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A separation of church and church. An LGBTQ+ flag flies over Union United Methodist Church in the South End of Boston on January 5, 2020. Jessica Rinaldi/Boston Globe via Getty Images Last week, hundreds of United Methodist Church (UMC) delegates…

Multiple federal courts are fighting over Louisiana’s illegal racial gerrymander. Anti-gerrymandering protesters outside of the Supreme Court’s building. Evelyn Hockstein/Washington Post via Getty Images Ian Millhiser is a senior correspondent at Vox, where he focuses on the Supreme Court, the Constitution,…

This is what happens after four years under an insurrectionist president. It will get much worse if he gets eight. Justice Samuel Alito. Alex Wong/Getty Images Ian Millhiser is a senior correspondent at Vox, where he focuses on the Supreme…

Drivers don’t need to go faster than 20 mph on most city streets. Police investigate the scene of a collision between an electric scooter rider and vehicle in Queens, New York, in March. New York last month made it possible…

For all the attention on the border, the root causes of migration and the most promising solutions to the US’s broken immigration system are often overlooked. Migrant people of different nationalities seeking asylum in the United States travel on freight…

Israel and Hezbollah are trying to keep their fighting contained. But the conflict keeps escalating. An Israeli reserve combat soldier takes part in a training drill on May 8, 2024, in the Golan Heights. Amir Levy/Getty Images Joshua Keating is…

Fortson’s shooting deepens longstanding scrutiny of police violence. Air Force service member0″ /> Chantemekki Fortson, mother of Roger Fortson, a US Air Force senior airman, holds a photo of her son during a news conference with attorney Ben Crump on…

What we learned from Daniels’s testimony. Stormy Daniels leaves Manhattan Criminal Court on May 9, 2024, in New York City. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images Li Zhou is a politics reporter at Vox, where she covers Congress and elections. Previously, she…

International impunity helped allow a power struggle in Sudan to spiral into ethnic violence. Refugees fleeing fighting in Darfur arrive at the border between Sudan and Chad on April 22, 2024, in Adre, Chad. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Ellen Ioanes covers…

Mexico City is staring down a water crisis. It won’t be the last city to do so. Mexico City is being threatened by a water crisis after the main reservoirs remain under 40 percent of their full capacity due to…