Politics

Russia’s year-long detention of Evan Gershkovich is one part of a very grim picture for journalism. US journalist Evan Gershkovich, arrested on espionage charges, stands inside a defendants’ cage before a hearing. AFP via Getty Images Caroline Houck is senior…

Evan Gershkovich’s case isn’t just about press freedom. It’s about geopolitics. US journalist Evan Gershkovich, arrested on espionage charges, stands inside a defendants’ cage before a hearing to consider an appeal on his extended pre-trial detention, at the Moscow City…

Netanyahu has till Sunday evening to present a fix to Israel’s controversial conscription law. If he fails, his government likely fails with him. Netanyahu addresses supporters on March 24, 2021. Emmanuel Dunand/AFP/Getty Images Zack Beauchamp is a senior correspondent at…

Recent controversies surrounding Ronna McDaniel and Candace Owens show how the media struggles to handle the increasingly extreme right. Candace Owens on the set of her show Candace on April 12, 2022. Jason Davis/Getty Images Zack Beauchamp is a senior…

ISIS-K has become a global terror threat while the world has been distracted. People lay flowers at Crocus City Hall in Moscow, the concert hall where a terror attack killed at least 140 people on March 22. Sefa Karacan/Anadolu via…

Should we take current polls seriously? Or are there good reasons to expect a Biden comeback? Ian Maule/Getty Images Andrew Prokop is a senior politics correspondent at Vox, covering the White House, elections, and political scandals and investigations. He’s worked…

The world’s next big maritime catastrophe could involve sanctions-dodging rustbuckets. The oil tanker Nobel waiting to transfer crude oil from Russia, on March 5, 2023, near Ceuta, Spain. Antonio Sempere/Europa Press via Getty Images Joshua Keating is a senior correspondent…

They point to much deeper holes in US immigration policy. Venezuelan migrants, Lenin Diaz, 11, left, Maria Inojosa, 43, and Diaz’s mother Euglimar Ramos, 30, walk outside a shelter on December 19, 2023, in Chicago. Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News…

From drought in the Panama Canal to the Houthis in the Suez to pirates off Somalia, we’re all paying the price. The cargo ship Dali sits in the water after running into and collapsing the Francis Scott Key Bridge. Tasos…

From search efforts to how a ship can knock down a bridge, here’s what you need to know. The cargo ship Dali sits at anchor after running into and collapsing Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, on March 26. Tasos Katopodis/Getty…