Politics

Trump’s Manafort-Cohen tweetstorm, explained

Trump turns on his former lawyer Michael Cohen and paints his former campaign chair Paul Manafort as a martyr. President…

6 years ago

How to tell stories about evangelical Christians that neither mock nor glorify them

How director Desiree Akhavan worked to get Christian culture right for her new movie, The Miseducation of Cameron Post. You…

6 years ago

Trump has repeatedly attacked the NFL. That hasn’t stopped players from protesting.

On Thursday, three members of the Philadelphia Eagles remained off the field as the national anthem played. For the past…

6 years ago

The employee backlash over Google’s censored search engine for China, explained

Google employees are angry that the company is making a censored search engine. They can shut it down. Google is…

6 years ago

Exclusive: new lawsuit claims Trump illegally denied asylum claims of separated parents

Hundreds of parents failed screening interviews for asylum while they were separated and traumatized. Now, dozens of them want a…

6 years ago

Trump’s $92 million military parade is postponed — for now

The Department of Defense first said the parade was going to cost $12 million. On Thursday, it increased that estimate…

6 years ago

This week in MoviePass: un-cancellations, lawsuits, record losses, and more usage changes

MoviePass has not had a good week. Neither have MoviePass subscribers. The well-documented woes of MoviePass users were supposed to…

6 years ago

America’s prisoners are going on strike in at least 17 states

Incarcerated Americans are often forced to work for cents an hour. So they’re launching what could be their biggest protest…

6 years ago

Vox Sentences: Goodbye, Queen of Soul

Vox Sentences is your daily digest for what’s happening in the world. Sign up for the Vox Sentences newsletter, delivered…

6 years ago

The Obamas’ Aretha Franklin tribute is an elegant reminder of how she united us

Aretha Franklin was a frequent voice at the Obamas’ White House. “She helped us feel more hopeful, more human.” Barack…

6 years ago