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

Policy Archive

Archives for July 2019

Politics
Abolish private insurance? It depends.Abolish private insurance? It depends.
Politics

The health care debate I’d like to see.

By Ezra Klein
Politics
Kamala Harris is fielding questions about her stance on federally mandated busingKamala Harris is fielding questions about her stance on federally mandated busing
Politics

Harris says federally mandated busing was needed in the 1970s but is rarely needed today.

By Ella Nilsen
Politics
The legal battle over the Trump administration’s “domestic gag rule,” explainedThe legal battle over the Trump administration’s “domestic gag rule,” explained
Politics

The rule could make it harder for abortion providers to offer birth control.

By Anna North
The strike that brought teachers unions back from the dead
Education

When these Chicagoans walked off the job in 2012, they changed the future of organizing.

By Dylan Scott
Politics
Republicans dominate state legislatures. That decides political power in America.Republicans dominate state legislatures. That decides political power in America.
Politics

Inside the battle to flip America’s state legislatures blue in 2020.

By Ella Nilsen
Politics
Reminder: Trump doesn’t need to keep migrants in detention campsReminder: Trump doesn’t need to keep migrants in detention camps
Politics

The administration has better options to enforce immigration and asylum laws.

By Alexia Fernández Campbell
Politics
The Alabama woman indicted after a miscarriage will not be prosecutedThe Alabama woman indicted after a miscarriage will not be prosecuted
Politics

A jury initially indicted Marshae Jones on manslaughter charges after a shooting caused her to miscarry, sparking a national outcry.

By P.R. Lockhart
Politics
The racial roots of Trump’s anti-trade agendaThe racial roots of Trump’s anti-trade agenda
Politics

The Trump campaign’s trade policy can’t be disentangled from its rhetoric on race and immigration.

By Matthew Zeitlin
Science
Measles is back because states give parents too many ways to avoid vaccinesMeasles is back because states give parents too many ways to avoid vaccines
Science

The era of religious and moral vaccine exemptions needs to end — and fast.

By Julia Belluz
Explainers
Democratic candidates’ school integration plans, explainedDemocratic candidates’ school integration plans, explained
Explainers

Bernie Sanders and Julián Castro have one, Kamala Harris doesn’t really.

By Matthew Yglesias
The legal limbo of lost embryos
Health Care

More than once, the freezer tanks that secure families’ hopes have failed. Courts may fail these families too.

By Dov Fox
Politics
“People drinking out of toilets”: AOC and other Democrats share details from their Texas border facility tour“People drinking out of toilets”: AOC and other Democrats share details from their Texas border facility tour
Politics

More than a dozen lawmakers visited border facilities in El Paso and Clint to investigate migrants’ poor living conditions.

By Catherine Kim
Politics
In a private Facebook group, Border Patrol agents reportedly joked about dead migrantsIn a private Facebook group, Border Patrol agents reportedly joked about dead migrants
Politics

An investigation by ProPublica uncovered the private Facebook group, in which Border Patrol agents reportedly posted racist and sexist memes.

By German Lopez
Politics
I’m a left-wing anarchist. Guns aren’t just for right-wingers.I’m a left-wing anarchist. Guns aren’t just for right-wingers.
Politics

The long, forgotten history of pro-gun left-wing groups.

By Kim Kelly