Vox Archives Archive
Archives for May 2018
Trump escalates a trade war with Mexico, Canada, and the EU; Denmark passes a law banning the burqa (and other face coverings).
Virginia is very close to expanding Medicaid; a Russian journalist fakes his own death.
Inside the vicious, brutal competition that is the National Spelling Bee.
Hurricane Maria’s death toll was around 4,600, according to a new Harvard study; Italy’s political turmoil roils the stock market.
How Birkenstocks and Tevas clip-clopped their way into high fashion.
Trump calls off the North Korea summit; Ireland heads to the polls to potentially overturn its longstanding abortion ban.
The NFL bans players from kneeling on the field in protest; an American government employee stationed in China mysteriously falls ill after a potential “sonic attack.”
There’s lots of evidence that monogamy is an unnatural system that humans invented. The experts explain in our new Netflix show.
Congress passes a huge rollback of landmark banking regulations; Mark Zuckerberg’s apology tour continues in Europe.
Roger Stone thinks Mueller is going to indict him; Nicolás Maduro wins in Venezuela.
The president of the United States has had quite a day on Twitter.
America grieves another mass shooting; Britain prepares for a royal wedding.
An anniversary for Robert Mueller; an Ebola outbreak in the DRC.
Trump’s new financial forms; Kim Jong Un’s latest stance on the Trump summit.
A new congressional map could create a blue wave in Pennsylvania.