Trump’s EPA is setting the value of human health to $0
The Environmental Protection Agency is taking a major step toward changing its math to favor polluters over people: It’s going ...
Tag: Policy
The Supreme Court made Trump’s attack on Jerome Powell possible
On Sunday evening, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell revealed that the Trump administration has opened a criminal investigation into him, ...
Trump’s war on the Federal Reserve heads to the Supreme Court next week
On Sunday evening, Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell posted an unusual video message to the nation, revealing that the Trump ...
Why America can’t build anything anymore, explained
There’s a familiar mood in American life right now, a frustration that feels both personal and ambient. The bridge doesn’t ...
Colbert Warns: Trump Imposing An ‘Obey Or Die’ Policy
Hard to disagree with Colbert on this one, after we all watched the summary execution of Renee Good this week. ...
How the US shut the door on asylum-seekers
When he first emerged on the political stage more than a decade ago, Donald Trump made closing America’s borders and ...
Dr. Oz claims there’s no data to support reducing alcohol consumption. That’s not true.
How much alcohol should you drink? The US government now vaguely, in effect, says just don’t drink too much. And ...
Can Minnesota prosecute the federal immigration officer who just killed a woman?
A federal officer shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday, shortly after the Trump administration deployed thousands of ...
What happens when a city takes women’s unpaid work seriously?
This story was originally published in The Highlight, Vox’s member-exclusive magazine. To get early access to member-exclusive stories every month, ...
Inside Trump’s “no data, just vibes” approach to science
One of the biggest changes so far during President Donald Trump’s second term has been the steady degradation of basic ...
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