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The latest episode of The Weeds unpacks what’s next for Republicans’ Obamacare repeal efforts.
The process of passing the Graham-Cassidy bill has been frighteningly quick.
One minute, there was a deal on DACA; the next, there wasn’t. Where it goes next is anyone’s guess.
Sanders’s new single-payer health care bill and Clinton’s new book, What Happened.
“We as a profession have caused an epidemic that is bigger than the HIV epidemic.”
President Donald Trump is running the government like he ran his businesses — and it’s going about as badly as you’d expect.
In the chaotic aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, one thing has already become clear: The US federal flood insurance program is massively underfunded.
Our economy faces two crises: severe inequality and the rise of highly concentrated markets.
The president keeps swiping at the leaders of his own party.
Sarah, Matt, and Ezra talk about the Raise Act, CSR payments, and emergency room surprises in this episode of The Weeds.
Matt, Dara, and Andrew take a look at John Kelly’s first two weeks as chief of staff.
They don’t want to be surrounded by people who think they’re inferior.
This week, Sarah, Ezra, and Alvin talk school segregation, Trump White House shake-ups, and marijuana taxation.
Sarah, Matt, and Ezra discuss marijuana and the health care debate.
Ezra, Matt and Sarah unpack the minimum wage debate in Seattle.
Vox’s Ezra Klein, Dara Lind, and Dylan Matthews discuss new research from the National Bureau of Economic Research.
There aren’t any good treatments for chronic pain, but opioids are especially bad.
“I’m just praying that everything’s going to be okay.”
Rich or poor, everyone in this village is getting a basic income for the next 12 years.
On immigration enforcement, Trump kept a campaign promise. But it’s about to get tougher.
Ezra Klein, Sarah Kliff, and Matt Yglesias are hosting a live episode of The Weeds.
This program brought down the teen pregnancy and abortion rates all across the state of Colorado. Now it’s under attack.
What’s next for the filibuster after Neil Gorsuch’s confirmation?
Ezra Klein, Matt Yglesias, and Sarah Kliff discuss Republicans’ failed effort to replace Obamacare.
Vox foreign editor Yochi Dreazen joins Ezra Klein and Matt Yglesias to discuss the president’s foreign policy.
The 2008 Postville raid had ripple effects across the state of Iowa.
“It’s been interesting to see that Republicans keep shifting.”
“You cannot pronounce the Republican health care bill unless you went to Hebrew school.”
Vox’s Ezra Klein, Matt Yglesias, and Sarah Kliff try to talk policy details from Trump’s address.
Vox’s Ezra Klein, Matt Yglesias, and Sarah Kliff discuss how Trump’s Russia scandals are hindering his ability to make progress on policy.
“How did we vote for someone we knew would threaten our health coverage?”
Vox’s Ezra Klein, Matt Yglesias, and Dara Lind discuss the policy and symbolic ramifications of Trump’s refugee crackdown.
The GOP could do much more to make Trump to stick to conservative orthodoxy, Vox’s Matt Yglesias says on The Weeds.
The political upside of Senate Democrats’ ability to wash their hands of the whole Trump Cabinet.
Vox’s Ezra Klein, Matt Yglesias, Sarah Kliff, and Dara Lind all weigh in with a big lesson from this year.
Listen to Vox’s Ezra Klein, Sarah Kliff, and Matt Yglesias discuss last night’s showdown.
The SCOTUS ruling has been hailed as a pretty significant victory for pro-choice advocates. And it is — at least in the immediate sense.