The Weeds
Politics is how people achieve power. Policy is what they do with it. Every week on The Weeds, host Jonquilyn Hill and guests break down the policies that shape our lives, from abortion to financial regulations to affirmative action to housing. Produced by Vox and the Vox Media Podcast Network.
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The latest in The Weeds
What if you were legally allowed to only ever have $2,000 in financial assets at one time?
“There’s nothing inherently wrong with Black people. There is something very, very wrong with the systems that we are forced to live under or within.”
How America has made it harder for Black people to marry.
Don’t let climate doom win.
Fani Willis wants a trial in six months. That could be an ambitious timeline.
The unprecedented ruling in Montana could signal a changing tide.
The restrictions are escalating into threats to defund public libraries.
How school reinforces inequalities between Black children and their peers.
Our roads are deadly. Here’s how the secretary of transportation says we can fix them.
The past — and future — of the Voting Rights Act.
Meet the people who count votes from 4,607 places.
An elections expert explains whether they ever mattered at all.
The Cook Political Report’s Amy Walter on why news consumers are asking too much of polling.
Hop into the Time Machine to learn about the history of the disability rights movement.
Why the fight that could cancel the baseball season is worth following, even if you don’t care about baseball.
It is possible to create programs that don’t burden the people who need them most.
American policymakers still haven’t explained what the goal of pandemic policy truly is.
Around the world, democracy is on the decline — and it’s not clear Biden can reverse the trend.
There’s evidence, from studies and the real world, suggesting Biden should be cautious on immigration.
Humanity has made some — not enough, but some — progress in fighting global warming.
Despite the delta surge, the vaccines have held up well.
US prices are up. What’s less clear is if it’s a temporary or a longer-term shift.
President Joe Biden has promised a lot of policy action in his first 100 days. This is how you can keep up.
What’s at stake for Americans as the new Biden administration takes over the White House?
Carol Anderson explains what happens when our voting rights laws start to crumble.
Listen to everything from what it’s like to be quarantined to America’s level preparedness for Covid-19.
Listen to Ezra Klein and Matt Yglesias discuss Donald Trump’s disastrous coronavirus speech and dueling pandemic response plans from Sanders and Biden.
America bought time with border controls, and didn’t use it. Listen to The Weeds to learn more.
For starters, recognize that it’s two different crises.
Special guests Julián Castro and Pete Buttigieg join hosts Matt Yglesias, Dara Lind, and Jane Coaston for two episodes of Vox’s politics and policy podcast.
The Weeds is Vox’s roundtable podcast about policy and politics.
What you should be listening to in the car, on a plane, or at home.
Keep track of the head-spinning developments since the Trump administration enacted its “zero tolerance” policy.
Plus tax reform and a white paper on Medicaid expansion, all on October 17’s episode of The Weeds.
The way Americans are started to get addicted to opioids has changed in the last ten years.
In the past, the Supreme Court has ruled on gerrymandering but never could come up with a solution to the problem. This case seems to be different.
The latest episode of The Weeds examines Australia’s radical — and successful — reforms to gun laws.