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Archives for July 2019

Climate
The 4 best ideas from Jay Inslee’s new climate justice planThe 4 best ideas from Jay Inslee’s new climate justice plan
Climate

With his five-part climate proposal, Inslee has generated a fully fleshed-out Green New Deal.

By David Roberts
Video
Why the US has so many tornadoesWhy the US has so many tornadoes
Play
Video

Tornado Alley experiences more tornadoes than anywhere else in the world — why?

By Kimberly Mas
Why isn’t Elizabeth Warren more popular in Massachusetts?
Politics

Why Warren’s home-state political standing makes some Democrats nervous, explained.

By Ella Nilsen
From diagnostics to autopsy to burial, stillbirths are alarmingly expensive in America
Science

The loss of an infant at birth is devastating. Why is it also so costly?

By Joni Hess
Culture
Why Marianne Williamson’s most famous passage keeps getting cited as a Nelson Mandela quoteWhy Marianne Williamson’s most famous passage keeps getting cited as a Nelson Mandela quote
Culture

The most well-known passage Marianne Williamson wrote has some disconcerting implications.

By Constance Grady
Technology
Why Google employees are donating to Warren and Sanders — candidates who want to break up GoogleWhy Google employees are donating to Warren and Sanders — candidates who want to break up Google
Technology

They say these candidates are good for society, good for tech, and — surprisingly — good for Google.

By Rani Molla and Shirin Ghaffary
Explainers
America’s dual housing crisis and what Democrats plan to do about it, explainedAmerica’s dual housing crisis and what Democrats plan to do about it, explained
Explainers

A crisis of low incomes and a parallel crisis of tight supply.

By Matthew Yglesias
Future Perfect
99 percent of species have gone extinct. A new study looks at our odds of avoiding that fate.99 percent of species have gone extinct. A new study looks at our odds of avoiding that fate.
Future Perfect

Researchers use mathematical models to estimate extinction from natural causes.

By Kelsey Piper
Politics
How Democrats can avoid the next health reform backlashHow Democrats can avoid the next health reform backlash
Politics

The politics of health are always treacherous. A creative political strategy is more important than the policy details.

By Mark Schmitt
Politics
3 CNN correspondents will moderate the second Democratic debate3 CNN correspondents will moderate the second Democratic debate
Politics

They are Jake Tapper, Dana Bash and Don Lemon.

By Li Zhou
Politics
The case for more foreign policy in the 2020 debatesThe case for more foreign policy in the 2020 debates
Politics

The US president often has nearly unchecked authority in foreign policy. We should learn how candidates would wield that power.

By Alex Ward
Explainers
9 questions about Puerto Rico’s political crisis you were too embarrassed to ask9 questions about Puerto Rico’s political crisis you were too embarrassed to ask
Explainers

What in the world is happening in Puerto Rico? We’ve got some answers.

By Alexia Fernández Campbell
Money
Could just-add-water products save us?Could just-add-water products save us?
Money

From mouthwash to kitchen cleaner, environmentally friendly dehydrated products are coming to your home.

By Alden Wicker
Politics
Bernie Sanders took Americans to Canada to prove a pointBernie Sanders took Americans to Canada to prove a point
Politics

It wasn’t just about Medicare-for-all.

By Tara Golshan
archives
Vox Sentences: Another mass shootingVox Sentences: Another mass shooting
archives

A shooting in California leaves four dead, including the shooter, and 12 injured; under Brazil’s Bolsonaro, Amazon deforestation accelerates.

By Catherine Kim