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Black voters want 2020 candidates to talk about the economy. At the Black Economic Alliance Forum, they did just that.

By P.R. Lockhart

Benjamin Netanyahu just unveiled Israel’s newest town: “Trump Heights”

By Zeeshan Aleem

Trump says he didn’t fire Mueller because he saw what happened to Nixon

By Zeeshan Aleem June 16

Elizabeth Warren wants to level the playing field for entrepreneurs of color

By Rachel Withers June 15

Vox’s guide to the 2020 presidential candidates

Andrew Yang, the 2020 long-shot candidate running on a universal basic income, explained

By Dylan Matthews June 15

Mexico releases the full text of Trump’s immigration “deal”

By Rachel Withers June 15

Big Tech needs regulation, but DC must go to school before it goes to work

By Jeff Berman June 14

Is it actually illegal to accept “campaign dirt” from foreigners?

By Jen Kirby June 14

The unemployment rate for former inmates is incredibly high. Kim Kardashian wants to change that.

By Catherine Kim June 14

7 winners and 8 losers of the 2020 Democratic debate lottery

By Dylan Scott, Tara Golshan, and 2 others June 14

The hasty plan to get Americans back on the moon by 2024, explained

By Brian Resnick June 14

The lineup for each night of the first Democratic debate was just announced

By Andrew Prokop June 14

Rep. Pramila Jayapal’s story counters misconceptions about who gets abortions

By Anna North June 14

Elizabeth Warren isn’t Hillary Clinton

By Ezra Klein June 14

Federal watchdog agency says Kellyanne Conway should be fired after violating the Hatch Act

By Catherine Kim June 14

More and more workplace discrimination cases are being closed before they’re even investigated

By Maryam Jameel June 14

If the Senate won’t convict Trump, “Why is that bad for the Democrats?” asks the Intercept’s Mehdi Hasan

By Eric Johnson June 14

Why the Democratic Party doesn’t want a presidential debate about climate change

By Umair Irfan June 14

Anita Hill wants Joe Biden to prove he understands the violence women face

By Li Zhou June 13

The first Democratic debate qualification rules — and controversies — explained

By Andrew Prokop June 13

Senate Republicans say campaigns should call FBI over foreign dirt

By Li Zhou June 13

While some states try to ban abortion, these states are expanding access

By Anna North June 13

Sarah Sanders is leaving the White House at the end of June

By Li Zhou June 13

The strange politics of over-the-counter birth control, explained

By Anna North June 13

Trump’s legally problematic claim that he’d accept “oppo research” from foreign governments, explained

By Andrew Prokop June 13

I’ve talked to dozens of parents about why they don’t vaccinate. Here’s what they told me.

By Jennifer Reich June 13

Facebook wants to stay “neutral” on deepfakes. Congress might force it to act.

By Sigal Samuel June 13

Trump, election interference, and hollow nationalism

By Zack Beauchamp June 13

Congress’s high-stakes budget fight to avert an economic crisis, explained

By Tara Golshan June 13

House Democrats want to make accepting dirt on campaign opponents from foreign governments a crime

By Ella Nilsen June 13

Joe Biden hasn’t changed his behavior with girls and women. For his base, that might be fine.

By Anna North June 13

After Jon Stewart’s speech, the House Judiciary Committee unanimously voted to extend the 9/11 fund

By Catherine Kim June 13

What Bernie Sanders’s “democratic socialism” is really about

By Zack Beauchamp June 13

Andrew Yang is promising to revitalize America. His nonprofit tried, too, but couldn’t.

By Theodore Schleifer June 13

Trump downplays the time he said he’d take help from foreign actors offering dirt on 2020 Dems

By Dylan Scott June 13

Prohibition worked better than you think

America’s anti-alcohol experiment cut down on drinking and drinking-related deaths — and it may have reduced crime and violence overall.

By German Lopez June 13

New Federal Reserve data shows how the rich have gotten richer

By Matthew Yglesias June 13

Kamala Harris’s plan to provide DREAMers a pathway to citizenship, explained

By Li Zhou June 13

Justice Democrats have a primary challenger for Rep. Henry Cuellar — their top target

By Ella Nilsen June 13

Hope Hicks will testify in front of the House Judiciary Committee next week

By Li Zhou June 12

Bernie Sanders’s definition of democratic socialism, explained

By Tara Golshan June 12

The fight over the 2020 census citizenship question, explained

By Dara Lind and Libby Nelson June 12

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