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Everyone agrees organ donation saves lives. So why don’t more people do it?

A Vox reader asks: Why are so few people organ donors? Why would someone choose not to be a donor? Everyone agrees it’s a good thing but very few people actually do it. Grab your ID out of your wallet. Does it have a heart on the front or back? If so, you’re one of […]

RFK Jr.’s alarming Senate hearing, briefly explained

This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had a disastrous day in front of the US Senate today, facing calls for his resignation during a multi-hour […]

Trump’s lawyers just inadvertently admitted that his tariffs are illegal

The Trump administration formally asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday evening to decide whether President Donald Trump’s ever-shifting tariff policy is lawful. Two federal courts, and a total of 10 federal judges, have all concluded that it is not. The remarkable thing about Trump’s petition asking the justices to take up this case, which is […]

A quarter of America’s “farms” aren’t really farms

The meat and dairy industries — along with the farms that grow corn and soy for animal feed — are some of the biggest polluters in the US. Yet they’re largely exempt from environmental regulations. An argument that industry lobbyists and allied politicians often make is that there are simply too many farms to regulate. […]

Why kids are all posing like this in pictures

This story originally appeared in Kids Today, Vox’s newsletter about kids, for everyone. Sign up here for future editions. My kids were posing for a picture the other day when the older one, like big siblings since time immemorial, threw up a pair of bunny ears behind his little brother’s head. Or so I thought. “That’s not […]