Compound Observer

Time is running out to save Afghans who helped US troops

Published 2021-08-09 12:20:00 UTC

Trump is having little sway over Senate Republicans’ infrastructure votes

Published 2021-08-09 16:45:00 UTC

Raphael Warnock’s plan to neutralize a GOP takeover of Georgia elections, explained

Published 2021-08-10 07:50:00 UTC

The fight over cage-free eggs and bacon in California, explained

Published 2021-08-10 08:10:00 UTC

The power and peril of documentaries in a skeptical culture

Published 2021-08-10 08:30:00 UTC

Chaos edits are the only thing that makes sense anymore

Published 2021-08-10 09:00:00 UTC

The controversy over Apple’s plan to protect kids by scanning your iPhone

Published 2021-08-10 11:10:00 UTC

Gaming culture is toxic. A major lawsuit might finally change it.

Published 2021-08-10 13:00:00 UTC

Why Cuomo resigned and Trump didn’t

Published 2021-08-10 14:50:13 UTC

The big drop in American poverty during the pandemic, explained

Published 2021-08-11 08:00:00 UTC

The best $4.99 I ever spent: Mass Effect 2

Published 2021-08-11 08:20:00 UTC

How is the Taliban gaining so fast in Afghanistan?

Published 2021-08-11 09:00:00 UTC

Ask a Book Critic: Help me love reading again

Published 2021-08-11 09:30:00 UTC

Jerusalem Demsas and German Lopez Named Co-Hosts of The Weeds

Published 2021-08-11 10:00:23 UTC

Democrats’ infrastructure gamble actually seems like it could be working

Published 2021-08-11 10:20:00 UTC

Is city noise making us sick?

Published 2021-08-11 10:30:00 UTC

What it feels like to get Covid-19 after being vaccinated

Published 2021-08-11 11:10:00 UTC

After a lost pandemic year, live theater is back

Published 2021-08-11 12:20:00 UTC

The Longform podcast hosts on joining Vox

Published 2021-08-11 12:50:00 UTC

Where extreme weather is getting even worse, in one map

Published 2021-08-11 13:10:00 UTC

Anti-mask hysterics at Tennessee school board meeting show how basic public health is now polarizing

Published 2021-08-11 16:30:00 UTC

Working motherhood is getting harder. Let’s fix that.

Published 2021-08-12 08:00:00 UTC

Climate change worsens extreme weather. A revolution in attribution science proved it.

Published 2021-08-12 10:30:00 UTC

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills has become a true crime doc

Published 2021-08-12 11:00:00 UTC

The irony of movies about taking charge of your life

Published 2021-08-12 11:10:00 UTC

Why some animals are shrinking

Published 2021-08-12 11:30:00 UTC

Mrs. March is a Hitchcock-meets-Highsmith novel about a woman behaving badly

Published 2021-08-12 12:40:00 UTC

The delta doldrums

Published 2021-08-12 13:50:00 UTC

It’s time to freak out about methane emissions

Published 2021-08-12 14:00:57 UTC

The pandemic changed the trajectory of America’s overdose and suicide crises

Published 2021-08-12 14:30:00 UTC

The IRS has a big opportunity to fix the way Americans file taxes

Published 2021-08-13 08:00:00 UTC

Robert Reich wants you to fight the system

Published 2021-08-13 08:20:00 UTC

The college dorm shopping industrial complex is real

Published 2021-08-13 08:30:00 UTC

The new Aretha Franklin movie shows how tricky it is to make a great musician biopic

Published 2021-08-13 09:00:00 UTC

Watching Brooklyn Nine-Nine in the “defund the police” era

Published 2021-08-13 09:30:00 UTC

How Ron DeSantis’s Covid response became the model of what not to do

Published 2021-08-13 10:10:00 UTC

We have to accept some risk of Covid-19

Published 2021-08-13 12:00:00 UTC

The Suicide Squad puts its director on a path to become the Gen X Clint Eastwood

Published 2021-08-13 13:00:00 UTC

The Texas GOP’s war on governing

Published 2021-08-14 08:00:00 UTC

CDC approval of Covid booster shot offers help for some Americans

Published 2021-08-14 16:13:20 UTC

The White Lotus is as clueless about Native Hawaiians as its characters

Published 2021-08-15 09:00:00 UTC

The rapid fall of Afghanistan to Taliban forces, explained

Published 2021-08-15 17:05:00 UTC

Are your houseplants actually good for the planet?

