Skip to main content

The context you need, when you need it

When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission to help you make sense of the world has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our own.

We rely on readers like you to fund our journalism. Will you support our work and become a Vox Member today?

Join now

Future Perfect Archive

Archives for May 2019

Future Perfect
Trump wants to change how poverty is calculated — to make fewer people eligible for benefitsTrump wants to change how poverty is calculated — to make fewer people eligible for benefits
Future Perfect

It’s a subtle but important change.

By Dylan Matthews
Future Perfect
Egg-laying hens live in horrific conditions. Washington state just passed a law to change that.Egg-laying hens live in horrific conditions. Washington state just passed a law to change that.
Future Perfect

Cages smaller than a sheet of paper are out. Perches and dust baths are in.

By Kelsey Piper
Future Perfect
How humanity is winning the war on child mortality, in one chartHow humanity is winning the war on child mortality, in one chart
Future Perfect

In the 1950s, more than 20 million children died each year. We’ve since cut that figure by two-thirds.

By Kelsey Piper
Future Perfect
Denver just voted to decriminalize psychedelic mushroomsDenver just voted to decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms
Future Perfect

It’s the first US city to decriminalize psilocybin mushrooms.

By German Lopez
Future Perfect
Ranking celebrity chef cookbooks ... by how many animals their recipes killRanking celebrity chef cookbooks ... by how many animals their recipes kill
Future Perfect

Here’s how many animals Rachael Ray, Paula Deen, Mario Batali, and others would have you kill.

By Dylan Matthews
Vox’s guide to where 2020 Democrats stand on policy
Elizabeth Warren’s $100 billion plan to fight the opioid epidemic, explainedElizabeth Warren’s $100 billion plan to fight the opioid epidemic, explained
Vox’s guide to where 2020 Democrats stand on policy

Warren’s plan is the most ambitious attempt to tackle the opioid crisis, experts and advocates say.

By German Lopez
Video
China’s secret internment campsChina’s secret internment camps
Play
Video

And the internet detectives working to find them.

By Danush Parvaneh and Sigal Samuel
Science
A million species are at risk of extinction. Humans are to blame.A million species are at risk of extinction. Humans are to blame.
Science

It will likely take millions of years for the Earth to recover from the biodiversity crisis.

By Brian Resnick
Future Perfect
Our antibiotics are becoming uselessOur antibiotics are becoming useless
Future Perfect

By 2050, 10 million people could die each year from diseases that have grown resistant to drugs.

By Sigal Samuel
Future Perfect
Why foreign aid is getting better at saving livesWhy foreign aid is getting better at saving lives
Future Perfect

Billionaire do-gooders get a lot of flak. In his new book, Raj Kumar argues that they’ve helped change global health work for the better.

By Kelsey Piper
Vox’s guide to where 2020 Democrats stand on policy
Cory Booker’s ambitious new gun control plan, explainedCory Booker’s ambitious new gun control plan, explained
Vox’s guide to where 2020 Democrats stand on policy

Booker wants to require a license to buy and own a gun in the US — going further on guns than any other Democrat in the 2020 race.

By German Lopez
Culture
Why it’s so hard to prove that 13 Reasons Why caused an increase in suicideWhy it’s so hard to prove that 13 Reasons Why caused an increase in suicide
Culture

A new study links 13 Reasons Why to a major spike in the youth suicide rate. Experts say that link is complicated, though.

By Constance Grady
Future Perfect
Meet the Canadian doctor who prescribes money to low-income patientsMeet the Canadian doctor who prescribes money to low-income patients
Future Perfect

Boosting people’s incomes to help boost their health outcomes — could this model work in the US?

By Sigal Samuel
Science
Beyond Meat is going public. Meat alternatives are going mainstream.Beyond Meat is going public. Meat alternatives are going mainstream.
Science

You can now buy a stake in vegan meat.

By Kelsey Piper
Democrats have united around a plan to dramatically cut child poverty
Future Perfect

The American Family Act, one of Democrats’ biggest policy initiatives of 2019, explained.

By Dylan Matthews