Policy
Vox’s policy team covers how government action and inaction affect people’s lives: the problems facing the US, the ideas that could solve them, and the debates and arguments that will determine if those solutions become reality.
The first 6.8 percent of Trump 2.0, briefly explained.
It could be a brand-new day for Canadian politics.
Immigration is Trump’s best issue. But the benefits of fighting his lawless deportations are worth the political risks.
Canary Mission, the controversial organization targeting student activists, explained.
How a day off can (and can’t) help children.
A conversation with Sen. Chris Van Hollen about Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s detention — and where America goes from here.
Many of the justices seemed eager to impose impossible burdens on schools.
They’ve dreamed for years of smashing elite universities. Now they’re getting their way.
As Trump wages war against Harvard, something unprecedented is happening on Florida’s college campuses.
Where current policies and trends could do real damage to climate progress.
The two Republican justices appeared open to an attack on Obamacare, but ultimately seemed likely to reject it.
In an unusual overnight order, most of the justices voted to halt several illegal deportations.
Biden got immigration wrong. But there’s something both parties can agree on.
How can you punish Trump officials for violating the law, when federal law enforcement is controlled by Trump?
The tech right’s collapsing case for the Trump presidency.
Trump is punishing immigrants for following the rules.
To understand the future of child care, look to Idaho.
Correspondent Rachel Cohen shares her reporter’s log from her trip to Boise, Idaho, to cover their political fight around child care.
Putting Americans back to work in factories isn’t just hard. It’s impossible.
The Oklahoma charter school case is one of two April cases seeking to remake schools in the religious right’s image.
Trump’s tariffs might actually be good for Ukraine.
The “success sequence” has many critics, but lawmakers and parents don’t seem to care.
His team argues it can leave a wrongfully deported man in a foreign mega-prison.
Why rich schools aren’t tapping their fortunes to push back against the administration.
There’s more than one thing to do after high school.
The Obamacare wars are back.
The inconvenient truth about trade.
We don’t know what happened to Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s whereabouts — and it should worry every American.
Even Trump’s lawyers concede that deporting Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia was illegal.
The tariffs are a baby tax, too.
Democrats shouldn’t echo Trump’s myths about trade.
Trump’s power to declare a national emergency is a national emergency.
Trump’s crackdown on foreign students and scientists will do irreparable harm to the country.
A conversation with Oren Cass, the right’s point person on tariffs.
Despite the fact there isn’t a plausible argument the Alien Enemies Act can be used to do so.
Tariffs aren’t helping globalization’s losers — they’re victimizing them again.
The true nature of America’s crisis has been revealed.
US health care is never going to be the same.
Trump is imposing ruinous tariffs because American democracy is no longer strong enough to stop him.