Published 2021-08-16 08:00:00 UTC

Nothing changes on The White Lotus. That’s the point.

Published 2021-08-16 08:10:00 UTC

Why it’s so hard to be a nurse in America, according to two nurses

Published 2021-08-16 08:20:00 UTC

Why no one really knows how bad Facebook’s vaccine misinformation problem is

Published 2021-08-16 08:30:00 UTC

One Good Thing: A family drama that takes the deaf audience seriously

Published 2021-08-16 09:00:00 UTC

Bill Maher on free speech, comedy, and his haters

Published 2021-08-16 10:50:00 UTC

Blair Hickman, Nisha Chittal, and Agnes Mazur Promoted at Vox

Published 2021-08-16 13:43:44 UTC

Biden wasted his chance to rescue Afghans who aided US troops

Published 2021-08-17 07:30:00 UTC

Astronomers were skeptical about dark matter — until Vera Rubin came along

Published 2021-08-17 08:00:00 UTC

Pesticides can amplify each other. Bees have become the victims.

Published 2021-08-17 08:20:00 UTC

Who are the Taliban now?

Published 2021-08-17 08:30:00 UTC

Bama Rush TikTok, explained and explained and explained

Published 2021-08-17 09:00:00 UTC

A Trump judge ordered Biden to reinstate one of Trump’s cruelest immigration policies

Published 2021-08-17 11:20:00 UTC

How the US made affordable homes illegal

Published 2021-08-17 13:40:00 UTC

What’s happening in Afghanistan?

Published 2021-08-17 14:55:38 UTC

Why Biden was so set on withdrawing from Afghanistan

Published 2021-08-18 08:00:00 UTC

How free college became a perk for American workers

Published 2021-08-18 08:20:00 UTC

Solar farms are often bad for biodiversity — but they don’t have to be

Published 2021-08-18 08:30:00 UTC

Is therapy for everyone?

Published 2021-08-18 10:30:00 UTC

Democrats have finally identified the greatest threat to voting rights — the Supreme Court

Published 2021-08-18 10:40:00 UTC

How Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube are handling the Taliban

Published 2021-08-18 14:10:00 UTC

Haiti cannot rebuild without political sovereignty

Published 2021-08-18 15:00:00 UTC

Never going back to the office? Facebook has an app for that.

Published 2021-08-19 07:00:00 UTC

The long road to India’s unparalleled pandemic catastrophe

Published 2021-08-19 07:30:00 UTC

Some companies are mandating vaccines — but not for front-line workers

Published 2021-08-19 08:00:00 UTC

Will the Taliban roll back two decades of public health progress in Afghanistan?

Published 2021-08-19 12:30:00 UTC

The US needs to meet its moral obligation to Afghan refugees

Published 2021-08-19 14:00:00 UTC

The dark irony of who TV news talks to about Afghanistan

Published 2021-08-19 14:30:00 UTC

Biden’s immigration policy is hampering Haiti’s recovery from back-to-back crises

Published 2021-08-19 15:00:00 UTC

The FTC has refiled its case against Facebook

Published 2021-08-19 15:05:00 UTC

School boards are in open revolt against Ron DeSantis’s anti-mask crusade

Published 2021-08-20 07:30:00 UTC

What we actually know about the vaccines and the delta variant

Published 2021-08-20 08:00:00 UTC

What a weird summer it’s been at the movies!

Published 2021-08-20 08:30:00 UTC

Wealth inequality exists among influencers, too

Published 2021-08-20 09:00:00 UTC

The West’s megadrought is so bad authorities are airlifting water for animals

Published 2021-08-20 09:30:00 UTC

Fox News ignores a DC bomb threat inspired by right-wing conspiracy theory culture

Published 2021-08-20 14:20:00 UTC

The history of US intervention in Afghanistan, from the Cold War to 9/11

Published 2021-08-21 08:00:00 UTC

Biden backs school districts in fight against GOP mask mandate bans

Published 2021-08-21 16:10:45 UTC

The Pentagon is calling on US airlines to help with Afghanistan evacuations

Published 2021-08-22 16:30:31 UTC

What full FDA approval for Covid-19 vaccines would really mean

Published 2021-08-23 07:30:00 UTC

The story of amusement parks is the story of America

Published 2021-08-23 08:00:28 UTC

Welcome to the Leisure Issue of the Highlight

Published 2021-08-23 08:00:00 UTC

The bipartisan infrastructure bill provides historic funding public for transit. It’s not enough.