Caitlin Dewey
Caitlin Dewey is a senior writer and editor at Vox, where she helms the Today, Explained newsletter. In that role, Caitlin works to help readers understand the biggest news stories and conversations affecting the world every day – often with a side of curiosity and humor.
Prior to working at Vox, Caitlin held staff positions at the Washington Post and Buffalo News and contributed to outlets including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Vanity Fair, Elle, Slate, Stateline, and The Cut. She is also the author and publisher of the long-running independent newsletter Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends, which is where she caught the newsletter bug. You can reach Caitlin by email at caitlin.dewey@voxmedia.com.
Latest articles by Caitlin Dewey
The president’s new “double sided” deal was triggered by an online ultimatum that could be a war crime — or could be a strategy.
Artemis II and the new space race, explained
Airports have lately been plagued by staffing shortages, security delays, and a string of worrying incidents.
Markwayne Mullin, a Trump loyalist with an unconventional record, takes over Homeland Security at a moment of crisis.
Shifting goals and asymmetric leverage make a clean victory elusive — for all countries involved.
Iranians are still trying to work, study, and parent under the constant threat of both airstrikes and regime violence.
The Democratic primary tested two visions for the future of the party — and revealed strains in its coalition.
Trump says the war will protect Americans. Critics see new risks.
What the defeat of the Lapua Movement in the 1940s can teach the US today.
In South Korea and in other countries, ordinary citizens have extraordinary power to prevent democratic backsliding.