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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

The Florida voter fraud allegations, explained

Republicans claim voter fraud in Florida. There’s no evidence for that, but there is evidence of human error and incompetence.

By German Lopez

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

He just lost a congressional race for West Virginia’s Third District.

By Alexia Fernández Campbell

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

The administration is systematically rolling back birth control access. New rules are just the latest move.

By Anna North

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

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

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

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Arizona Republicans show losing an election with some grace is still possible

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

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

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

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

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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

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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

The growth of yoga and meditation in the US since 2012 is remarkable

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Australia’s terrorist attack killed far fewer people than the US’s mass shooting 24 hours earlier

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Riverdale’s return to the ’90s is the show at its nonsensical batshit best

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Macron denounces nationalism as avowed “nationalist” Trump stands steps away

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It was a nostalgic end for Saturday Night Live’s Jeff Sessions

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