Politics

Republicans blame Democrats for DC’s rising violent crime. The reality is much more complicated. A DC police officer stands at the scene of a fatal daytime shooting near Washington’s baseball stadium, Nationals Park, in December. The city’s striking homicide rate…

The Constitution gives the Biden administration nearly exclusive authority over matters of immigration. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott wants the courts to change that. US Border Patrol agents stand near a razor wire barrier erected near the US-Mexico border by the…

National festivities this week danced on Indian secularism’s grave — and pointed to an existential threat to Indian democracy. People in Ayodhya watch Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Ram Mandir consecration ceremony on January 22, 2024. Indranil Aditya/NurPhoto/Getty Images…

Even without a ceasefire, the top UN court’s orders are a warning to Israel. Pro-Palestinian demonstrators gather outside the International Court of Justice in the Hague, the Netherlands, on January 26, 2024. Nikos Oikonomou/Anadolu via Getty Images Ellen Ioanes covers…

The state is using a new untested method that’s prompted backlash. Anti-death penalty activists place signs along the road heading to Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Alabama, ahead of the scheduled execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith, on January 25, 2024.…

Americans are feeling better about the economy, yet the president’s approval rating is lower than ever. President Biden delivering remarks on Bidenomics in Milwaukee. Scott Olson/Getty Images The US economy has long displayed many signs of objective strength. Wages have…

Why the “long peace” may be ending. An Israeli soldier in northern Gaza on January 7, 2024.  Noam Galai/Getty Images Joshua Keating is a senior correspondent at Vox covering foreign policy and world news with a focus on the future…

Republicans have launched an ill-informed campaign to blame diversity policies for aircraft safety issues. The missing emergency door of Alaska Airlines N704AL, a 737 Max 9, which made an emergency landing at Portland International Airport on January 5 is covered…

With foreign aid increasingly uncertain, Africa wants to tackle disease emergencies on its own. In response to the recent Covid-19 and mpox outbreaks, Africa is setting to strengthen its public health infrastructure with an ambitious agenda. Xinhua News Agency/Getty Images…

The Fifth Circuit has spent years harassing a civil rights activist, and they gutted much of the First Amendment in the process. Baton Rouge police rush a crowd of protesters and start making arrests on July 9, 2016, in Baton…