It’s a make-or-break moment for housing in California
As fires continue to rage in and around Los Angeles, burning more than 40,000 acres since last week, destroying more than 12,000 homes and other buildings, and killing at least...
What’s actually in Congress’ harsh new immigration bill?
One of the first bills that could be sent to President Donald Trump after he is inaugurated Monday would vastly expand immigration detention and make it easier for states to...
What’s in the Gaza ceasefire deal? And can it last?
A ceasefire deal has been reached in Gaza. Long-running negotiations among Israelis, Palestinians, Americans, Qataris, and Egyptians yielded an agreement on Wednesday that will, in the coming days, at least...
The Supreme Court seems eager to curb First Amendment protections for porn
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard the first major First Amendment case involving pornography — or, for that matter, sexual speech of any kind — in more than two decades....
Animal rights advocates are ready for Trump’s war on science
Democrats and Republicans generally don’t agree about science. The vast majority of Democrats believe climate change is a major threat, for example, while less than a quarter of Republicans say...
Your brain is lying to you about the “good old days”
Vox reader Dov Stein asks: Why do people think the past was so much better when so many things have drastically improved? That’s an excellent question, one I think about...
How weight-loss drugs ended the era of “lifestyle changes”
When drugmakers pulled the weight-loss drug fen-phen off the market in 1997, my mom was devastated. Not because the FDA warned that the drug could severely damage her heart or...
The deeply American roots of Trump’s imperial ambitions
Back in 2016, when much of the political press was casting Donald Trump as a dovish counterpart to Hillary Clinton, I wrote a story arguing that people were fundamentally misunderstanding...
An even bigger threat is looming behind California’s fires
Fires in and around Los Angeles continue to rage as gusting Santa Ana winds drive the flames through brush and into neighborhoods. Two major blazes, the Eaton Fire and the...
Was your home damaged by a wildfire? Here’s what to do next.
In the midst of the devastating wildfires that have raged through the Los Angeles area over the last week, thousands of residents are grappling with the fallout, from the tangible...
