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9 high-stakes issues SCOTUS will take up this coming term

Abortion, guns, regulation — conservatives are poised for a big year as a Supreme Court heavily tilted toward their side returns to work.

By Ian Millhiser

Germany’s (sort of) change elections

Olaf Scholz and the center-left defeated Angela Merkel’s party, but this election was a fight for the center.

By Jen Kirby

Why America keeps turning its back on Haitian migrants

By Fabiola Cineas

At the UN, Biden is still trying to convince the world America is back

By Jen Kirby

Nuclear subs and a diplomatic blowup: The US-France clash, explained

By Ellen Ioanes

Apple shut down a voting app in Russia. That should worry everyone.

By Rebecca Heilweil

Inaction on climate change can worsen the crisis in Afghanistan

By Jariel Arvin

The fight to resettle Afghans in the US has just begun

By Nicole Narea

What the Taliban’s new government reveals about how they will rule

By Jen Kirby

20 years, $6 trillion, 900,000 lives

By Dylan Matthews

The affordable housing shortage is hurting Afghan refugees

By Nicole Narea

“Neoliberalism has really ruptured”: Adam Tooze on the legacy of 2020

By Zack Beauchamp

Brazil escaped a January 6-style insurrection — for now 

By Jen Kirby

The war on terror and the long death of liberal interventionism

By Zack Beauchamp

How your favorite jeans might be fueling a human rights crisis

Cotton’s connection to forced labor by Uyghurs in Xinjiang ought to have you rethinking fast fashion.

By Sofi Thanhauser

You can buy stuff online, but getting it is another story

By Terry Nguyen
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How the US created a disaster in Afghanistan

By Rajaa Elidrissi

NATO allies are preparing for a future without America’s “forever wars”

By Jen Kirby

The helplessness of being an Afghanistan War vet

By Jackie Munn

ISIS-K, explained by an expert

By Jen Kirby

The long road to resettling Afghans in the US

By Nicole Narea

The 3 things experts are watching to evaluate the Taliban

By Gabby Birenbaum

Women’s rights have an uncertain future in Afghanistan

By Jen Kirby

The economic case for letting in as many refugees as possible

By Jerusalem Demsas

The Pentagon is calling on US airlines to help with Afghanistan evacuations

By Cameron Peters

The history of US intervention in Afghanistan, from the Cold War to 9/11

By Emily Stewart

Biden’s immigration policy is hampering Haiti’s recovery from back-to-back crises

By Nicole Narea

Cable news is dominated by the same Afghanistan hawks who created this situation

By Aaron Rupar

The US needs to meet its moral obligation to Afghan refugees

By Li Zhou

Will the Taliban roll back two decades of public health progress in Afghanistan?

By Dylan Matthews

To rebuild, Haiti needs a break from neocolonialism

By Gabby Birenbaum

How Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube are handling the Taliban

By Shirin Ghaffary

Why Biden was so set on withdrawing from Afghanistan

By Andrew Prokop

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What’s happening in Afghanistan?

By Vox Staff

Who are the Taliban now?

By Jen Kirby

Biden had a chance to save allies in Afghanistan. He wasted it.

By Nicole Narea

The rapid fall of Afghanistan to Taliban forces, explained

By Natasha Ishak

Where extreme weather is getting even worse, in one map

By Benji Jones

How are the Taliban gaining so fast in Afghanistan?

By Jen Kirby

Time is running out to save Afghans who helped US troops

By Nicole Narea

The devastating new UN report on climate change, explained

By Umair Irfan and Rebecca Leber

The long reach of Belarus’s repression

By Jen Kirby