Category Politics

Garland v. Cargill asks whether gun makers can evade the ban on machine guns with a device called a bump stock. A bump stock device, at left, which fits on a semi-automatic rifle to allow it to fire much like…

In this house, we believe that high rents fuel nativist backlashes. If you don’t build housing, they’ll build the wall. Kevin Sullivan/Digital First Media/Orange County Register via Getty Images The United States needs more immigrants. But at the moment, it…

Navalny’s death is the end of an era for Russia — and cements Putin’s grip on power. A vigil for Alexei Navalny in Krakow, Poland, on February 16, 2024. Omar Marques/Anadolu/Getty Images Ellen Ioanes covers breaking and general assignment news…

The former president was just ordered to pay $355 million in his New York fraud case, bringing the tally this year to nearly half a billion dollars in civil damages. Donald Trump attending his trial on fraud charges at the…

Adversaries keep chipping away at America’s military credibility. Trump isn’t helping. US military vehicles in Syria on August 13, 2023. Omer Al Diri/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Joshua Keating is a senior correspondent at Vox covering foreign policy and world…

Why “He Gets Us” doesn’t get us. An image from the polarizing “He Gets Us” ad campaign depicts an anti-abortion protester washing the feet of a pregnant clinic visitor. Art by Julia Fullerton-Batten / via YouTube Aja Romano writes about…

What experts and advocates say can make a difference in the face of unrelenting gun violence. Mourners attend a vigil at the First Baptist Church of Dadeville in Alabama on April 16, 2023, after a mass shooting that left four…

We’re about to learn how imperiled two of Trump’s prosecutions are. Former US President Donald Trump sits in the courtroom during his civil fraud trial at New York Supreme Court on January 11, 2024, in New York City. Jefferson Siegel/Getty…

We’re about to find out if the Supreme Court still believes in capitalism. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who signed one of the unconstitutional laws before the Supreme Court in the NetChoice cases. Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Ian Millhiser…

The protests spotlight gig workers’ lack of basic labor protections. Ride-hail drivers rally at a staging area near O’Hare International Airport during a work strike on February 14, 2024, in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson/Getty Images Li Zhou is a politics…