Politics

The “heartbeat” bills that could ban almost all abortions, explained

The bills used to be a fringe idea. Now they could threaten Roe v. Wade. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on…

5 years ago

Disney put more than $400 million into Vice Media. Now it says that investment is worthless.

A now-familiar story: Investors say they overvalued a high-flying digital publisher. Just a few years ago, big media companies were…

5 years ago

Amy Klobuchar on Brett Kavanaugh: “He got a really good job out of the whole thing”

Fox News’s Bret Baier tried to catch her in hypocrisy. Here’s her reply. Fox News’s live town hall with Sen.…

5 years ago

Denver just voted to decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms

It’s the first US city to decriminalize psilocybin mushrooms. Denver will become the first US city to effectively decriminalize mushrooms…

5 years ago

Vox Sentences: Executive overprivilege

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5 years ago

Billionaire Reid Hoffman, one of the most powerful Democratic donors, is raising money for Cory Booker

Hoffman represents a new type of Democratic donor — one that is willing to fight the party establishment and rebuild…

5 years ago

School shooting in suburban Denver, Colorado: what we know

At least one person was killed and seven more were injured, and two suspects were taken into police custody. At…

5 years ago

Vox Sentences: O-H uh-oh

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5 years ago

Sandra Bland recorded her traffic stop. The video is finally public, years after her death.

It took nearly four years for Bland’s cell phone video to reach the public. It’s part of a larger problem.…

5 years ago

How Pete Buttigieg became the new toast of Silicon Valley’s wealthiest donors

Inside the tech network that is trying to turn a small-town mayor into a fundraising dynamo. The two 30-somethings drove…

5 years ago