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The deranged Supreme Court case that threatens US democracy, explained

Moore v. Harper is a test of whether this Supreme Court can ever be trusted with power.

By Ian Millhiser

Biden and Putin just said they’re open to talks. Don’t count on it happening soon.

The president’s statements on talks with Russia aren’t that different from his previous positions.

By Ellen Ioanes

The next Congress will be the most representative of Latino identity ever

By Christian Paz

The big stakes in the Supreme Court’s new LGBTQ rights case

By Ian Millhiser

Democrats go to war with Iowa and New Hampshire over 2024

By Ben Jacobs

Joe Biden just threw the 2024 primary calendar into chaos

By Andrew Prokop

Democrats eye new legislation to rein in Wall Street landlords

By Rachel M. Cohen

Why Trump is still the 2024 GOP frontrunner — for now

By Ben Jacobs

What Congress’s same-sex marriage bill actually does

By Li Zhou

The Senate votes to avert a rail strike — and rejects paid sick leave

By Li Zhou

China’s Covid narrative is backfiring

By Jen Kirby

The deep roots of antisemitism’s resurgence in America

By Zack Beauchamp

Hakeem Jeffries’s ascent to Democratic leader, explained

By Li Zhou

Kari Lake’s lonely, absurd quest to challenge Arizona’s election results

By Nicole Narea

What makes China’s wave of protests different this time

By Jonathan Guyer

The Senate just passed historic protections for same-sex marriage

By Li Zhou

A rogue Trump judge has thrown the Supreme Court in disarray

By Ian Millhiser

Donald Trump’s dinner with white supremacist Nick Fuentes was much more than a gaffe

By Nicole Narea

“I’ve always been the youngest person in the room”

By Siona Peterous

Why the global economy is slowing

By Madeleine Ngo

The not-so-lame duck session

By Li Zhou

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The 2022 midterm elections, explained

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The 2024 Senate map is terrifying for Democrats. That’s one reason Georgia’s runoff matters.

By Andrew Prokop

Community hospitals are facing an impossible dilemma

By Dylan Scott

Poor countries are developing a new paradigm of mental health care. America is taking note.

By Sigal Samuel

The wave of protests testing China’s zero-Covid policy, explained

By Ellen Ioanes

A Trump judge seized control of ICE, and the Supreme Court will decide whether to stop him

By Ian Millhiser

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The guy who got the midterms right explains what the media got wrong

By Nicole Narea

Qatar’s migrant labor system is bigger than the World Cup

By Ellen Ioanes

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How independent voters saved Democrats

By Christian Paz

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The high stakes and unique weirdness of the Georgia Senate runoff, briefly explained

By Li Zhou

Why Americans will pay higher natural gas prices this winter

By Rebecca Leber

The very human, very troubling stories we tell ourselves about crime

By Alissa Wilkinson

America’s unique, enduring gun problem, explained

By Nicole Narea, Li Zhou, and 1 more

The White House’s plan to colonize the moon, briefly explained

By Rebecca Heilweil

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How the right’s radical thinkers are coping with the midterms

By Zack Beauchamp

How one man quietly stitched the American safety net over four decades

By Dylan Matthews

Sen. Cory Booker has a plan to stop taxpayer bailouts of Big Meat 

By Marina Bolotnikova and Kenny Torrella

Trump’s return to Twitter prompts outrage and confusion

By Shirin Ghaffary

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The collapse of FTX and Sam Bankman-Fried’s shocking downfall

By Vox Staff

Despite its brutal tactics, Iran’s regime fails to contain mass protests

By Ellen Ioanes

The incredible shrinking future of college

By Kevin Carey