In November, we introduced a special Membership Match holiday campaign. For every new annual member to the Vox Membership program during the campaign, we unlocked a free annual membership for someone else who said they couldn’t afford one.  Thanks to the overwhelming support of our member community and the success of the match program, we […]

The video was designed to grab attention. Posted the day after Christmas, it shows right-wing YouTuber Nick Shirley exposing what he says are a series of fraudulent day care centers in Minnesota. He rings doorbells, pulls on doors, and sometimes claims to be a parent hoping to register his child, “Little Joey.” When he’s not […]

This story appeared in Today, Explained, a daily newsletter that helps you understand the most compelling news and stories of the day. Subscribe here. In two weeks, I’ll bundle my daughter into her snowsuit and trek over to the pediatrician’s office, where a harried nurse in cartoon-print scrubs will stick my wailing child with her second […]

Could a $9 toll change notorious traffic? New York became the first American city to find out.  A year ago, it began charging drivers for entering Manhattan’s busiest central neighborhoods during peak hours. Critics called it a cash grab, and President Donald Trump even vowed to kill it. But a year in, congestion pricing has […]

This year, North America will host the world’s largest sporting event: the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which will be played in 11 cities in the United States, three in Mexico, and two in Canada. The World Cup is the most-watched sporting event on the planet, drawing more viewers than the Super Bowl and the World […]