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The inadequacy of the term “Asian American”

The label aspires to unify a wide range of communities with common cause and shared experiences. But many feel it flattens and erases entire cultures.

By Li Zhou

Anti-vaxxers aren’t the cause of America’s dropping vaccine rates

This fact is crucial to getting the US’s vaccination campaign back on track.

By German Lopez

Will Covid-19 vaccines protect you against variants? 9 questions about variants, answered.

How coronavirus variants are affecting vaccines, treatments, and our attempts to return to normal.

By Umair Irfan

The second wave of “cancel culture”

How the concept has evolved to mean very different things to different people.

By Aja Romano

Trump is Facebook’s problem, again

Your move, Mark.

By Shirin Ghaffary

Was Liz Cheney too honest?

If Trump critics just end up purged from the GOP, the next electoral crisis will be even worse.

By Andrew Prokop

Biden’s plan to make America less terrible for parents

The social safety net for American families is almost nonexistent. Could that be about to change?

By Anna North

What’s with these invasive “crazy” worms and why can’t we get rid of them?

They reproduce without mating and are rapidly chewing through soil across the US. But there’s still a lot we don’t know about "jumping" worms.

By Katherine Harmon Courage

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Can we get to 70%?

That’s President Joe Biden’s new vaccination goal, and he’s got some fresh ideas on how to get there. Vox’s German Lopez explains.

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By Vox Staff April 23

National Geographic faced up to its racist past. Did it actually get better?

Inside the reckoning at an American media institution.

By Anna North and Kainaz Amaria May 6

“Talk to your doctor” might be key to easing concerns about the vaccine

By Dylan Scott May 5

The First Amendment has a Facebook problem

By Sean Illing May 5

Why getting vaccinated for Covid-19 is more popular in the UK than in the US

By Kelsey Piper May 5

How China could force Biden’s hand on defending Taiwan

By Alex Ward May 5

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By Vox Staff May 1

What does it mean to be Asian American?

By Vox First Person May 5

Donald Trump won’t be coming back to Facebook anytime soon

By Rebecca Heilweil May 5

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Iowa is making it harder to be a low-income renter

By Jerusalem Demsas May 5

The weird science of the placebo effect keeps getting more interesting

By Brian Resnick May 5

Online shopping changed, and we barely noticed

By Terry Nguyen May 5

What’s behind Arizona’s bizarre, haphazard, and highly partisan “audit” of the 2020 election

By Ian Millhiser May 5

The biggest impact of the Gates divorce may have nothing to do with the Gates Foundation

By Theodore Schleifer May 4

Trump’s new communication tool is more like a blog

By Shirin Ghaffary May 4

The logic of Biden’s new July 4 vaccination goal

By German Lopez May 4

India’s ruling party lost a key election. It’s worrying that it even stood a chance.

By Zack Beauchamp May 4

After four years of inaction, the EPA is finally regulating this superpollutant

By Rebecca Leber May 4

The home sales boom means you might end up renting

By Rani Molla May 4

Hey bestie, why is everyone saying “hey bestie” online?

By Rebecca Jennings May 4

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The "hundred days" myth

Vox's Andrew Prokop joins Matt and Dara to talk about whether or not we should care about a president's "first hundred days"

Twitter makes all of its money from ads. It’s trying to change that.

By Peter Kafka May 4

Reality TV used to be about getting famous. 90 Day Fiancé is about the American dream.

By Alissa Wilkinson May 4

Bill and Melinda Gates’s divorce could rock the world of charity

By Theodore Schleifer May 3

A majority of voters see an urgent need for police reform following the Chauvin verdict

By Li Zhou May 3

One Good Thing: Mare of Easttown is my new favorite murder story

By Alex Abad-Santos May 3

Republicans feared Democrats’ voting protections bill polls well. A new poll says they’re right.

By Andrew Prokop May 3

Lumber mania is sweeping North America

By Emily Stewart May 3

The book that changed how I think about thinking

By Dylan Matthews May 3

Voters already love technology. They don’t need anti-China messaging to get there.

By Jerusalem Demsas May 3

Are we really in for a summer of love? A post-vaccine dating investigation.

By Lauren Vespoli May 3

The US is in danger of learning the wrong lessons from Covid-19

America is already missing its chance to prepare for the next pandemic.

By Dylan Scott May 3

Sen. Tim Scott says Congress is close to a police reform deal

By Gabby Birenbaum May 2

Republicans and Democrats agree on the need for an infrastructure bill. That’s about all they agree on.

By Gabby Birenbaum May 2

The Texas special election, explained

By Gabby Birenbaum May 2

Anxiety seems to be the culprit in J&J vaccine fainting spells

By Gabby Birenbaum May 1

Mysterious Havana syndrome attacks are now documented in the US

By Gabby Birenbaum May 1

Giuliani raid has Trumpworld on alert

By Gabby Birenbaum May 1

Culture

An oral history of the Dawson crying GIF and its outsized legacy

How Crying Dawson ascended to "the Mount Rushmore of GIFs."

By Constance Grady May 1

Manchin’s opposition to DC statehood weakens its chances

By Gabby Birenbaum May 1

Deforestation in Brazil is out of control. Bolsonaro is asking for billions to stop it.

By Benji Jones May 1