Vox Archives Archive
Archives for May 2014


After years of agent misconduct and management turning a blind eye, is Border Patrol finally curbing its force problem?


From shooting through the border fence to shooting into fleeing cars — and cases of on-the-job assault and rape — Border Patrol is using force in too many situations, with too little oversight


Did Republicans conduct a “shadow” process to get the new districts they wanted?


Blame drought in Brazil and a fungus in Central America


Stop trying to make a neo-Soviet Empire happen. It’s never going to happen.


On Thursday night, a curious thing happened at the cruel competition known as the National Spelling Bee: two winners were crowned.


Abdel Fatah al-Sisi won the vote, but with turnout so disastrously low it has harmed his legitimacy.


Warning signs were present that something was going wrong with waiting times at VHA facilities, and nobody followed up.


19-month-old Bounkham Phonesavanh was critically injured.


We need new weapons in the war against dangerous bacterial infections.


Unhappy with the governor’s economic policies, a law professor announces she will run for governor.


Financial innovation is what we need to smooth production to meet demand.


Mike Scotti knows firsthand about the VA’s scheduling problems.

