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A First Amendment lawyer argues the university’s role in a crisis should be shutting up. Students protesting the Israel-Hamas war call for a ceasefire in Gaza. Michael Nigro/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images Fabiola Cineas covers race and policy as a…
Hezbollah and other Iran-backed groups support Hamas, but haven’t opened new fronts Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP via Getty Images Ellen Ioanes covers breaking and general assignment news as the weekend reporter at Vox. She previously worked at Business Insider covering the military…
What history can — and can’t — tell us about the hope for a Gaza ceasefire. An Israeli army self-propelled artillery howitzer moves past waiting traffic while crossing a road along the border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel…
Biden has a Plan B for student debt. Will it survive the Supreme Court? President Joe Biden speaks from the Rose Garden at the White House on September 1, 2023. Anna Rose Layden/Getty Images For as long as he’s been…
The justices will decide if bump stocks, devices that effectively convert a semiautomatic gun into an automatic weapon, are legal. Spent shells fly out of an AK-47 fitted with a bump stock. The bump stock is a device that allows…
MAGA Republicans took down the last GOP speaker. Now they’ve passed an aid package tailored to their goals. House Speaker Mike Johnson and members of the Senate GOP caucus walk through the Capitol on November 1, 2023. Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call,…
Real-time fatality counts from conflict zones like Gaza are almost never right. Pay attention to them anyway. Dead bodies at the morgue of Nasser Hospital in Gaza on October 25, 2023. Mustafa Hassona/Anadolu via Getty Images Keren Landman is a…
Silencing criticism makes it harder for Israel’s leaders to think clearly. Pro-Palestine supporters attend a demonstration in New York in 2018. Atilgan Ozdil/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images Sigal Samuel is a senior reporter for Vox’s Future Perfect and co-host of the Future…
The justices appear to have no idea when they should get involved with online disputes between government officials and their constituents. Three justices attend an event at the Trump White House. Cheriss May/NurPhoto via Getty Images Ian Millhiser is a…
More than 200 people were taken hostage by Hamas. Here’s what we know. Families and friends of hostages cry and embrace while visiting the Lights of Hope installation featuring photos of the hostages on October 30, 2023, in Jerusalem, Israel. …