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Why Boeing’s successful Starliner test is a big deal

By Rebecca Heilweil May 26

Countries are limiting food exports. It may make global hunger worse.

By Siobhan McDonough May 26

With Ricky Gervais’s new special, Netflix yet again suffers transphobic fools

By Aja Romano May 26

A man with shoulder-length hair wearing a t-shirt and suit jacket makes air quotes with his fingers while speaking to an off-camera crowd.

WeWork co-founder Adam Neumann’s new crypto project sounds like a scam within a scam

By Neel Dhanesha May 26

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In Appalachia, a race to preserve the practice of plant healing

Even as ginseng, St. John’s wort, and other herbs grow in popularity, the region is struggling to keep its age-old practice of herbalism alive for a new generation.

By Alex Schechter May 26

An American flag flying beside a rack of rifles for sale.

America’s gun violence epidemic, in one chart

By Rani Molla May 25

A protester outside the Supreme Court building holds a sign that reads, “Protect kids, not guns.”

How the Supreme Court made it impossible to solve America’s gun violence problem

By Ian Millhiser May 25

What we know about the Uvalde elementary school massacre

By Nicole Narea May 25

No, the gun control debate was not “over” after Sandy Hook

By Marin Cogan May 25

A person wearing a hardhat and holding an automatic rifle sits atop a pile of thousands of confiscated guns.

Australia confiscated 650,000 guns. Murders and suicides plummeted.

By Zack Beauchamp May 25

A child can’t be a “good guy with a gun”

By Zack Beauchamp May 25

National Shooting Sports Foundation Hosts Annual Trade Show In Las Vegas

How gun ownership became a powerful political identity

By Dylan Matthews May 25

Masculinity, explained by WWE

By Emily St. James May 25

The plant-based future of food doesn’t always taste that great

By Kenny Torrella May 25

The rise of the sadboi big man

By Emily St. James May 25

A parked double-decker bus covered by a Gopuff ad that reads, “Need it now?”

How to make money during the tech crash: Write about it

By Peter Kafka May 25

2 losers and 1 winner from the Georgia, Alabama, and Arkansas primaries

By Li Zhou, Christian Paz, and 1 more May 25

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a press conference held at the Florida National Guard Robert A. Ballard Armory on June 7, 2021 in Miami, Florida. The word “stop” is visible on the lectern.

Florida’s social media free speech law has been blocked for likely violating free speech laws

By Sara Morrison May 24

What the latest Covid-19 variants and subvariants mean for the pandemic

By Umair Irfan May 24

Welcome to the May issue of The Highlight

In this issue: The anti-abortion movement’s post-Roe future, the plant peddlers of Appalachia, the real effect of the child tax credit now that it’s gone, and more.

By Vox Staff May 24