The 7 states that will decide the 2024 election
In the seven weeks ahead of the 2024 presidential election, the Today, Explained podcast has been...
Why Wisconsin Democrats are campaigning in places they can’t win
The Today, Explained podcast is taking a deep dive into the major themes of the 2024...
Investing can be intimidating. Where do I even start?
On the Money is a monthly advice column. If you want advice on spending, saving, or...
The big political shift that explains the 2024 election
The left’s hopes for sweeping change from the 2010s have crashed into the reality of the...
I left my religion. Should I still raise my kid with it?
Your Mileage May Vary is an advice column offering you a new framework for thinking through...
3 theories why Democrats have lost support among Black men
For years, Black men have been an integral part of the Democratic coalition. In 2012, 87...
There’s no ceasefire in sight for Israel’s Gaza war. Why not?
In the year following Hamas’s October 7 attacks on Israel, there has only been one successful...
The entire Texas government is fighting over whether to save a man’s life
On Thursday night, the Texas Supreme Court handed down an extraordinary order saving Robert Roberson from...
The “dirty side” of a hurricane, explained
The “dirty side” of a hurricane refers to the part of the storm that usually brings...
How tough would a President Kamala Harris be on immigrants?
It wasn’t long ago that Democrats embraced an unequivocally pro-immigrant stance. The party once defined its...
The increasingly bizarre — and ominous — home stretch of Trump’s 2024 campaign
Here is a short and incomplete list of things that former President Donald Trump has done...
Is climate change really making hurricanes worse?
The deadly and destructive hurricanes this year have torn through enormous swaths of the country and...
The chaos, conspiracy theories, and controversy surrounding Liam Payne’s death
Liam Payne died Wednesday in Buenos Aires, leaving fans around the globe mourning the former One...
Israel killed Hamas’s leader. What happens next?
The killing of Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas and architect of the October 7 attacks,...
We need $700 billion to save nature
If there’s one number worth paying attention to in the fight to protect nature, it’s this:...
The $1.3 trillion question we may never answer
Despite what a new HBO documentary suggests, the identity of one of the richest people in...
The strange case that the Supreme Court keeps refusing to decide
For more than a year, Joseph Clifton Smith, a man who says he is intellectually disabled,...
The Democrats’ pro-union strategy has been a bust
When Joe Biden took office, the Democratic Party had been bleeding support among working-class voters for...
Kamala Harris and the problem with ceding the argument
Fox News was never going to be a friendly venue for Vice President Kamala Harris. In...
Is every car dealer trying to rip me off?
A Vox reader writes: “Why are car dealers so shady? How do consumers avoid them? Is...
I’m Gen Z. How can I save for retirement and still enjoy my life?
Personal finance is hard no matter what stage of life you’re in. But for Zoomers just...
Critiquing Trump’s economics — from the right
There are few more influential right-wing scholars than the economist Friedrich Hayek — and few whose...
The nightmare facing Democrats, even if Harris wins
Over the course of its last few terms, the Supreme Court has effectively placed itself in...
Cities face daunting challenges. Mike Bloomberg wants to help them help each other.
Cities represent the future of humanity — and that means we must figure out how to...
Nebraska is the only state with two abortion measures on the ballot. Confusion is the point.
Voters in 10 states will weigh in on abortion-rights ballot measures this November, but only Nebraskans...
Ta-Nehisi Coates on complexity, clarity, and truth
I’ve always believed that the world is complicated and that our desire for simplicity is understandable...
The present — and future — of the American left
The Democratic Party is extraordinarily unified behind Vice President Kamala Harris — a cohesion born of...
The rise — and fall? — of the New Progressive Economics
When Kamala Harris gave her campaign’s biggest economic speech yet in Pittsburgh last month, she tried...
Changing With Our Climate
In recent years, there’s been a growing appreciation for Indigenous land stewardship and traditional knowledge. But what gets overlooked is that successfully...
There’s no such thing as an autistic mouse
In the world of neuroscience research, the mouse reigns supreme: in the US alone, tens of...
Colonial solutions to climate change aren’t working
Hi, I’m Paige Vega, Vox’s climate editor. Over the past few months, I’ve been working with...
The tiny potato at the heart of one tribe’s fight against climate change
This story is the fourth feature in a Vox special project, Changing With Our Climate, a limited-run...
Fixing Social Security means raising taxes — and not just on the superrich
“Social Security reform” is one of those soundbites you might hear every election cycle without anything...
Your mind needs chaos
When you think of what makes us human, would you say it’s our powers of prediction?...
For some evacuation defiers, Hurricane Milton is a social media goldmine
On the afternoon of October 10, author and influencer Caroline Calloway texted me “I lived bitch.”...
What if you can’t afford to flee a hurricane?
Even when a life-threatening hurricane is headed your way, there are many reasons why you might...
AI companies are trying to build god. Shouldn’t they get our permission first?
AI companies are on a mission to radically change our world. They’re working on building machines...
Creativity as a spiritual practice
There’s an old saying that “writing about music is like dancing about architecture.” It’s intended as...
Toxic lies are surging in the wake of Hurricanes Helene and Milton
Hurricanes Milton and Helene have absolutely devastated large swaths of the United States. But residents who...
So, what was the point of John Mulaney’s live Netflix talk show?
Editor’s note, October 10, 4:10 pm: On October 10, 2024, Netflix announced that John Mulaney would...
These Floridians couldn’t flee Hurricane Milton. They’re incarcerated.
Ahead of Hurricane Milton’s destructive landfall on Wednesday evening, millions of residents chose to leave. For...
These California and Colorado ballot measures are terrifying the meat industry
Most people know Sonoma County, the Northern California region sometimes called America’s Provence, for its lush...
Hurricane Milton slams Florida: What you need to know
After churning across the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico earlier this week, Milton made...
The itchy infestation (almost) every kid will get
At first, I thought I was allergic to my shampoo. I’d switched to a new brand...
Are humans the only ones that can be creative?
What is the relationship between creativity and intelligence? That’s a fundamental, perhaps unanswerable, question. Is it...
“1 woke teen vs. 20 Trump supporters”: The new age of viral political videos
It seems as though the country has been engaged in one long screaming match since 2016....
The resurgence of the r-word
Around 15 years ago, a new campaign took off across the young social media ecosystem. People...
Why don’t your psychiatric drugs work better?
Tomorrow is World Mental Health Day, and in many ways, it seems like the world has...
A new report reveals “catastrophic” declines of animals worldwide — but is it accurate?
The latest health check on wildlife is in, and it’s not pretty. A new report by...
