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Kyrsten Sinema is the first Democrat to win an Arizona Senate seat in 30 years

She beat out Martha McSally in a race that was a nail-biter to the finish.

By Li Zhou

The controversies of Trump’s Paris trip, explained

A fiery Macron speech, a missed WWI memorial, and a Putin thumbs-up for Trump.

By Jen Kirby

Jerome Corsi says Mueller will soon indict him for perjury

Corsi is an unreliable source. But he’s clearly been under the special counsel’s scrutiny.

By Andrew Prokop

Martha McSally just lost the Arizona Senate race. She could still be a senator next year.

It’s an interesting twist for the highly contested race.

By Li Zhou

A black security guard caught a shooting suspect — only to be shot by police minutes later

The death of Jemel Roberson shows that black men aren’t allowed to be the good guy with a gun.

By P.R. Lockhart

California’s wildfires are hardly “natural” — humans made them worse at every step

We fuel them. We build next to them. We ignite them.

By Umair Irfan

Stan Lee, the godfather of Marvel comics, dies at 95

Stan Lee co-created unforgettable Marvel characters like Spider-Man and the X-Men.

By Alex Abad-Santos

We read all 25 National Book Award finalists for 2018. Here’s what we thought. 

The Vox staff reviews all the finalists in each of five categories: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translated literature, and young people’s literature.

By Constance Grady, Todd VanDerWerff, and 17 others

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By Dylan Scott

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By Cheryl Wischhover

Amazon’s Alexa might be a key witness in a murder case

By Chavie Lieber

Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s incredible ability to bounce back

By Julia Belluz

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By Eliza Barclay and Diana Elbasha

An ad for a $40 teddy bear that looks like Trump just went viral

By Rebecca Jennings

The Pokémon Detective Pikachu trailer is tearing Pokémon fans apart

By Alex Abad-Santos

Singles Day, China’s anti-Valentine’s shopping holiday, is spreading to the US

By Gaby Del Valle

No, John McCain did not make Republicans lose the House

By Sarah Kliff

Democrat Richard Ojeda, a champion of West Virginia’s teachers, says he is running for president

By Alexia Fernández Campbell

Are foldable smartphones the future, whether we like them or not?

By Kaitlyn Tiffany

Trump’s attack on the Florida recounts is an attack on American democracy

By Zack Beauchamp

Trump is lying about voter fraud in Florida, and media outlets are spreading it

By Aaron Rupar
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Criminal profiling doesn’t work. TV shows should maybe stop celebrating it.

By Dylan Matthews

Trump insists things are going fine with North Korea. They’re not.

By Alex Ward

The Trump administration’s anti-birth control agenda, explained

By Anna North

YouTube is full of cringey, clickbait DIY channels. They’re even weirder than you think.

By Rebecca Jennings

The Florida voter fraud allegations, explained

By German Lopez

The races that still haven’t been called in Arizona, Florida, and Georgia, explained

By Tara Golshan, Li Zhou, and 1 other

Why the political fight in Georgia is far from over

By P.R. Lockhart

I'm a woman who fought wildfires for 7 years. Climate change is absolutely making them worse.

By Anastasia Selby

Millions of Americans take vitamin D. Most should just stop.

By Julia Belluz

How to capture the feeling of a movie in a single font

The type designers and typographers behind Suspiria, Sorry to Bother You, and The Favourite explain their creative processes.

By Eliza Brooke

New York’s Orthodox Jewish community is battling measles outbreaks. Vaccine deniers are to blame.

By Julia Belluz

I took my 3-year-old to Congress to fight for health care. I feel like we won the midterms.

By Elena Hung

The asylum ban — Trump’s boldest immigration power grab yet — explained

By Dara Lind

The NRA told doctors to “stay in your lane” on guns. I’m a doctor. This is my lane.

By Dr. Judy Melinek

President Trump cites conspiracy theory to demand Florida stop recount with Republicans ahead

By Aaron Rupar

The 2018 electorate was older, whiter, and better educated than in 2016

By Matthew Yglesias

What the new Democratic House majority might actually pass on health care

By Dylan Scott

How to protest Trump

By Sean Illing

To beat Trump, House Democrats need to fight on policy, not just scandals

Trump’s weakness is policy. Can Democrats exploit it?

By Ezra Klein

How a $50-a-year nutrition program cut domestic violence in Bangladesh

By Dylan Matthews

My parents give me $28,000 a year

By E.J. Roller

Why air service is so crucial for small cities

By Aditi Shrikant

US climate politics just got even more polarized. Here’s how Democrats can move forward.

By David Roberts
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