The Story of 2016
What an exceptional year this has been. From the discovery of gravitational waves to the election of Donald Trump, Brexit to Zika, here are the top headlines of 2016, presented by Vox.
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The opioid painkiller and heroin epidemic, explained
Gravitational waves, explained
Remembering victims of the Pulse gay nightclub shooting
Bastille Day truck attack in Nice, France
Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs, explained
The deaths of Philando Castile, Alton Sterling, Dallas police officers, and fallout
George W. Bush’s message of unity for the nation
Ezra Klein on the Democratic and Republican National Conventions
The DNC email leaks, explained
Former Mexican President Vicente Fox on Trump’s wall
Hillary Clinton, John Podesta, and the WikiLeaks email scandal, explained
2016 Olympics: what Rio doesn’t want the world to see
Colin Kaepernick’s protest, explained
Donald Trump’s multiple sexual assault allegations
Russian hackers, Donald Trump, and the 2016 election, explained
The battle for Mosul, explained
How people outside Syria can think about helping Syrians
UN says 2016 is likely to be warmest year to date on the planet
Elon Musk announces plans to colonize Mars with SpaceX
Coral bleaching at the Great Barrier Reef, explained
The battle over the Dakota Access Pipeline, explained
13 pop culture events that defined 2016
White supremacy’s rebrand as the alt-right, explained
“Black Lives Matter” vs. “All Lives Matter”
The case for Universal Basic Income, explained
Obama allows UN to take action on Israeli Settlements