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Bernie Sanders’s plan to eliminate medical debt, explained

Bernie Sanders wants to eliminate $81 billion in medical debt and set up a public credit registry.

By Dylan Scott

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

Instead, Pelosi said Congress should focus on passing new laws governing presidential indictments.

By Anya van Wagtendonk

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

"It’s going to be a heavyweight slugfest."

By Li Zhou

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

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

It was likely the largest climate protest in world history.

By Eliza Barclay and Brian Resnick

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

By Tara Golshan

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

By Umair Irfan

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

By Constance Grady

Vox Sentences: There’s no planet B

By Stavros Agorakis

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

By Alex Ward

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
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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

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

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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

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

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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By Joe Posner and Mona Lalwani

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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

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

By Dylan Matthews

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

By Aaron Rupar

Game of Thrones is poised to smash its own Emmy record

By Emily Todd VanDerWerff

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

By Brian Resnick

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

By Jewel Wicker

How Reese Witherspoon became the new high priestess of book clubs

By Constance Grady

Elizabeth Warren has just one plan

By Emily Stewart

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

By Jennifer M. Morton

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

By Dylan Scott

Bill de Blasio ends his befuddling 2020 bid

By Emily Stewart