Latest articles by Madeline Marshall
![What Russia’s war means for the International Space Station](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23388233/VDC_NWS_078_space_station_future_clean_2.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=21.875%2C0%2C56.25%2C100&w=2400)
![What Russia’s war means for the International Space Station](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23388233/VDC_NWS_078_space_station_future_clean_2.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=2400)
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Can the US and Russia still collaborate in space?
By Madeline Marshall
![Why the US doesn’t have universal child care (anymore)](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23255362/VDC_NWS_076_us_child_care_history_clean.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=21.875%2C0%2C56.25%2C100&w=2400)
![Why the US doesn’t have universal child care (anymore)](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23255362/VDC_NWS_076_us_child_care_history_clean.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=2400)
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Other rich countries have family policies the US doesn’t.
By Madeline Marshall
![Big questions about Covid-19 booster shots, answered](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23078841/Boosters_Thumb_Clean.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=21.875%2C0%2C56.25%2C100&w=2400)
![Big questions about Covid-19 booster shots, answered](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23078841/Boosters_Thumb_Clean.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=2400)
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How omicron reframed the booster debate.
By Ranjani Chakraborty and Madeline Marshall
![Why the US government is always shutting down](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23051310/VDC_NWS_074_us_government_shutdown_CLEAN.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=21.875%2C0%2C56.25%2C100&w=2400)
![Why the US government is always shutting down](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23051310/VDC_NWS_074_us_government_shutdown_CLEAN.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=2400)
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How the US can shut down but other countries can’t.
By Madeline Marshall
![Why the US is always hitting a “debt ceiling”](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22942374/thumb_clean.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=21.875%2C0%2C56.25%2C100&w=2400)
![Why the US is always hitting a “debt ceiling”](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22942374/thumb_clean.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=2400)
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Is the huge US national debt a problem?
By Madeline Marshall
![The US isn’t ready for clean energy](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22866823/PowerLines_Thumb_Clean.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=21.875%2C0%2C56.25%2C100&w=2400)
![The US isn’t ready for clean energy](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22866823/PowerLines_Thumb_Clean.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=2400)
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Making clean energy isn’t enough. We also have to move it.
By Madeline Marshall
![The law that broke US immigration](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22771177/ImmigrationThumb_Clean.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=21.875%2C0%2C56.25%2C100&w=2400)
![The law that broke US immigration](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22771177/ImmigrationThumb_Clean.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=2400)
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Why there are so many undocumented immigrants in the US.
By Madeline Marshall and Melissa Hirsch
![How the rich avoid paying taxes](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22706898/VDC_NWS_069_capital_gains_tax_clean.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=21.875%2C0%2C56.25%2C100&w=2400)
![How the rich avoid paying taxes](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22706898/VDC_NWS_069_capital_gains_tax_clean.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=2400)
![Why the US wants inflation](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22509282/thumb_clean.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=21.875%2C0%2C56.25%2C100&w=2400)
![Why the US wants inflation](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22509282/thumb_clean.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=2400)
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And why not everyone likes stimulus checks. Explained by fish.
By Madeline Marshall
![Why you can’t compare Covid-19 vaccines](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22414576/VDC_XEC_017_vaccine_efficacy_CLEAN.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=21.875%2C0%2C56.25%2C100&w=2400)
![Why you can’t compare Covid-19 vaccines](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22414576/VDC_XEC_017_vaccine_efficacy_CLEAN.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=2400)
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What a vaccine’s “efficacy rate” actually means.
By Madeline Marshall and Kimberly Mas