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.
A major study backed by OpenAI’s Sam Altman shows unconditional cash has benefits that have nothing to do with AI.
A major study backed by OpenAI’s Sam Altman shows unconditional cash has benefits that have nothing to do with AI.
A new report outlines policy options for who gets to sell psychedelics, and who gets to buy them.
MDMA looked like it was on a fast track for PTSD treatment. Now, an FDA committee is advising otherwise.
Around the country, anti-camping policies are complicating disaster recovery.
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The state’s Republican attorney general took the rare step of asking the Supreme Court to set aside Richard Glossip’s capital conviction.
What young people want out of this election
Private equity decimated emergency care in the United States — without you even noticing.
America unintentionally built a health care system that is hard to fix.
The Republican VP candidate isn’t a moderate, but at the debate Tuesday, he played one on TV.
1.5 million people die from lead exposure a year. This new global partnership could change that.
The dock workers’ strike could mean big wage gains but could further disrupt the fragile supply chain.
Signing a new lease often comes with high upfront costs that some renters can’t afford. It doesn’t have to be this way.
The Court considers legalizing “ghost guns,” untraceable weapons that evade laws intended to keep guns away from criminals.
Concussions — and Brett Favre’s Parkinson’s diagnosis — are putting a spotlight on head trauma.
Why are tariffs the only tax that Congress doesn’t need to approve?
The justices return to Washington after an unforgivable betrayal.
Activists confront competing priorities, tactics and goals ahead of Trump and Harris’s match-up in November
SB 1047 would have been a landmark in AI safety. Gavin Newsom’s veto is a major setback in the fight against AI risk
Within Our Means is a newsletter about ending poverty in America.
Rich people debate washing machines for fun. But for billions of poor people, the debate really matters.
The disappearance of bus service is hurting kids around the country.
The VP candidate loves to snuggle baby animals. He’s giving factory farming a progressive sheen.
What Trump’s new positioning on reproductive rights tells us about the state of the GOP.
Miller has spent years plotting mass deportation. If Trump wins, he’ll put his plans into action.
Concerns about evidence handling and bias in jury selection have fueled outcry.
From a tech world monarchist to a deceased advocate of state-run economies, meet the thinkers driving the Trump-era right.
Trump says he has nothing to do with Project 2025’s abortion policies. That’s false.
The UN has three months to reach a deal on plastic pollution.
The factors that lead to tragedies like the Birmingham shooting are deeply ingrained in US politics, culture, and law.
Thomas Abt’s Bleeding Out has become foundational in tackling urban violence across the US.
Harris and Winfrey spoke to the family of Amber Thurman, who died after doctors delayed abortion-related care.
Students of all ages still haven’t made up the ground they lost during the pandemic.
What to know about Meta’s new restrictions on young people’s social media use.
The Fed has cut interest rates. That might not immediately help home buyers waiting on the sidelines.
The Republican ticket is taking on Big Cancer Patient.
Kidney donors save lives. Why aren’t we compensated for it?
How insurance treats dentistry different from medicine — and makes things weird.
A new study argues the long-run benefits outweigh the costs nearly 10 to 1.
The right-wing conspiracy theory jumped from Facebook to X to a presidential debate stage.
Republicans know exactly what they’re doing.
It’s the latest blow to the scandal-ridden company.
Factory-built housing, ADUs, and community land trusts — all at once.
561 research papers in, the case for degrowth is still weak.