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How money actually works in American elections

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

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Rachel Cohen

The fight for paid parental leave is more winnable than you think

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

01.04.2026 40

Vox

Rachel Cohen

The fight over transgender rights in America has entered a new phase

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

17.03.2026 20

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Rachel Cohen

Traditional gender roles won’t get men what they want

For years now, falling birth rates have been a subject of alarm, with most of that discussion focused on women — the factors preventing them from...

08.12.2025 50

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What happens when a city takes women’s unpaid work seriously?

In Bogotá’s historic downtown, a modest government building sits in the shadow of a gilded statue of Simón Bolívar, the 19th-century liberator...

05.12.2025 70

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Cities made a bet on millennials — but forgot one key thing

Millennials moved to cities in droves during the 2000s and 2010s, drawn by the restaurants, the nightlife, and the high-paying jobs. Urban planners...

24.11.2025 40

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Rachel Cohen

Zohran Mamdani’s child care gamble

Zohran Mamdani, the 34-year-old progressive with a commanding lead in the New York City mayoral race, has placed universal child care at the center of...

28.10.2025 20

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Rachel Cohen

The buzzy word that Democrats have pinned their hopes on

The buzziest political word of the year is “affordability” — it’s the mantra that carried the insurgent progressive candidate Zohran Mamdani...

22.10.2025 30

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Rachel Cohen

Trump manages to disappoint nearly everyone with his new IVF plan

One of President Donald Trump’s boldest campaign pledges was to make in vitro fertilization (IVF) completely free. Yesterday, the Trump...

17.10.2025 20

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Rachel Cohen

The end of rent debt?

When Tay’Laur and Tay’Leah Paige got the eviction notice taped to their door in August 2023, they thought it was a mistake. The sisters had only...

30.09.2025 50

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Rachel Cohen

Trump’s new tariffs will slam America’s already brutal housing crisis

Housing in America is about to get more expensive, thanks to new tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump that will take effect this Wednesday,...

29.09.2025 70

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Rachel Cohen

Trump’s new tariffs will slam America’s already brutal housing crisis

Housing in America is about to get more expensive, thanks to new tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump that will take effect this Wednesday,...

29.09.2025 20

Vox

Rachel Cohen

Churches want to build affordable housing. Why are cities stopping them?

Churches, synagogues, and mosques own millions of acres of land across the US, but are usually barred from building any housing on their property....

26.09.2025 40

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Rachel Cohen

The big myth about why Black kids can’t get ahead

Our society has actively promoted two-parent families for decades, but today we’re in a particularly intense moment. We have books getting published...

22.09.2025 30

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Rachel Cohen

How to mourn in our polarized age

Charlie Kirk, 31, observed the Jewish Sabbath. It was a little detail buried near the bottom of one of the many profiles published since news broke...

11.09.2025 20

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Rachel Cohen

Why 15 million vacant homes won’t solve the housing crisis

The United States is wrestling with a massive housing shortage — with more than 4 million housing units needed to meet demand. The lack of...

10.09.2025 40

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Rachel Cohen

The evolving fight over giving people cash, explained

Over the past 15 years, the idea of giving everyone a “basic income” has been heralded as a promising solution for economic justice and even...

27.08.2025 30

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Rachel Cohen

Child care activists have a “mission accomplished” problem

Over the last half-decade, New Mexico has built a reputation as a state that actually supports families with young kids. Lawmakers in Santa Fe...

25.08.2025 50

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A solution to the child care shortage is hiding in plain sight

Josh Brooks hadn’t planned for a career taking care of young children, but in tenth grade he started spending time with his friend’s younger...

11.08.2025 80

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Republicans want to give Uber workers benefits. There’s a catch.

Should independent contractors get employment benefits? The question has fueled decades of legal and political battles — and it might finally be...

04.08.2025 40

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Rachel Cohen

Cutting five words from this law could make houses cheaper

There exists an almost absurdly simple fix that could help ease the housing crisis. It would cost the government nothing, require deleting just five...

21.07.2025 30

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Rachel Cohen

Which matters more for the economy — babies or robots?

Two sweeping visions of the future have been unfolding, each producing grim — yet seemingly contradictory — predictions for the fate of...

18.07.2025 30

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Rachel Cohen

How the GOP beat Democrats to a child care win

President Donald Trump’s recently passed Big Beautiful Bill features crippling cuts to health insurance, food stamps, and clean energy programs, yet...

08.07.2025 50

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Rachel Cohen

Can abortion bans be made a little less bad?

By the time Republican Rep. Kat Cammack arrived at a Florida emergency room, she was facing an urgent medical crisis: Her pregnancy, then five weeks...

01.07.2025 50

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Rachel Cohen

What today’s new college graduates are up against

A Vox reader asks: Maybe it’s because I am a new grad, graduating with my bachelor’s in May yippee! But it seems everyone is super pessimistic...

06.06.2025 30

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Rachel Cohen

Our economy isn’t built for the biological clock

Everyone should have the right to decide if and when they have children. Yet over the past 50 years, the United States has built an economy that...

02.06.2025 30

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America might finally make childbirth free

As politicians grapple with declining birth rates, the financial burden of giving birth in America — where privately insured families face...

30.05.2025 150

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A critical fight over “quality” child care could shape millions of kids

America’s lack of affordable child care has brought a long-simmering question to a boil: What exactly makes child care “good”?  Everyone wants...

19.05.2025 30

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