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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.

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Why buying a house in the US is so hard right now

By Adam Freelander

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The Israel-Hamas war is tearing American cultural institutions apart

By Marin Cogan

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Two new Supreme Court cases ask if there is a right to medically necessary abortion

By Ian Millhiser

The first results from the world’s biggest basic income experiment

By Dylan Matthews

What to know about the new FAFSA

By Allie Volpe

Nikki Haley’s “rise” and the Republican flight from reality

By Zack Beauchamp

The big bet on “tiny homes” to fix homelessness

By Rachel M. Cohen

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Alec Stapp and Caleb Watney have a plan for national progress

By Bryan Walsh

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Sasha Gallant is making US foreign aid spending smarter

By Oshan Jarow

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Aisha Nyandoro is making guaranteed income a reality in Mississippi

By Sigal Samuel

You can’t even pay people to have more kids

By Anna North

The US doesn’t have universal health care — but these states (almost) do

By Dylan Scott

Many Americans with dementia can’t get the hospice care they need

By Keren Landman

The Israel-Hamas deal is not a real ceasefire

By Zack Beauchamp

We’ve been fighting poverty all wrong

By Oshan Jarow

Why are so few people getting the latest Covid-19 vaccine?

By Dylan Scott

One stat that could spur a compromise on the child tax credit

By Dylan Matthews

When Trump tells you he’s an authoritarian, believe him

By Zack Beauchamp

Biden gives center stage to the climate report Trump tried to bury

By Umair Irfan and Rebecca Leber

Joe Manchin deserves (some) credit for fighting climate change

By Umair Irfan

The other warning Republicans should heed from this year’s elections

By Christian Paz

Psychedelics can have enormous benefits, but the risks shouldn’t be ignored

By Oshan Jarow

You’re more likely to go to prison for exposing animal cruelty than for committing it

By Marina Bolotnikova

In the West Bank, Israeli settlers are on an anti-Palestinian rampage

By Zack Beauchamp

0 winners and 5 losers from the third Republican presidential debate

By Andrew Prokop

Republicans can’t sugarcoat their losses on abortion rights anymore

By Rachel M. Cohen

3 winners and 1 loser from Election Day 2023

By Andrew Prokop

The world’s largest child displacement crisis is in Sudan

By Bryan Walsh

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Election Day 2023: What you need to know about key races and ballot measures

By Vox Staff

The Supreme Court appears poised to rein in its worst decision on guns

By Ian Millhiser

The big abortion stakes of the 2023 elections

By Rachel M. Cohen

A foolish state official may have just handed the NRA a big Supreme Court victory

By Ian Millhiser

The Israel-Hamas war reveals how colleges lost their way on free speech

By Fabiola Cineas

Biden’s new plan for student loan relief, explained

By Kevin Carey

The Supreme Court will hear a case that could effectively legalize automatic weapons

By Ian Millhiser

Patients don’t know how to navigate the US health system — and it’s costing them

By Dylan Scott

The House Israel aid bill is a reminder that Trump-aligned Republicans are now in charge

By Li Zhou

It takes more than trees to build a livable city

By Marin Cogan

“History repeating itself”: How the Israel-Hamas war is fueling hate against Muslims and Jews

By Fabiola Cineas

Your health care open enrollment questions, answered

By Dylan Scott

The RSV shot shortage isn’t just a supply problem

By Keren Landman

The Supreme Court confronts its own failure in an appalling case about guns

By Ian Millhiser

What Israel should do now

By Zack Beauchamp