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Politics Archive

Archives for July 2025

Politics
The Columbia deal with Trump is a blueprint. All of higher ed should fear what comes next.The Columbia deal with Trump is a blueprint. All of higher ed should fear what comes next.
Politics

The Ivy League agreements with Trump are a danger to all of higher ed.

By Nicole Narea
Life
Why are American kids getting sicker?Why are American kids getting sicker?
Life

What MAHA gets wrong about kids’ health.

By Anna North
Politics
Democratic voters have turned against Israel. Why won’t their leaders?Democratic voters have turned against Israel. Why won’t their leaders?
Politics

Democratic voters sympathize much more with Palestinians than Israelis, but you wouldn’t know that from looking at the party establishment.

By Abdallah Fayyad
The Logoff
Why Trump is picking a fight with BrazilWhy Trump is picking a fight with Brazil
The Logoff

Trump is attempting to interfere in the criminal trial of a far-right ally in Brazil.

By Cameron Peters
World Politics
How Gaza’s hunger crisis reached its “worst-case scenario”How Gaza’s hunger crisis reached its “worst-case scenario”
World Politics

Who is to blame for the failure to feed Gazans?

By Joshua Keating
Donald Trump
Trump’s new plan for retribution against Democrats, explainedTrump’s new plan for retribution against Democrats, explained
Donald Trump

The fight over Trump’s most unqualified prosecutor is escalating quickly.

By Ian Millhiser
Vox Press Room
Vox Announces Media Partnership With the Institute for the Study of Modern Authoritarianism for the Second Annual “Liberalism for the 21st Century” ConferenceVox Announces Media Partnership With the Institute for the Study of Modern Authoritarianism for the Second Annual “Liberalism for the 21st Century” Conference
Vox Press Room

Vox is sponsoring the panel “Philosophical Roots of Illiberal Movements,” moderated by Zack Beauchamp.

By Vox Communications
Politics
What a Black fascist can teach us about liberalismWhat a Black fascist can teach us about liberalism
Politics

Lawrence Dennis predicted America would fall to fascism in the 1930s. His errors have much to teach us today.

By Zack Beauchamp
The Logoff
The EPA gives up on climate changeThe EPA gives up on climate change
The Logoff

The agency plans to reverse its own legal justification for regulating greenhouse gas emissions.

By Cameron Peters
Today, Explained podcast
The spin master in charge of feeding GazaThe spin master in charge of feeding Gaza
Podcast
Today, Explained podcast

Johnnie Moore, executive chair of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, is a PR professional without much experience in aid.

By Avishay Artsy and Sean Rameswaram
Today, Explained newsletter
How Republicans are trying to redistrict their way to a majorityHow Republicans are trying to redistrict their way to a majority
Today, Explained newsletter

A Vox reporter explains what’s going on with the GOP’s early redistricting plans.

By Christian Paz and Cameron Peters
The Logoff
Trump’s new EU trade deal, briefly explainedTrump’s new EU trade deal, briefly explained
The Logoff

The US and the EU reached a deal just days before Trump’s threatened deadline.

By Cameron Peters
Future Perfect
Four stories that are more important than the Epstein FilesFour stories that are more important than the Epstein Files
Future Perfect

The Jeffrey Epstein story has swallowed the country whole.

By Bryan Walsh
World Politics
Is anyone going to stop a looming death spiral in Gaza?Is anyone going to stop a looming death spiral in Gaza?
World Politics

A veteran aid worker’s warning on what happens next in Gaza.

By Nicole Narea
The Logoff
The dire state of Gaza negotiations, briefly explainedThe dire state of Gaza negotiations, briefly explained
The Logoff

Ceasefire negotiations falter as Gaza totters on the brink of famine.

By Cameron Peters