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The astounding advantage the Electoral College gives to Republicans, in one chart

In close elections, Republicans are favored to win even when they lose the popular vote.

By Ian Millhiser

How billionaire philanthropy provides reproductive health care when politicians won’t

How philanthropists brought us modern contraception — and where we’d be without them.

By Kelsey Piper

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

The international protest will come ahead of the UN Climate Action Summit.

By Umair Irfan

Susan Collins is in the political fight of her life, and Brett Kavanaugh is a huge factor

Kavanaugh is looming over Collins’s 2020 reelection.

By Ella Nilsen

Defending Kavanaugh has become personal for conservatives, not ideological

Many conservatives don’t trust his jurisprudence, but they’re willing to go to the mat for him on principle.

By Jane Coaston

A new Brett Kavanaugh allegation puts the heat back on Susan Collins and Joe Manchin

These lawmakers were among the swing senators who ultimately voted to confirm him.

By Li Zhou

“Corruption is breaking our democracy”: Elizabeth Warren’s case for the White House

"I’m not afraid, and you can’t be afraid, either," Warren told supporters at a rally in New York City’s Washington Square Park.

By Emily Stewart

Money Talks: She moved home to save money — and her mom never wants her to leave

She grew up in the United States, and her mother’s an immigrant. Here’s how their attitudes about money differ.

By Julie Vadnal

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Some say that’s how hard it is to remove the UK from the EU. Boris Johnson's Brexit strategy heads to the United Kingdom's highest court Tuesday.

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Vox Sentences: The latest twist in the Kavanaugh saga

By Stavros Agorakis

Boris Johnson had a really bad day in Luxembourg. The Incredible Hulk was involved.

By Jen Kirby

The US blames Iran for the Saudi Arabia oil attacks, further escalating tensions

By Jen Kirby

Mitch McConnell isn’t too concerned about a new sexual misconduct allegation against Kavanaugh

By Li Zhou

SNL fires new hire Shane Gillis after recent homophobic and racist slurs surface

By Alex Abad-Santos

The allegations against Brett Kavanaugh ignited national controversy last year. Now it’s happening again.

By Anna North

Uber’s baffling claim that its drivers aren’t core to its business, explained

By Shirin Ghaffary

How Elizabeth Warren has stayed out of the Medicare-for-all fray

By Dylan Scott

The new Kavanaugh allegation is important because of what it says about the FBI

By Laura McGann
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Why “Seinfeld” is coming to Netflix

By Peter Kafka

Elizabeth Warren just won an endorsement that’s making Bernie Sanders’s world really mad

By Emily Stewart

The controversy surrounding the Times’s handling of the latest Kavanaugh allegation, explained

By Aaron Rupar

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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

More of the products you view on Amazon are coming from ads

By Rani Molla
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Why this creepy melody is in so many movies

By Bridgett Henwood

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Here’s how to listen to every Vox podcast interview with a 2020 Democratic candidate

By Lauren Katz

How Rodney Dangerfield and “Caddyshack” gave us Donald Trump

By Peter Kafka

This drawing explains a surprising amount about about your political views

By Matthew Yglesias

Purdue Pharma, maker of OxyContin, files for bankruptcy

By German Lopez

Most cancer drugs fail in testing. This might be a big reason why.

By Julia Belluz

How to remove Brett Kavanaugh without impeaching him

By Ian Millhiser

The West Wing is 20 years old. Too many Democrats still think it’s a great model for politics.

By Emily Todd VanDerWerff

ThirdLove says it’s by women, for women. But women who’ve worked there disagree.

By Zoe Schiffer

The case for raising kids in the city

By Matthew Yglesias

Joe Biden is not Barack Obama

By Ezra Klein

How the Save the Rainforest movement gave rise to modern environmentalism

By Dan Nosowitz
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Elizabeth Warren’s first priority as president: ending government corruption

By Ella Nilsen

Big Tech is “scary” because it wants to be the solution to everything, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio says

By Eric Johnson

Vox Crossword

By Vox Staff

6 winners and 5 losers from a Succession where the unthinkable happens

By Emily Todd VanDerWerff and Meredith Haggerty

3 horrifying extreme weather scenarios the US doesn’t talk about enough

By Eliza Barclay

The US postpones a military deal amid concerns about stays at a Scottish Trump resort

By Anya van Wagtendonk

A year after his confirmation hearing, Brett Kavanaugh faces a new sexual misconduct allegation

By Anya van Wagtendonk

Brett Kavanaugh was already unpopular with voters. The new allegation could reignite opposition.

By Anna North

Democratic presidential candidates call for Brett Kavanaugh’s impeachment

By Li Zhou

GM workers will go on strike, the latest stoppage in a global trend of large-scale labor action

By Anya van Wagtendonk

How Netflix’s Unbelievable turns a true story about rape into challenging, must-watch TV

By Emily Todd VanDerWerff

Impeaching a Supreme Court justice, explained

By Dylan Matthews

Did Brett Kavanaugh perjure himself during his confirmation hearing?

By Tara Golshan