Politics

Bernie Sanders’s Green New Deal, explained

Sen. Bernie Sanders just put his proposal to fight climate change. It calls for creating 20 million clean energy jobs…

5 years ago

Jay Inslee, the climate candidate of 2020, is ending his campaign

Democratic presidential candidate and Washington Governor Jay Inslee delivers a 20-minute campaign speech at the Des Moines Register Political Soapbox…

5 years ago

Jay Inslee, exiting the presidential race, reflects on his campaign

Jay Inslee, no longer a presidential aspirant. | Stephen Maturen/Getty Images He drove climate onto center stage and left behind…

5 years ago

Vox Sentences: The Amazon is burning

Hans Silvester/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images Vox Sentences is your daily digest for what’s happening in the world. Sign up for…

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Bernie Sanders’s ambitious plan to double union membership, explained

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks during a rally in front of the Capitol April 26, 2017 in Washington, DC.…

5 years ago

Trump echoes NRA talking points, showing that “background checks” talk was all a charade

Trump speaks outside the White House on Wednesday. | Mark Wilson/Getty Images It took Trump two weeks to go from…

5 years ago

Trump says his mileage rules make cars safer. His EPA was worried they will kill more people.

Ford was one of four carmakers that signed a deal with California to enact tougher fuel economy rules, in spite…

5 years ago

A new Trump rule could hold migrant families indefinitely in detention

Hundreds of people protest against the detention of refugees along the southern border in Philadelphia on July 12, 2019. |…

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What happens next in the legal cases involving Jeffrey Epstein

Protesters hold up signs of Jeffrey Epstein in front of a New York City federal courthouse on July 8, 2019.…

5 years ago

Trump’s fake tax cuts are back

Trump has made up phantom tax cuts before. | Alex Wong/Getty Images The president says more tax cuts are on…

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