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Politics & Policy

Vox's policy and politics team explains everything you need to know about what's going on in Washington and what it means for your life.

A Biden presidency

The Democratic nominee’s policy vision, explained.

By Vox Staff

How bad is your state’s Covid-19 outbreak?

These maps show how your state is doing.

By German Lopez

FDA advisers to meet this week on Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine

By Julia Belluz and Umair Irfan February 24

QAnon believers think Trump will be inaugurated again on March 4

By Nicole Narea February 24

Poll: 61% of likely voters support Democrats’ gradual minimum wage hike

By Gabby Birenbaum February 24

GOP opposition to the Iran deal is threatening to sink a Biden Pentagon nominee

By Alex Ward February 24

How to convince a NIMBY to build more housing

By Jerusalem Demsas February 24

Rethinking Policy for Black America

The Black-white life expectancy gap grew in 2020 — but it can be reversed

By German Lopez February 24

System Failure

How the Trump administration’s deregulatory agenda is affecting the health and safety of Americans.

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The future of QAnon, explained by 8 experts

By Sean Illing February 24

Joe Manchin voted for controversial Trump nominees but is undecided on Biden’s

By Li Zhou February 23

Inside the new $65 million push from progressives to compete with conservative media

By Theodore Schleifer February 23

Tom Cotton and Mitt Romney are proposing a $10 minimum wage

By Gabby Birenbaum February 23

Senate Republicans say Interior pick Deb Haaland has “radical views” on Big Oil

By Rachel Ramirez February 23

Ron Johnson uses Senate hearing on January 6 insurrection to push absurd conspiracy theory

By Aaron Rupar February 23

What Democrats can learn from Mitt Romney

By Dylan Matthews February 23

One of the death penalty’s former strongholds will abolish it

By Ian Millhiser February 23

The Paycheck Protection Program is now more accessible — but it’s still flawed

By Li Zhou February 23

The best stimulus idea Democrats are leaving on the table

By Emily Stewart February 23

Two Supreme Court cases could destroy what remains of the Voting Rights Act

By Ian Millhiser February 23

Congress is writing up Biden’s stimulus plan. Here’s what’s in it.

By Emily Stewart February 22

What you’re feeling is grief

By Nylah Burton February 22

Biden is allowing asylum seekers caught by Trump’s “Remain in Mexico” program to cross the border

By Nicole Narea February 22

What it’s like to die from Covid-19

By Katherine Harmon Courage February 22

Why Neera Tanden’s nomination to be Biden’s budget chief looks doomed

By Ella Nilsen February 22

Private equity ownership is killing people at nursing homes

By Dylan Scott February 22

The effort to recall California Gov. Gavin Newsom, explained

By Jerusalem Demsas February 22

Why are mainstream news outlets giving a platform to Republicans who lie about the 2020 election?

By Aaron Rupar February 22

New Jersey just legalized marijuana

By German Lopez February 22

The Supreme Court hands two final defeats to Trump

By Ian Millhiser February 22

The next Covid-19 vaccine hurdle: Convincing millions of Americans they want the shot

By German Lopez February 22

The $15 minimum wage could be the first major test of Democratic unity

By Li Zhou February 22

Florida Republicans want to impose new voting restrictions. They’re not the only ones.

By Cameron Peters February 21

Identities

“It’s criminal”: A Texas community left without aid in the cold

An Austin organizer explains how the Texas freeze left her already vulnerable community in crisis.

By Nicole Narea February 20

Biden approves a major disaster declaration for Texas

By Ella Nilsen February 20

Asian American lawmakers call for a hearing on anti-Asian racism

By Li Zhou February 20

How Ted Cruz’s ill-fated trip to Cancun blew up from Twitter rumor to major scandal

By Aaron Rupar February 19

It’s essential to understand why some health care workers are putting off vaccination

By Katherine Harmon Courage February 19

Biden is trying to rein in ICE with new immigration enforcement priorities

By Nicole Narea February 19

Going back to the pre-Covid “normal” isn’t enough

By German Lopez February 19

Labeling groups like the Proud Boys “domestic terrorists” won’t fix anything

By Nicole Narea February 19

The new Biden-backed immigration bill, explained

By Nicole Narea February 18