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Everybody went after Elizabeth Warren over Medicare-for-all at the Democratic debate

Warren got a frontrunner’s treatment over the hard questions of Medicare-for-all.

By Dylan Scott

Kamala Harris brought up the most-ignored policy issue in the Democratic debates so far

Reproductive rights finally got a moment.

By Anna North

Joe Biden’s Iraq problem

The former vice president has a long, complicated, and some would say checkered history with Iraq. Here’s the full story.

By Tara Golshan and Alex Ward

What to expect at the fourth Democratic debate

Can a candidate not named Biden, Warren, or Sanders have their breakout moment?

By Tara Golshan

Elizabeth Warren compares Big Tech to Big Oil in a new fundraising ban

It was only a matter of time before taking Silicon Valley money became verboten.

By Theodore Schleifer

Giuliani’s $500,000 payout from Fraud Guarantee reveals the hypocrisy of his attacks on Hunter Biden

Giuliani is staunchly opposed to cashing in on political connections — unless he’s doing it.

By Aaron Rupar

Vox’s guide to where 2020 Democrats stand on policy

How the Democratic presidential candidates would combat the opioid epidemic

Most want more addiction treatment. Some want harm reduction. A couple want to decriminalize harder drugs.

By German Lopez

Vox’s guide to the 2020 presidential candidates

The 19 Democrats running for president, the next debate lineup, and everything else you should know about 2020

The biggest questions about the 2020 Democratic presidential primary, answered.

By Dylan Scott and Ella Nilsen

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Where every 2020 candidate stands on guns

By German Lopez October 15

Tom Steyer shouldn’t be running for president

By Kelsey Piper October 15

Here’s where all the 2020 Democrats stand on impeachment

By Li Zhou and Sean Collins October 15

Vox Sentences: 12 Democrats take the stage

By Hannah Brown October 15

What does it mean to be an ethical biohacker?

By Delia Paunescu October 15

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By Vox Staff October 15

The Democratic debates have spent 93 minutes on health care

By Hannah Brown and Dylan Scott October 15

Generation Z doesn’t always want to hear from you

By Rani Molla October 15

We asked 2020 Democratic candidates 6 key questions on climate change

Here’s what they said.

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Google employees are fighting over their company’s decision to ban a Hong Kong protest video game app

By Shirin Ghaffary October 15

Introducing Reset, a new podcast about how tech is changing our lives

By Liz Nelson October 15

Former White House official bolsters the Trump-Ukraine whistleblower’s allegations

By Alex Ward October 15

Warren and Biden release new campaign finance reform plans before the Democratic debate

By Ella Nilsen October 15

The Witch director Robert Eggers spills his beans about The Lighthouse

By Alissa Wilkinson October 15

Ronan Farrow’s new book is a reminder of how silencing women helped Trump get elected

By Anna North October 15

Money Talks: They laid out finances on their first date. Then they retired at 38 and 41.

By Nicole Dieker October 15

The week ahead in impeachment, briefly explained

By Ella Nilsen October 15

Trump sanctions Turkey for the Syria invasion his troop withdrawal allowed

By Jen Kirby October 15

Why everybody is mad at LeBron

By Dylan Scott October 15

Watch this robot solve a Rubik’s Cube one-handed

By Kelsey Piper October 15

Vox’s guide to where 2020 Democrats stand on policy

The boldest and weakest labor platforms of the 2020 Democratic primary

By Alexia Fernández Campbell October 15

Hunter Biden says taking a job at a Ukrainian energy company was “poor judgment”

By Sean Collins October 15

Have we gotten any happier over 200 years? Researchers analyzed millions of books to find out.

By Sigal Samuel October 15

Fort Worth officer charged with murder in killing of black woman in her own home

By P.R. Lockhart October 15

So your kid is a bully. Here’s how to stop it.

By Rachel Wilkerson Miller October 15

Terrazzo used to be kitschy. Now it’s on everything from Spalding basketballs to Madewell dresses.

By Eliza Brooke October 15

The racial pessimism of Clarence Thomas

By Sean Illing October 15

The way forward for Me Too, according to founder Tarana Burke

By Morgan Jerkins October 15

The movement to make workers’ schedules more humane

By Stephanie Wykstra October 15

Are cloth diapers really any better for the environment, your wallet, or your baby?

By Mary Widdicks October 15

Trump keeps losing in court, but time is on his side

By Ian Millhiser October 15

Journalists from CNN and the New York Times are tag teaming this week’s Democratic debate

By Li Zhou October 15

America’s largest auto retailer sells customers used defective cars, a report says

By Terry Nguyen October 15

The techlash hasn’t come up in the Democratic presidential debates. Warren could change that.

By Peter Kafka October 15

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Democratic presidential debate: October 15, 2019

By Vox Staff October 15

Vox Sentences: Gunned down by police in her home

By Hannah Brown October 14

The good, the bad, and the unknown in the House plan to lower drug costs

By Dylan Scott October 14

The push to unionize cannabis workers, explained

By Alexia Fernández Campbell October 14

Trump’s Syria withdrawal is a boon for ISIS — and a nightmare for Europe

By Daniel Byman October 14

ISIS breakouts, US troop withdrawals, Assad advances: the weekend in Syria news

By Alex Ward October 14