Category Politics

Two justices dissent. Justice Clarence Thomas takes an unexpected face turn in CFPB v. Community Financial Services Association. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Ian Millhiser is a senior correspondent at Vox, where he focuses on the Supreme Court, the Constitution, and the…

It’s not what you think. Young people pass a voting information sign on the campus of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, in October 2022. Elijah Nouvelage/AFP Christian Paz is a senior politics reporter at Vox, where he covers the Democratic…

The political intrigue behind the unusually early June debate date. Then-US President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden during the final 2020 presidential debate. Pavlo Conchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Andrew Prokop is a senior politics correspondent at Vox,…

Protecting radical dissent requires tolerating right-wing speech. Police arrest a pro-Palestinian activists at the City College of New York on April 30. Spencer Platt/Getty Images Social justice advocates spent much of the past decade fighting to constrict the bounds of…

The Sun Belt is a disaster, but the Great Lakes states offer some hope of beating Trump. President Joe Biden arrives to speak at the SK Siltron CSS facility in Bay City, Michigan, on November 29, 2022. Nic Antaya/Bloomberg via…

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…