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Vox’s policy team covers how government action and inaction affect people’s lives: the problems facing the US, the ideas that could solve them, and the debates and arguments that will determine if those solutions become reality.
A major study backed by OpenAI’s Sam Altman shows unconditional cash has benefits that have nothing to do with AI.
A major study backed by OpenAI’s Sam Altman shows unconditional cash has benefits that have nothing to do with AI.
A new report outlines policy options for who gets to sell psychedelics, and who gets to buy them.
MDMA looked like it was on a fast track for PTSD treatment. Now, an FDA committee is advising otherwise.
A guide to filling out the federal financial aid form for the upcoming school year.
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Canadian railways locked out union workers Thursday after months of contract disputes.
The Supreme Court’s Bruen decision will keep on creating chaos until it is overruled.
The Democratic nominee got foreign policy — and especially Israel-Palestine — right.
Denying them a spot risks fracturing an already fragile coalition.
The third night of the DNC confirmed just how dramatically the party has swung on immigration — to the right.
Calling Donald Trump a felon doesn’t hurt him — but it does do real damage to others.
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But there might be global consequences.
Some families of students with disabilities feel pushed out of public schools.
Why, and how, the US should fix its debt problem.
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The former president says he’ll block funding for US schools that require vaccines.
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The end of psychedelic prohibition will have to wait a little while longer.
The policy looks less like a pro-worker tax credit and more like a big business tax cut.
Donald Trump says crime is out of control. The facts say otherwise.
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We are living through an inflection point in America’s relationship with guns. There may be no going back.
The International Rescue Committee’s David Miliband on Ukraine, Gaza, Sudan, and the dangers of a “flammable world.”
The crisis is in the Constitution.
A far-right riot at a military base exposed the contradiction tearing Israel apart.