This story was originally published in The Highlight, Vox’s member-exclusive magazine. To get access to member-exclusive stories every month, become a Vox Member today. How old am I? Old enough to have flown on planes that had ashtrays in the armrests. Old enough to remember restaurants with smoking sections separated from the nonsmoking section by, essentially, nothing. […]

When I think of the difference between Donald Trump’s first term and Donald Trump’s second term, the image that stands out most is the president bombing. Not a country, in this case — a comedy routine.  It was this January’s keynote speech at the Alfalfa Club dinner, a hokey Washington institution that exists solely for the […]

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: The Trump administration is loosening restrictions on medical marijuana.  What changed? On Thursday, the Justice Department announced that state-licensed medical marijuana and products approved by […]

Peptides seem to be everywhere — and there are more on the way. Adherents promise these tiny chains of amino acids can help you lose weight, keep your skin clear, and slow down the aging process. While a person who really wants to acquire peptides right now can do so fairly easily, they are not, […]

Earlier this year, Yonatan Levi left his home country of Israel to observe the Hungarian election. Levi, a scholar at the center-left think tank Molad, had traveled with a group of parliamentarians and activists to study how opposition leader Péter Magyar was running a winning campaign against an authoritarian prime minister. This was, in their […]