and neoliberals share a problem: Congress

By Ezra Klein

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

By Dylan Matthews

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

By Allegra Frank and Aja Romano

Your smart devices listening to you, explained

By Rani Molla

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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
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How these rocks became a Western movie cliché

By Coleman Lowndes

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

By Kelsey Piper

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

By Alexia Fernández Campbell

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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

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

By Umair Irfan