Vox Archives Archive
Archives for December 2014


Nearly one in five women — 19.3 percent — are raped in their lifetime


There are two parallel conversations among journalists about this magazine, almost totally separated by race.


A story where the main source tried to back out and the other participants were never interviewed is not a solid story. But Rolling Stone ran it anyway.


According to a new paper, Barack Obama’s digital team moved much more quickly.


They say their trust in a key source, who said she was gang-raped at a fraternity, was “misplaced.”


Translating the world into sound has also let blind people recognize facial expressions.


We just had 50 straight months of job growth


More good news from the November jobs report — people who are working part-time involuntarily are becoming scarcer


The job market gave us a big positive surprise in November


Also, reaction to the Eric Garner non-indictment, the House moves on immigration, and violence breaks out in Chechnya.


Over 6 billion tweets, in one map.


A scientist just discovered that these creatures can use their zaps to control other fish’s muscles.


Some people need less sleep, and it seems to be in their DNA.


The US keeps running out of money for roads. And gas prices are at their lowest level in four years.


This year’s flu vaccine may not be a good match for this year’s flu virus, the government says.