Your Mileage May Vary is an advice column offering you a unique framework for thinking through your moral dilemmas. It’s based on value pluralism — the idea that each of us has multiple values that are equally valid but that often conflict with each other. To submit a question, fill out this anonymous form. Here’s this week’s question from a […]

If you ever find yourself in Battery Park City in Lower Manhattan, turn down Vesey Street toward North End Avenue. You’ll arrive at something unusual: a collection of stones, soil and moss, artfully arranged to look over the Hudson River.  It’s the Irish Hunger Memorial, a piece of public artwork that commemorates the devastating Irish […]

Earlier this month, comedians, including Dave Chappelle, Kevin Hart, Pete Davidson, and Bill Burr, flew to Saudi Arabia to perform at the inaugural Riyadh Comedy Festival. The organizers claimed it was the largest comedy festival in the world, with over 50 international comedians performing stand-up, sketch, and improv. It was put on and paid for […]

After more than two years, Israel and Hamas have finally reached a ceasefire deal to free all remaining Israeli hostages and allow aid to flow into Gaza again. I spoke with my colleague Zack Beauchamp about the deal, what it could mean for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and what comes next for Vox’s daily […]

The Trump Justice Department’s indictment of former FBI Director James Comey has been received with widespread incredulity, both because of the shady circumstances around its filing and the extraordinary weakness of the case. Yet Lindsey Halligan, the US attorney who brought that indictment, seems unbothered. Indeed, she very quickly moved on to the next task […]