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An exciting update to Vox’s Membership program

The Vox Membership program is getting even better.  We’re excited to announce that Vox is now on Patreon. We’re using Patreon’s tools to introduce great new benefits to Vox Members and give you even more insights into our journalism and the people who make it: exclusive videos, live conversations featuring our journalists, new community features, […]

Why prop bets are ruining sports

Another week, another sports betting scandal. It’s never been this easy for a player to fix the outcome of a bet. The onset of proposition or “prop” bets, in which gamblers can place wagers on specific outcomes in a game, has opened a Pandora’s box for athletic integrity. This month, the NCAA announced that a […]

Why owning a house is overrated

Jerusalem Demsas, editor-in-chief of The Argument, has a hot take when it comes to our housing woes: “Homeownership is overrated.”  That’s a particularly bold perspective when you take into account that 70 percent of Americans think owning a home is a key part of achieving the American dream. Demsas argues that our homeownership society is […]

There’s a curious trend dividing Latino Republicans

There’s an open question hanging over both parties when it comes to Latino voters right now: How should they talk about the second Trump administration’s ongoing campaign of mass deportations? Setting aside the moral and humanitarian issues, this is an important, and curious, political debate. On the Democratic side, that’s over how to frame Trump’s […]

Inside the war tearing the Heritage Foundation and the American right apart

For the past several weeks, the American conservative movement has been publicly embroiled in a bitter, existential conflict between factions seeking to win control of its future. And after speaking with a number of people on the right, including a well-placed source who describes seeing some ugly events at the Heritage Foundation, one of the […]