The Supreme Court just made gerrymandering nearly untouchable
Demonstrators protest gerrymandering outside the Supreme Court. | Olivier Douliery/Getty Images The Supreme Court reinstated a Texas gerrymander that...
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RFK Jr.’s anti-vax committee is recklessly overhauling childhood vaccine policy
A demonstrator holds a sign outside the Center for Disease Control (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, US, on Thursday,...
The end of fur just got a lot closer
A young male raccoon dog crouches in a small wire cage at a fur farm in Poland. | Andrew...
200,000 additional children under 5 will die this year — thanks to aid cuts
An estimated 4.8 million young children died before their fifth birthday this year, according to a new projection by...
The fascinating link between cherry pie and this bird
American kestrels, North America’s smallest falcons, work around the clock to manage pests on some cherry orchards. | Bryant...
What happens when a city takes women’s unpaid work seriously?
Blanca Liliana Rodríguez and her sons, Zoran Andrey Vargas and Sergio Paolo Vargas Granada. In Bogotá’s historic downtown, a...
Trump’s war crimes scandal, briefly explained
Donald Trump speaks as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth looks on during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on...
The race to stop octopus farming before it starts
Last year, California and Washington state banned farming octopuses for their meat, and bills have been introduced in seven...
The Supreme Court case that could redefine “cruel and unusual,” explained
In a 2019 opinion, Justice Neil Gorsuch seemed to call for a wholesale rethinking of the Supreme Court’s approach...
Kids are missing out on one of their best chances at learning
This story originally appeared in Kids Today, Vox’s newsletter about kids, for everyone. Sign up here for future editions. At about...