When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters. At Vox, our mission is to help you make sense of the world — and that work has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our own. We ...

This past December, I threw a party to celebrate a major milestone in my life: the 1,000th day of my New York Times crossword-solving streak. My friends, none of them fellow cruciverbalists, poured in ...

When I — a crossword beginner — do the Aug. 14 puzzle on Blackcrossword.com, I briefly fumble on one clue: “Turner from Tennessee.” The four-letter (and now obvious) answer is Tina. Later, when I ...