Politics

Public transit in the US is already underfunded. The pandemic has made it worse.

A Boston MBTA station, half-empty due to declining ridership in the pandemic. City transit officials are considering major service cuts…

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Police officers are prosecuted for murder in less than 2 percent of fatal shootings

Christina Animashaun/VoxPolice officers are rarely prosecuted in the US. Here’s why. When a grand jury in Kentucky decided not to…

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The single biggest foreign policy decision Joe Biden faces

President-elect Joe Biden speaks during an event to announce new Cabinet nominations on December 11, 2020, in Wilmington, Delaware. |…

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The Covid-19 vaccine’s 2 big challenges

A vial of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at a UK health center on December 8, 2020. | Justin Tallis/Getty ImagesThe…

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The US will start Covid-19 vaccinations this week, FDA says

Shipments of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine are loaded into a UPS plane on December 13, in Lansing, Michigan. | Rey…

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Pro-Trump protesters rally for a coup: “We’re not going anywhere”

Members of the Proud Boys in front of a hotel during a protest on December 12, in Washington, DC. |…

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SNL explains the nation’s crush on Anthony Fauci in vaccine-focused cold open

Will Heath/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank/Getty ImagesA re-cast Anthony Fauci returns to talk about the vaccine in SNL’s latest cold open. For…

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A Wall Street Journal op-ed about Jill Biden pairs virulent sexism with academic elitism

Jill Biden speaks during a Pennsylvania Biden-Harris rally in November 2020. | Jim Watson/AFP/Getty ImagesThe article has been roundly criticized…

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Iran’s execution of journalist Ruhollah Zam, briefly explained

Ruhollah Zam, an Iranian journalist, speaks at Iran’s Revolutionary Court shortly before his execution. | Ali Shirband/Mizan News/AFP/Getty ImagesZam was…

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The Supreme Court rejects Texas’s undemocratic election lawsuit

Tasos Katopodis/Getty ImagesTrump attacked the decision on Twitter, calling it “an embarrassment.” On Friday evening, the Supreme Court handed President…

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