Policy
Vox’s policy team covers how government action and inaction affect people’s lives: the problems facing the US, the ideas that could solve them, and the debates and arguments that will determine if those solutions become reality.
Officers shot his friend and fellow pastor with a pepper bullet. He kept going back to protest.
The justices could hand Trump the power to deploy troops anywhere, anytime — and against Americans.
In his second term, Trump’s rhetoric and policies regarding the trans community have become far more menacing.
Tenants are going on strike against their landlords.
Broadly, there are 5 ways to constrain rogue federal law enforcement agents. The Supreme Court nuked 3 of them.
More cities are finally choosing bikes over cars.
Airstrikes, bounties, a military build-up: This could be about drugs — or it could be the start of regime change.
The president earned positive coverage nonetheless for proposals that won’t help most patients.
The diehard MAGA lawmaker’s new fight with the GOP, explained.
The CDC has lost one-third of its staff this year. What now?
They unite — and divide — a deeply polarized audience.
The retro, cryptofascist aesthetic of all those ICE recruitment ads, explained.
Enforcing the border doesn’t require nullifying the Constitution.
An expert on political violence offers warnings — and some hope.
We’ve made tremendous progress against famine — but hunger hasn’t disappeared.
The NYC mayoral candidate’s new proposal spotlights a flaw in progressive thought.
The Republican justices seem eager to kill state bans on anti-LGBTQ conversion therapy.
And can Trump actually do something about it?
Trump is attempting to deploy the National Guard in Portland and Chicago.
The president’s new plan to slash drug prices is “a splashy announcement without a lot of substance.”
Why Trump is claiming drug cartels are attacking the US.
Talk less about health care, more about authoritarianism.
It depends on who you ask.
October’s “kitchen cabinet” tax will affect homebuyers and renters alike.
The major decline in city fires, explained in two charts.
This program is likely to hurt American workers — and the whole economy.
Dear John, Brett, and Amy: If Trump can come for James Comey, he can come for you.
We’re the feds and we’re here to help (with your rent).
Where the “Yes in God’s Backyard” movement goes next.
Trump’s prosecution of Rep. LaMonica McIver may be the most anti-democratic thing he’s done since January 6.
The DOJ’s case is authoritarian — and shockingly sloppy.
Americans say they despise corruption. So why is Trump still president?
What the panic about kids using AI to cheat gets wrong.
A pediatrician on why we should trust the vaccine schedule — even when Trump officials don’t.
The Tom Homan scandal, briefly explained.
Trump is blaming Tylenol for autism. Here’s the context he’s missing.
How ignoring two-parent families has warped the narrative.
The past week has revealed Trump’s road map to one-party rule. Will Americans let him follow it?
A UN commission joined a chorus of experts in calling Israel’s actions a genocide. Will the world listen?