What actually matters this week, according to our politics team
But first, we’re setting the stage with a preview of the themes, races, and storylines that our politics and policy team will ...
Nostalgia won’t fix the loneliness epidemic
At the time when I was coming into Fountain House and really struggling with loneliness … and just feeling really lost, ...
What counts as a landslide? Your biggest election questions, answered.
The election is here and the stakes are higher than ever. At Vox, we strive to bring clarity in uncertain times and help you ...
The big stakes in the Supreme Court’s new, absurdly messy gerrymandering case
In Milligan, Alabama effectively asked the Supreme Court to abandon the legal framework governing racial gerrymandering cases brought under the Voting Rights Act, which the Court first announced in ...
What in the world is pink cocaine?
“Tucibi” — also called tusi or pink cocaine — is a Spanish phonetic play on 2C-B, a California-born synthetic psychedelic originally popular amongst Gen X psychonauts and ravers seeking a euphoric, ...
Yes, you can fight climate change in your backyard
If you share our vision, please consider supporting our work by becoming a Vox Member. Your support ensures Vox a stable, independent source of funding to underpin our journalism. If you are not ready ...
How weed won over America
In the 1990s, weed was illegal nationally and in every state. But marijuana’s since had a major rebrand: Three decades later, it’s legal for recreational adult use in nearly half of the 50 states. Now ...
Mixael Laufer on DIY health care
Medicine shouldn’t be so hard to access —  so the Four Thieves Vinegar Collective is helping people make their own.
How marijuana legalization played itself
In many ways, that’s emblematic of how marijuana legalization has spun wildly out of the control of states, more than two dozen of which have now legalized recreational use. States’ efforts to create ...
Welcome to the Drug Issue of The Highlight
There’s plenty of non-drug stuff for you to enjoy too: pieces on how to reconcile after a family estrangement and how to rewild your own backyard, recommendations from Vox’s book critic, and an ...
Family estrangement doesn’t have to be forever
Despite how prevalent estrangement is, stories of reconciliation prove that it doesn’t have to last forever. People can and do find their way back to each other. “If there’s an opportunity for someone ...
Are drug expiration dates meaningless?
The US Food and Drug Administration only began requiring drug manufacturers to put an expiration date on medications in 1979. However, they didn’t tell companies how to come up ...