You got your democracy back. Now what?
The thing about elected authoritarians is that they sometimes lose elections. Such was the case in 2023 with Poland’s Law...
The highlights and lowlights of the 2026 Winter Olympics
At every Olympic Games, there are winners, and there are many more losers. Dozens of gold, silver, bronze…and a whole...
The ICE pandemic
Entire families sheltering in their homes, afraid to go outside. Children getting their lessons on iPad screens. Pregnant women skipping...
How Americans learned to love the credit card
Americans are in serious debt. Together, we owe nearly $1.3 trillion in credit card debt alone; our average balance is...
The Supreme Court will decide if marijuana users may be barred from owning guns
On March 2, the justices will hear their second major Second Amendment case of the Supreme Court’s current term. United...
How to stop a dictator
Just over a year into President Donald Trump’s first term, there had been roughly 10,000 protests nationwide during the first...
Why people are craving a different kind of therapy right now
Internal Family Systems has become a wildly popular form of therapy over the past few years. Some of my friends...
Mogging, -maxxing, and Clavicular, briefly explained
Do you remember where you were when Clavicular got brutally framemogged by an ASU fraternity leader? Or maybe you saw...
How did we get to ICE?
In the history section on ICE’s website, one line reads: “Despite U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s relatively young age, its...
The pro-gun case liberals don’t want to hear
The Gray Area is now publishing twice a week on audio and video. Subscribe to Vox’s YouTube channel or listen...
Trump’s dream is a giant slush fund Congress can’t touch
After President Donald Trump launched a military operation that captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, he announced that America planned to...
Trump’s ballroom blitz, briefly explained
This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting...
Scientists have found another alarming pattern in wildfires
The extreme heat, high winds, and severe dry conditions that produce towering, fast-moving flames that advance by the acre are...
The country that beat its Trump
Key takeaways In 2018, Brazil elected a president named Jair Bolsonaro who attempted the sort of authoritarian power grabs that...
Why voters hate Trump’s (pretty decent) economy
President Donald Trump spent much of the past year engineering price increases, financial panics, and trade wars. Nonetheless, despite his...
