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Protecting voting rights isn’t enough to save democracy

Election law expert Richard L. Hasen on the problem of election subversion — and what can be done to stop it.

By Fabiola Cineas

Is Covax finally going to vaccinate the world?

The global vaccination initiative has faced setbacks. Could a recent surge in doses foretell a better year ahead?

By Muizz Akhtar

Kyrsten Sinema’s opposition to filibuster reform rests on a myth

Senate rules are fostering obstruction — not bipartisanship.

By Li Zhou

Texas shows the dangers of indifference to omicron

The state is facing worryingly high hospitalizations, staff shortages, and dwindling ICU beds.

By Nicole Narea

After the Beanie Baby bubble burst

What happens when the frenzy ends and the world doesn’t value your valuables?

By Emily Stewart

The true cost of Amazon’s low prices

Critics say the "everything store" does too much. Is 2022 the year antitrust hawks come for Amazon?

By Sara Morrison

Earth is running low on wildlife. Plants will be next.

Many plants need to migrate to survive climate change, but they’re losing their animal rides.

By Benji Jones

The empty promise of instant delivery

The pandemic changed how shoppers think about convenience, but on-demand delivery can only offer so much.

By Terry Nguyen

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By Vox Staff April 23, 2021

Antibodies aren’t the whole story

By Umair Irfan January 14

Nearly half the world’s kids are exposed to dangerous levels of lead

By Dylan Matthews January 14

The most consistently botched part of the US pandemic response

By Dylan Scott January 14

A syllabus for a new world

By Alissa Wilkinson January 13

The lesson America refuses to learn about Covid-19 and the economy

By Emily Stewart January 12

Take a mental break with the newest Vox crossword

By Vox Staff January 1

Can randomly selected citizens govern better than elected officials?

By Dylan Matthews January 12

Why 5G is threatening to cause flight delays

By Rebecca Heilweil January 12

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The Supreme Court takes up a case, brought by Ted Cruz, that could legalize bribery

By Ian Millhiser January 12

The latest data on US climate pollution is very bad

By Rebecca Leber January 12

Virtual reality is reality, too

By Sean Illing January 12

The FTC’s antitrust case against Facebook is going forward after all

By Shirin Ghaffary January 11

Biden changed his mind on the filibuster. It’s not enough.

By Li Zhou January 11

Stop calling workers “low skill”

By Jerusalem Demsas January 11

The misery of the Hype House

By Rebecca Jennings January 11

Omicron is exploding. Here’s what to do if you’re exposed.

By Sigal Samuel January 11

A new era for the American worker

By Rani Molla January 11

Rapid tests, omicron, and you

By Rebecca Heilweil January 10

Why the US photographed its own WWII concentration camps

By Coleman Lowndes January 10

In Station Eleven, the end of the world is a vibrant, lush green

By Emily VanDerWerff January 10

Colors: Where did they go? An investigation.

By Emily VanDerWerff January 10

Time is running out. Here’s how the climate movement can level up.

The high-risk, high-reward stakes of building a more radical movement.

By Rebecca Leber January 10

The West has a few bargaining chips to stop Russia from invading Ukraine

By Ellen Ioanes January 9

Why one of the most vaccinated places in America couldn’t avoid omicron

By Nicole Narea January 9

Want to know how to save nature? Ask Indigenous scientists.

By Sarah Sax January 9

We need to wear better masks

By Ellen Ioanes January 8

We’re one step closer to self-farming farms

By Adam Clark Estes January 8

The most interesting thing Don’t Look Up has to say about the apocalypse

By Kelsey Piper January 8

Electric cars aren’t just vehicles. They’re big batteries.

By Neel Dhanesha January 8

Chuck Schumer is forcing Democrats to pick a side on the filibuster

By Li Zhou January 8

How protests in Kazakhstan could become a geopolitical crisis

By Jen Kirby January 8

The Supreme Court appears ready to slash Biden’s vaccine mandate for workers

By Ian Millhiser January 7

Close reading the fleshy, obsessive internet of No One Is Talking About This

By Constance Grady January 7

Yellowjackets is prestige Pretty Little Liars. Hear me out.

By Constance Grady January 7

The Supreme Court could hand down another major attack on Roe v. Wade any day now

By Ian Millhiser January 7

The rehabilitation of Trump national security officials says a lot about Washington

By Jonathan Guyer January 7

The Golden Globes are this weekend, but they won’t be on TV

By Alissa Wilkinson January 6

The uncertain fight for Sudan’s democracy

By Jen Kirby January 6

The hollowness of Biden’s January 6 speech

By Zack Beauchamp January 6

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