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Archives for October 2019

Are we in a constitutional crisis yet?
Politics

Thirteen legal experts respond to the Trump administration’s refusal to comply with the House’s impeachment inquiry.

By Sean Illing
Politics
Why Trump is rage-tweeting about the Minneapolis mayorWhy Trump is rage-tweeting about the Minneapolis mayor
Politics

The president spent a good chunk of time attacking Jacob Frey ahead of his trip to the blue bastion of Minneapolis.

By Aaron Rupar
Explainers
Elizabeth Warren says she lost her job when she got pregnant. Thousands of women every year say the same.Elizabeth Warren says she lost her job when she got pregnant. Thousands of women every year say the same.
Explainers

Pregnancy discrimination is illegal in 2019. It still happens all the time.

By Anna North
Politics
Texas isn’t a swing state — but it mattersTexas isn’t a swing state — but it matters
Politics

Democrats have genuine opportunities in the state, but they also need realism.

By Matthew Yglesias
Politics
Poll: The majority of Americans now support impeachmentPoll: The majority of Americans now support impeachment
Politics

Support for impeachment has been on the rise since the release of the Ukraine whistleblower’s complaint.

By Sean Collins
World Politics
Trump says he’s ending the US role in Syria. That’s not true.Trump says he’s ending the US role in Syria. That’s not true.
World Politics

The US isn’t withdrawing any troops from Syria, at least not yet.

By Alex Ward
Fat Bear Week 2019: Holly is the fattest brown bear in Katmai National Park, Alaska
Climate

The park’s brown bears have been eating nonstop. Good.

By Brian Resnick
A champion of the unplugged, earth-conscious life, Wendell Berry is still ahead of us
Features

The writer and farmer’s impassioned arguments on farming, technology, and the urban-rural divide have taken on a new urgency.

By Hope Reese
Science
Lithium-ion batteries are everywhere. Their creators just won the Nobel Prize in chemistry.Lithium-ion batteries are everywhere. Their creators just won the Nobel Prize in chemistry.
Science

Rechargeable batteries are essential to a low-carbon future.

By Brian Resnick
Technology
NASA has a new airplane. It runs on clean electricity.NASA has a new airplane. It runs on clean electricity.
Technology

The new X-57 could help zero-carbon air travel take off.

By Umair Irfan
How to find good addiction treatment, according to experts
The Rehab Racket: Investigating the high cost of addiction care

Here are 11 questions to ask any addiction treatment facility.

By German Lopez
A lost decade and $200,000: one dad’s crusade to save his daughters from addiction
The Rehab Racket: Investigating the high cost of addiction care

There are treatments that work, but rehab facilities don’t have to use them. One family learned that the hard way.

By German Lopez
Money
Plastic waste is everywhere in grocery stores. Can they cut down?Plastic waste is everywhere in grocery stores. Can they cut down?
Money

Stores like Aldi and Trader Joe’s are trying to decrease excess plastic, but experts say it’s not enough.

By Jasmin Malik Chua
How remote work is quietly remaking our lives
Technology

Working from anywhere: the good, the bad, the lovely.

By Rani Molla
archives
Vox Sentences: Sitting out impeachmentVox Sentences: Sitting out impeachment
archives

US ambassador faces congressional subpoena; France’s proposed IVF bill garners conservative criticism.

By Hannah Brown