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.
DOJ has strong norms against releasing information outside of a criminal trial, and for good reasons.
Let’s fix the two massive efficiency sinks in American life.
When state funds are invested, the economics of operating a child care center change. So can the players.
Trump says he supports IVF. That’s about to be tested.
Less than Americans’ holiday shopping, actually.
If you care about happiness, well-being, or growth, you should care about GDP.
Conservatives haven’t taken health policy seriously for decades.
The justices seemed to reject Justice Neil Gorsuch’s earlier call for major changes to the rules governing punishment.
“Fog of war” is the least of it.
Men’s search for meaning is everyone’s problem.
The affordability crisis is a growth crisis.
There is no plausible argument that Trump’s attack on birthright citizenship is constitutional.
Bring back outdoor recess!
Hamm v. Smith is a death penalty case, but it could have big implications for anyone accused of a crime.
Trump is using a tragedy to stop immigration applications from 19 countries.
His administration is now openly advancing a worldview built by white nationalists in the 2010s.
The former president of Honduras was convicted of trafficking cocaine. Why did Trump pardon him?
As the US considers strikes on Venezuela, another Latin American country has caught the president’s attention.
How the Secretary of State is trying to balance his hawkish instincts against his MAGA doctrine.
One of humanity’s biggest achievements may be slipping away.
An entrepreneur explains what’s broken about America’s system for skilled immigration.
The world is aging out of killing one another.
Police body cameras were supposed to ensure justice. They’ve turned into YouTube content.
Venezuela and the new war on terror, explained.
Can urban America learn to love kids again?
RFK Jr. and his supporters are asking the wrong questions about these medications.
Why the Trump administration is cutting out a country that needs it most.
Meet the heroes keeping global progress alive.
CEO Alexander Berger on how the funder’s second act aims to show that effective giving can scale up
It’s time to rethink a key pillar of the American dream.
How Trump is starting to make Hispanic Republicans uneasy.
And what, if anything, should be done about it?
New data shows foreign PhD enrollment remains steady, but the risks to America’s foreign talent pipeline are growing.
Millions of Americans will soon go without insurance. We spoke with some of them.
Will JD Vance’s vision set the GOP’s course after Trump?
Another open enrollment, another eye-popping premium increase. Why?
Yes, polls showed more people blaming Trump. But on their substantive demands, the party was drawing dead.
The Republican justices find something they care about more than they care about religion.