How the Minnesota fraud scandal could upend American child care
The video was designed to grab attention. Posted the day after Christmas, it shows right-wing YouTuber Nick Shirley exposing what...
Vox Membership match is reopening applications
In November, we introduced a special Membership Match holiday campaign. For every new annual member to the Vox Membership program...
How Trump brought the World Cup to America
This year, North America will host the world’s largest sporting event: the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which will be played...
The Supreme Court confronts the trans rights movement’s toughest legal battle
Let’s be honest. The question of whether transgender athletes have a right to play school-sponsored sports was always the toughest...
Trump’s January 6 victory lap
This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting...
Republicans accidentally protected abortion while trying to kill Obamacare
The Wyoming Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that abortion must remain legal in that state, despite a 2023 law seeking...
You can keep a child from starving for less than $100
“It is the first time since 2017 that a famine has been declared anywhere on Earth,” I read earlier this...
Want closer friendships? Find your “strawberry people”
When Sam Dylan Finch was in his early 20s, he had the friend group he thought he always wanted. “We...
After Venezuela, how far could Trump really go?
After illegally invading Venezuela — and capturing its dictatorial leader — President Donald Trump is threatening to launch similar attacks against...
Trump’s big change to childhood vaccines, briefly explained
This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting...
Trump’s actions in Venezuela have Latin America on edge
The fallout from the US capture and extradition of Nicolás Maduro is radiating around the world. In a speech at...
Donald Trump was never a dove
In 2023, then-Senator JD Vance endorsed President Donald Trump’s presidential bid for one big reason: Trump’s commitment to peace. “He...
How millennials fell out of love with the internet
If you feel like the internet is full of slop and rage bait these days, you aren’t alone. Anger is...
America’s century-long interest in Venezuelan oil
This must be about the oil, right? It’s a presumption that got lots of airtime this weekend, following the dramatic seizure...
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s requiem for MAGA
Key takeaways The polemical politician is leaving Congress on January 5 after her disagreements with Donald Trump and congressional Republicans...
