Category Politics

A live Today, Explained, conversation on what Democrats need to show Black voters this year. Noel King, Charlamagne tha God, and Angela Rye. Vox Media A New York Times/Siena poll last month showed that 23 percent of registered Black voters…

The gaps between perception of the economy and the reality, explained. Then-President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden during the final presidential debate at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, on October 22, 2020. Brendan Smialowski and Jim Watson/AFP…

It’s one of two cases asking whether the government is allowed to speak freely to private companies. A man wears an NRA hat in front of the US Supreme Court building. Mark Wilson/Getty Images Ian Millhiser is a senior correspondent…

With courts coming for abortion and IVF, it’s hard not to wonder what the Supreme Court will go after next. A protester dressed as a pack of birth control pills dances in front of the US Supreme Court. Chip Somodevilla/Getty…

As it heads into the Oscars, what Oppenheimer gets right — and wrong — about the threat of nuclear weapons. The mushroom cloud produced by the first explosion by the Americans of a hydrogen bomb at Eniwetok Atoll in the…

What do Yemen’s suddenly world-famous rebels really want, and what will make them stop? Supporters of the Houthis take part in a rally against Israel and in solidarity with the people of Gaza on February 28, 2024, in Sana’a, Yemen.…

A user revolt has only made Congress more determined to ban TikTok. Can it actually happen? In this photo illustration, an 11-year-old boy looks at the TikTok app on a smartphone screen in the village of St Jean d’Aulps on…

There’s been too much focus on trivialities, as the State of the Union shows. President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address on March 7, 2024, in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Andrew Prokop is a senior politics…

Biden’s new plan to build a pier on the Gaza coast seems to say yes. The continued military aid to Israel says otherwise. “It’s not you, it’s me.” GPO/Handout/Anadolu/Getty Images Zack Beauchamp is a senior correspondent at Vox, where he…

The president dodged the “norms trap” by going straight after Trump on democracy. President Joe Biden during the State of the Union address at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on March 7, 2024. Shawn Thew/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images Zack…