Americans’ love affair with protein powders may slowly be poisoning them with the known neurotoxin lead.  That, at least, is the implied conclusion of a viral investigation published last week by Consumer Reports on levels of lead and other heavy metals in popular protein supplements. Many brands, the article reported, “carry troubling levels of toxic […]

The buzziest political word of the year is “affordability” — it’s the mantra that carried the insurgent progressive candidate Zohran Mamdani to victory in New York City’s mayoral primary, and that Democrats across the country have since raced to claim as their own. “Affordability is the central issue, the central reason to be a Democrat,” […]

It’s not an exaggeration to say that hope is in short supply these days in global health. The steep cuts to lifesaving global health programs, the burning of emergency food supplies, the renewed politicization of vaccines are just a few of the bleak developments that have happened since the start of the year. But that […]

The political fallout is continuing from the leak of the Young Republicans group chat. A Politico investigation found that young GOP leaders from Arizona, Kansas, New York, and Vermont sent each other thousands of Telegram messages that included racist, antisemitic, and violent rhetoric.  The authors of the messages repeatedly used slurs and epithets to describe […]

This story was originally published in The Highlight, Vox’s member-exclusive magazine. To get early access to member-exclusive stories every month, join the Vox Membership program today. Derek Gregory hasn’t been in the same state, let alone in the same room, as his best friend Ringo in nearly two decades. Their relationship dates back to the early 1980s, […]