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A collection of Vox’s longreads and feature reporting projects.

Why I changed my mind about volunteering
Culture

My generation was taught to change the system. That lesson came at a cost.

By Rachel M. Cohen
Why I changed my mind about volunteering
Culture

My generation was taught to change the system. That lesson came at a cost.

By Rachel M. Cohen
One complicated reason homeschooling is on the riseOne complicated reason homeschooling is on the rise
Education

Some families of students with disabilities feel pushed out of public schools.

By Anna North
What happens when everyone decides they need a gun?What happens when everyone decides they need a gun?
Policy

We are living through an inflection point in America’s relationship with guns. There may be no going back.

By Marin Cogan
How computers made poker a game for nerdsHow computers made poker a game for nerds
Culture

Algorithms changed the classic card game for good — but is it for the better?

By Nicole Narea

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The false promise of the “timeless” wedding
Culture

“The garden party,” “old money,” and “cool girl” weddings are starting to feel more like dinner parties.

By Rebecca Jennings
There’s a secret wildlife wonderland hidden in the US — and it’s in danger
Down to Earth

Countless rare animals lurk under the logs in the Appalachian Mountains.

By Benji Jones
House of the Dragon and the Targaryen family, explained
Culture

HBO’s Game of Thrones prequel reveals a period of turbulence and upheaval for Daenerys’s formidable family.

By Aja Romano
The distinctly American fantasy of “French parenting”The distinctly American fantasy of “French parenting”
Child Care

The French: They’re just like us.

By Anna North
Why AI art will always kind of suck
Culture

If you look at art and all you see is content, that’s all you’ll get out of it.

By Rebecca Jennings
A crisis on America’s roadsA crisis on America’s roads
Culture

With pedestrian and traffic fatalities on the rise, how can the US make its roads safer?

By Vox Staff
What makes a good cat?
Features

Maybe your cat loves you. Maybe it would kill you if it could.

By Emily Stewart
How millennials learned to dread motherhood
Features

To our generation, being a mom looks thankless, exhausting, and lonely. Can we change the story?

By Rachel M. Cohen
The United States of FloridaThe United States of Florida
Culture

Examining the Sunshine State’s outsized role in American culture.

By Gabriela Fernandez
The Manson Family murders, and their complicated legacy, explained
Criminal Justice

The Manson Family murders weren’t a countercultural revolt. They were about power, entitlement, and Hollywood.

By Aja Romano
The importance of staying angry at the Supreme CourtThe importance of staying angry at the Supreme Court
Supreme Court

The way to beat a partisan Supreme Court is to hold a grudge against it for a really long time.

By Ian Millhiser
Trans people deserve better journalism
Culture

How the anti-trans movement took over legacy media.

By Aja Romano
How will we feed Earth’s rising population? Ask the Dutch.
The Highlight

The Netherlands’ hyper-efficient food system is both a triumph and a cautionary tale.

By Kenny Torrella
Against doomerism
The Highlight

It’s boom times for doom times but there’s plenty of reason to be optimistic that the future will be better — if we make it so.

By Bryan Walsh
The very cute, totally disturbing tale of the American “it” dog
The Highlight

How the quest to own the nation’s most popular, most Instagram-worthy pup has bred a world of problems.

By Tove K. Danovich
Saving species, and other storiesSaving species, and other stories
The Highlight

What’s lost when focusing on the cute and charismatic. Plus: Why Teslas keep catching on fire, the progressive case for more people, and others.

By Vox Staff
What Meta employees really think about their company’s brutal yearWhat Meta employees really think about their company’s brutal year
Technology

Recode obtained a recording of a Mark Zuckerberg Q&A and internal survey results that show how Meta’s struggles are impacting staff.

By Shirin Ghaffary
What’s so funny?
The Highlight

A status symbol, a political battleground, an emotional tool — humor is anything but a joke.

By Julia Rubin
In 2022, nothing horrified us as much as old age
Everything you need to know about the 95th Academy Awards

A year in horror movies about the nightmare of aging, from X to Pearl, Barbarian to Old People.

