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A new report complicates simplistic narratives about race and the 2020 election

The report from the firm Catalist looks at what changed since 2016, but also at the parties’ coalitions overall.

By Andrew Prokop

Israel’s actions in East Jerusalem are a human rights test for Biden

The Biden administration said it wants human rights at the "center" of its foreign policy. Now is its chance to prove that.

By Alex Ward

How a major oil pipeline got held for ransom

And what it means for gas prices.

By Sara Morrison

The coronavirus is a thorn in Biden’s democracy agenda

Biden’s team is considering pushing the Summit for Democracy into next year.

By Alex Ward

Biden finally raised the refugee cap. Now comes the hard part.

The US might not come close to resettling 62,500 refugees in 2021.

By Nicole Narea

Why India needs oxygen more urgently than vaccines

The biggest problem may not be the supply itself as much as access to it.

By Lisa J. Hardy, Lawrence Weru, and 3 more

Facebook will push you to read articles before you share them

The company says it wants to promote "more informed sharing."

By Shirin Ghaffary

Why Democrats’ ambitions for health care are shrinking rapidly

The Biden agenda has run into the hardest roadblock in health care: How do you pay for it?

By Dylan Scott

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Vaccinated! (Still anxious.)

There’s no vaccine for Covid-19 anxiety. Nor is there one for those who aren’t ready to “go back to normal.” But, as Vox’s Sigal Samuel explains, there is hope.

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By Emily Stewart May 7

Novelist Akwaeke Emezi talks writing a nonbinary novel

By Constance Grady May 7

A leaked Walmart memo highlights the daunting challenges facing the world’s largest retailer

By Jason Del Rey May 7

A Canadian study gave $7,500 to homeless people. Here’s how they spent it.

By Sigal Samuel May 7

How the world missed more than half of all Covid-19 deaths

By Umair Irfan May 7

The Biden administration has a game-changing approach to nature conservation

By Benji Jones May 7

Biden agreed to waive vaccine patents. But will that help get doses out faster?

By Kelsey Piper May 7

The outsize importance of SNL, explained by the Elon Musk hosting controversy

By Emily VanDerWerff May 7

The Big Lie is the GOP’s one and only truth

By Zack Beauchamp May 7

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The great American chicken wing shortage is upon us

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The app store war

The Verge's Makena Kelly talks with Matt about Apple's legal battles, Facebook's oversight board, and the prospect of overhauling antitrust legislation

There’s a better way to protect yourself from hackers and identity thieves

By Sara Morrison May 6

Rachel Cusk’s lovely, vicious Second Place seethes with the desires of a woman on the verge

By Constance Grady May 6

Apple has an antitrust problem. Here’s one way to solve it.

By Peter Kafka May 6

Right-wing coffee companies want to make coffee great again

By Luke Winkie May 6

The census shows the US needs to increase immigration — by a lot

By Nicole Narea May 6

Here’s just how much people have stopped talking about Trump on Facebook and Twitter

By Shirin Ghaffary and Rani Molla May 6

National Geographic faced up to its racist past. Did it actually get better?

Inside the reckoning at an American media institution.

By Anna North and Kainaz Amaria May 6

Will Covid-19 vaccines protect you against variants? 9 questions about variants, answered.

By Umair Irfan May 5

Was Liz Cheney too honest?

By Andrew Prokop May 5

Anti-vaxxers aren’t the cause of America’s dropping vaccine rates

By German Lopez May 5

“Talk to your doctor” might be key to easing concerns about the vaccine

By Dylan Scott May 5

The First Amendment has a Facebook problem

By Sean Illing May 5

Trump is Facebook’s problem, again

By Shirin Ghaffary May 5

The second wave of “cancel culture”

By Aja Romano May 5

Biden’s plan to make America less terrible for parents

By Anna North May 5

Why getting vaccinated for Covid-19 is more popular in the UK than in the US

By Kelsey Piper May 5

Why there’s talk about China starting a war with Taiwan

By Alex Ward May 5

What does it mean to be Asian American?

By Vox First Person May 5

The inadequacy of the term “Asian American”

By Li Zhou May 5

What’s with these invasive “crazy” worms and why can’t we get rid of them?

By Katherine Harmon Courage May 5