World Politics

Education

What the backlash to student protests over Gaza is really about

By Ellen Ioanes and Nicole Narea

Politics

Summer Lee’s primary puts Democrats’ divides on Israel on display

By Li Zhou

Education

Students protested for Palestine before Israel was even founded

By Fabiola Cineas

Congress’s $95 billion Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan aid package, explained

By Li Zhou April 24

Ukraine is finally getting more US aid. It won’t win the war — but it can save them from defeat.

By Joshua Keating April 24

Can Canada stave off populism?

By Amanda Lewellyn April 23

Israel and Iran’s conflict enters a new, dangerous phase

By Ellen Ioanes April 19

What’s behind the latest right-wing revolt against Mike Johnson

By Li Zhou April 19

Monkey Man’s imperfect political critique still packs a punch

By Li Zhou April 18

Is Israel a “settler-colonial” state? The debate, explained.

By Haleema Shah April 17

Vox podcasts tackle the Israel-Hamas war

By Vox Staff April 15

Israel beat Iran — for now

By Zack Beauchamp April 15

Iran’s retaliatory attack against Israel, briefly explained

By Ellen Ioanes April 13

The Chinese backlash over Netflix’s 3 Body Problem, explained

By Aja Romano April 12

You can’t understand Israel-Palestine without understanding Arab Jews

By Sigal Samuel April 11

How 2,000 elderly Swiss women won a landmark climate case

By Ellen Ioanes April 9

How the war in Gaza has gone differently than expected — and how it hasn’t

By Joshua Keating April 5

Taiwan’s earthquake preparedness saved a lot of lives — and prevented a catastrophe for the global tech economy

By Bryan Walsh April 4

Good news: Democracy won in Senegal. Here’s why it matters.

By Ellen Ioanes April 4

Israel just raised the risk of a regional war

By Joshua Keating April 3

Will Israel let aid workers in Gaza do their jobs?

By Nicole Narea April 3

A very bad year for press freedom

By Caroline Houck March 29

Why Russia has kept a Wall Street Journal reporter in jail for a year — and counting

By Ellen Ioanes March 29

The crisis that could bring down Benjamin Netanyahu, explained

By Zack Beauchamp March 29

ISIS-K, the group linked to Moscow’s terror attack, explained

By Ellen Ioanes March 28

There’s a shadow fleet sneaking Russian oil around the world. It’s an ecological disaster waiting to happen.

By Joshua Keating March 28

What the Red Sea ship attacks are really about

By Rajaa Elidrissi March 27

The Baltimore bridge collapse is only the latest — and least — of global shipping’s problems

By Caroline Houck March 27

Gaza’s risk of famine is accelerating faster than anything we’ve seen this century

By Ellen Ioanes and Nicole Narea March 25

The battle for blame over a deadly terror attack in Moscow

By Joshua Keating March 25

Congress can’t get anything done. Except on foreign aid.

By Dylan Matthews March 24

The story of Kate Middleton’s disappearance is haunted by Meghan Markle

By Constance Grady March 22

The disappearance of Kate Middleton, explained

By Constance Grady March 22

Why the Pentagon wants to build thousands of easily replaceable, AI-enabled drones

By Joshua Keating March 22

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Kate Middleton’s whereabouts, explained

By Vox Staff March 20

With new national security legislation, China shows it will never loosen its grip on Hong Kong

By Bryan Walsh March 19

Putin’s reelection puts him in a class of Russia’s longest-ruling autocrats

By Ellen Ioanes March 18

3 reasons why Kate Middleton’s royal scandal got so out of control

By Alex Abad-Santos March 15

TikTok could avoid a ban with a sale. Finding a buyer won’t be easy.

By Nicole Narea March 14

4 ways in which Biden can pressure Israel on Gaza — if he really wanted to

By Joshua Keating March 14

Who is the British royal family willing to protect?

By Constance Grady March 14

Haiti’s prime minister is out. Here’s how it got so bad.

By Ellen Ioanes March 13

Are men and women growing apart politically? Not so fast.

By Zack Beauchamp March 13

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