By Aja Romano
A driver killed her daughter. She won’t let the world forget.
Features

Large vehicles and unsafe streets are killing too many people, including 5-year-old Allison Hart. Now, her mother is fighting for safer streets.

By Marin Cogan
The world to come
The Highlight

Earth’s population passed 8 billion this month — now what? Plus: the rise of an anti-vaccine America, the looming dangers of superintelligent AI, the shifting landscape of higher ed, and more.

By Bryan Walsh and Elbert Ventura
Back to the future
Features

Rethinking old ideas about what we eat, where we live and work, and how we power our communities.

By Samantha Oltman and Adam Clark Estes
Curtis Yarvin wants American democracy toppled. He has some prominent Republican fans.Curtis Yarvin wants American democracy toppled. He has some prominent Republican fans.
PoliticsMember Exclusive

The New Right blogger has been cited by Blake Masters and J.D. Vance. What exactly is he advocating?

By Andrew Prokop
The Democratic Senate majority hinges on Catherine Cortez MastoThe Democratic Senate majority hinges on Catherine Cortez Masto
The 2022 midterm elections, explained

If the Nevada senator loses — it’s extremely close — it would likely signal a disaster for Democrats.

By Christian Paz
The power and potential of Latino voters
Features

Latino voters’ growing power, what the parties get right and wrong about them, and a brash Congress member on what Democrats need to do better.

By Natalie Jennings and Sean Collins
Two dozen tech founders living in a mansion. What could go wrong?
Money

Launch House promised young tech founders community. A Vox investigation found what happens when clout and cash are paramount, and protecting members falls by the wayside.

By Rebecca Jennings
Welcome to the Friendship Issue of the Highlight
The Highlight

Inside this issue: The state of American friendship, its radical power, and advice for small talk and making your social battery work for you, even if you’re an introvert.

By Vox Staff
The introvert’s guide to actually enjoying a party
Even Better

It’s all about managing your social battery.

By Eliza Brooke
Too many Americans live in places built for cars — not for human connection
Features

How urban planning contributed to the great undoing of modern friendship.

By Muizz Akhtar
How to make small talk when you hate small talk
Features

In defense of the much-maligned conversational form.

By Rebecca Jennings
The radical political power of friendship
Features

It can help us push back against tyranny. Philosopher Hannah Arendt’s legendary cocktail parties were proof.

By Alissa Wilkinson
So you want to end a friendship. Here’s what to consider.
Features

Platonic breakups can be just as painful as romantic ones.

By Allie Volpe
Why friendship is different than any other relationship we have
Features

As its role in society recedes, Vox asked six people to tell us why their friendship matters — and may just be the most meaningful relationship of their lives.

By Alex Abad-Santos, Lauren Katz and 1 more
Why scientists are desperate to find a salamander that’s been missing for 71 years
Down to Earth

More than 2,000 species worldwide are considered lost. Could finding them avert extinctions?

By Benji Jones
The power of silence in a deafening world
Features

Why there’s more noise, and more kinds of it — and why it might be ruining our focus.

By Justin Zorn and Leigh Marz
The rise of land acknowledgments — and their limitations
Features

More institutions are making note of indigenous rights to land. Does it make a difference?

By Emily St. James
What if the suburbs were just a first draft?
Features

Remote work, the arrival of home-owning millennials, and other forces can be an opportunity to remake them for the better.

By Addison Del Mastro
A Black rodeo rewrites the story of the West
Features

At the Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo, Black riders and fans bring a sense of swaggering cool to a culture overlooked by the history books.

By Lavanya Ramanathan
The deadliest road in America
Features

Being a pedestrian in the US was already dangerous. It’s getting even worse.

By Marin Cogan
Welcome to the July issue of The Highlight
Features

In this issue: How one Florida road became the deadliest in the nation for pedestrians; behind the scenes of a Black rodeo; the rise of the new suburbs; and more.

By Vox Staff