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New college grads are doing better than the vibes suggest

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Bryan Walsh

How to screw up universal childcare

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Sara mickelson

A DNA test upended my family. Do I side with my grandmother — or her secret child?

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Sigal Samuel

Is it “microcheating,” or just being online?

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Jonquilyn Hill

Why Democrats can’t sell America on “democracy”

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Astead Herndon

The new fight over raw milk, explained

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Avishay Artsy

Why Trump is hosting a UFC fight for his birthday

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Cameron Peters

Can there ever really be “one China?”

Can there ever really be “one China?” And why the US’s role in China-Taiwan relations is so important. For decades, Taiwan’s passport...

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Dolly Li

Millions of Americans are losing their health insurance

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Dylan Scott

Why Trump is investigating E. Jean Carroll

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28.05.2026 6

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Cameron Peters

Brett Kavanaugh just won a surprising victory for racial justice

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28.05.2026 5

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Ian Millhiser

The real lesson of the E. Jean Carroll investigation is Trump’s weakness

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28.05.2026 10

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Zack Beauchamp

MAGA’s civil war over immigration is over. Silicon Valley lost.

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28.05.2026 10

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Eric Levitz

The people who actually want AI to replace humanity

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28.05.2026 20

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Sigal Samuel

NYC is full of undiscovered species — and we’ve hatched a plan to find one

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28.05.2026 6

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Benji Jones

Our quest for a new species

Our quest for a new species New York City is full of undiscovered animal species. This summer, we’ll be looking for them. Vox is setting out to...

28.05.2026 6

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Benji Jones

The Texas Senate candidates have two radically different visions of Christianity

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27.05.2026 4

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Christian Paz

Two ways Trump’s Cuba standoff could end

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27.05.2026 7

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Peter Balonon-Rosen

Why so many people are talking about “holding trauma in your jaw” right now

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27.05.2026 3

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Allie Volpe

This is what happens when you defund Ebola prevention

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27.05.2026 6

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Sara Herschander

The 2026 economy could have been great — if not for Trump

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27.05.2026 10

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Eric Levitz

A new Supreme Court opinion is terrible news for federal workers

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26.05.2026 7

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Ian Millhiser

Trump’s new plan to quash leaks

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26.05.2026 4

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Cameron Peters

Trump still thinks he’s winning in Iran

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26.05.2026 7

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Joshua Keating

When AI makes you worse at your job

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26.05.2026 8

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Anna North

The shocking death toll of cars in poor countries

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26.05.2026 10

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Marina Bolotnikova

Why everyone is talking about the Antichrist

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26.05.2026 10

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Christian Paz

I asked a billionaire about his environmental philanthropy. It didn’t go well.

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26.05.2026 30

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Benji Jones

The pope takes on AI

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25.05.2026 10

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Christian Paz

The most underrated sites at our national parks — according to a guy who’s seen them all

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25.05.2026 7

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Ariana Aspuru

How to make the most important choice of your life

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25.05.2026 10

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Shayna Korol

You can do everything right and things can still go wrong. “Moral luck” is a way to live with that.

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24.05.2026 10

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Sigal Samuel

How clips ate the internet

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24.05.2026 10

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Danielle Hewitt

Climate change’s worst-case scenario is officially canceled

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23.05.2026 20

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Bryan Walsh

A death doula’s advice on thinking about mortality

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23.05.2026 10

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Avishay Artsy

What we see when we look into the eyes of a bird

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22.05.2026 10

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Jacob Brogan

The best thing Democrats can do for the climate: Stop talking about it

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22.05.2026 10

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Ariana Aspuru

Democrats don’t need an autopsy to know what they did wrong

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22.05.2026 10

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Andrew Prokop

How the Oklahoma City Thunder became the NBA’s villains

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22.05.2026 30

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Alex Abad-Santos

The worst kind of cancer suddenly isn’t so scary anymore

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Dylan Scott

How Trump plans to build his arch

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21.05.2026 9

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Cameron Peters

The Supreme Court hands a rare victory to a death row inmate

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21.05.2026 10

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Ian Millhiser

Our national parks are struggling

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21.05.2026 10

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Ariana Aspuru

The hidden way dictatorships are shaping what AI tells you

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21.05.2026 20

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Eric Levitz

There’s more to Trump’s corruption than stealing money

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21.05.2026 30

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Zack Beauchamp

Is Cuba back on the menu?

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20.05.2026 10

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Cameron Peters

This animal kills 100,000 people a year. Why can’t we stop it?

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20.05.2026 30

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Pratik Pawar

The most important election is the one most Americans skip

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20.05.2026 10

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Caitlin Dewey

The Supreme Court just handed down two surprisingly timid Voting Rights Act decisions

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19.05.2026 20

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Ian Millhiser

MAGA’s favorite psychedelic

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19.05.2026 10

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Kelli Wessinger