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Policy

Vox’s policy team covers how government action and inaction affect people’s lives: the problems facing the US, the ideas that could solve them, and the debates and arguments that will determine if those solutions become reality.

Is America uniquely vulnerable to tyranny?

By Zack Beauchamp

Gun Violence

Why Biden’s latest gun violence initiative has activists optimistic

By Marin Cogan

Future Perfect

Governments once imagined a future without extreme poverty. What happened?

By Bryan Walsh

Another Covid-19 winter is coming. Here’s how to prepare.

By Dylan Scott September 22

We cut child poverty to historic lows, then let it rebound faster than ever before

By Oshan Jarow September 21

A fatal crash shows us everything that’s wrong with traffic enforcement

By Marin Cogan September 21

How states humiliate single parents who need government assistance

By Jack Meserve September 20

The US hired a leading economist to fix how it allocates foreign aid. Here’s his plan.

By Dylan Matthews September 19

The impeachment trial of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, explained

By Nicole Narea September 18

The Supreme Court’s new term will be dominated by dangerous and incoherent lawsuits

By Ian Millhiser September 18

Trump, on Meet the Press, shows he still has no policy plans

By Ellen Ioanes September 17

The fate of hundreds of thousands of immigrants is caught in an endless court fight

By Li Zhou September 15

Lots of Americans are in the global 1%. A tenth of their income could transform the world.

By Sigal Samuel September 15

Planned Parenthood’s risky plan to bring abortions back to Wisconsin

By Ian Millhiser September 14

What happened to the family doctor?

By Dylan Scott September 14

Elizabeth Warren created a federal agency once. Can she do it again?

By Sara Morrison September 14

Some homeless people won’t go to shelters. Should they be left outside?

By Rachel M. Cohen September 14

The dangers of virus hunting

By Kelsey Piper September 13

Is there anything Ozempic can’t do?

By Dylan Scott September 13

The unconstitutional plan to stop women from traveling out of state for an abortion, explained

By Ian Millhiser September 12

A bold new federal experiment in giving renters cash

By Rachel M. Cohen September 12

Republicans might shut down the government... again

By Li Zhou September 11

Chris Rufo’s dangerous fictions

By Zack Beauchamp September 10

The world’s brutal climate change report card, explained

By Rebecca Leber and Umair Irfan September 9

The oil industry’s cynical gamble on Arctic drilling

By Rebecca Leber September 8

Police fatally shot a pregnant Black woman in Ohio. The calls for accountability are growing.

By Li Zhou September 8

Why so many people are paying to get their paychecks

By Tatiana Walk-Morris September 8

Republicans in Alabama still want to dilute the Black vote

By Fabiola Cineas September 8

Latin American abortion rights activists just notched another win in Mexico

By Nicole Narea September 7

How America became a nation of gamblers

By Dylan Scott September 7

January 6 rioters are facing hundreds of years in prison combined. What does it mean for Trump?

By Nicole Narea September 6

A visual guide to the 19 defendants in the Trump Georgia case

By Li Zhou and Nicole Narea September 6

The criminal justice system is broken. Restorative justice can help fill the gap.

By Erika Sasson September 6

Is public school as we know it ending?

By Rachel M. Cohen September 5

A Canadian study gave $7,500 to homeless people. Here’s how they spent it.

By Sigal Samuel September 2

Narcan — the opioid overdose medication — will finally be available over the counter

By Allie Volpe September 1

Marijuana could be classified as a lower-risk drug. Here’s what that means.

By Li Zhou August 31

A Florida hurricane and shooting are testing Ron DeSantis

By Nicole Narea August 30

Medicare’s first-ever drug price negotiations, briefly explained

By Dylan Scott August 30

White supremacy is at the heart of the Jacksonville shooting

By Li Zhou August 28

The edgelord of the federal judiciary

By Ian Millhiser August 26

America has the world’s safest air travel but sucks so bad at car safety

By Marina Bolotnikova August 25

What the GOP debate revealed about Republican health care hypocrisy

By Dylan Scott August 25

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