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.
Going off to school has never felt more uncertain.
The case should have a clear outcome, but a Republican Court overcomplicates everything that involves abortion.
Despite negative marks on the economy, Trump’s immigration policies are keeping him afloat.
Trump has vowed to impose “reciprocal tariffs” on all nations that he claims disadvantage American products through trade, tax, or regulatory policy.
The connection between housing and fertility rates has a missing piece.
What does Tuesday’s win for Democrats mean for next year’s midterms?
The president claims he can deport people without due process under a wartime law, even though we aren’t at war.
Trump’s team is inadvertently making the case for due process.
The online personality has millions of young fans. Now prominent Democrats are seeking out his advice.
The US economy once looked unstoppable, while Europe’s looked doomed. Not anymore.
How America’s opioid crisis became a foreign policy issue.
Here’s what election law experts say.
A shocking ICE arrest shows how Trump’s immigration policy is also an assault on civil liberties.
Imagine how much worse things would be if the federal government had even more power than it does now.
The retribution presidency, explained.
The courts are acting as a check on executive power. Will it last?
How we design prisons and where we choose to build them says a lot about what we think of the people on the inside.
Detentions of pro-Palestinian students are part of a broader assault on the First Amendment.
Here’s what immigration lawyers say.
Justice Neil Gorsuch’s “ghost guns” opinion is extremely narrow, but it is correct.
It’s the 21st century — instant bank transfers should be the norm everywhere.
The Trump administration is putting millions of people’s retirement benefits at risk.
Working full time and homeless in America.
Kerr v. Planned Parenthood asks the justices to render much of federal law unenforceable, in order to spite abortion providers.
What happens if the people caring for American children get deported?
The bipartisan case for abundance, briefly explained.
If you want to know if the Supreme Court is completely in the tank for MAGA, keep a close eye on these two cases.
Surgery before or after the weekend? Here’s what science says.
Trump has already cut the department’s staff in half. He won’t stop there.
What the new executive order means for students.
Cutting red tape is a social justice issue.
The government classifies way too many documents.
Remember when elites cared about the rest of the world?
How the shuttering of a small US-funded news outlet explains Trump’s governing philosophy.
Every country has a right to defend itself under international law. But that right has its limits.
The Alien Enemies Act, explained.
Trump’s new attempt to test the courts’ limits, explained.
The administration says it has deported hundreds of members of the Venezuelan gang.
And how religion became a force in US politics.