Explainers
We live in a world of too much information and too little context. Too much noise and too little insight. That’s where Vox’s explainers come in.
Algorithms changed the classic card game for good — but is it for the better?
In 1981, Ronald Reagan was shot by John Hinckley Jr. and, like Trump, survived.
Elite clerics still hold ultimate power.
France held back the far right. No one knows what’s next.
The UK is getting a new government. What is it promising to do?
A proposed tax hike sparked unrest, but Kenya’s real problem is a debt crisis.
Kamala Harris? Gavin Newsom? Pete Buttigieg?!?
It has been a wild few days for Nvidia stock. But the hype isn’t dying down anytime soon.
The Wikileaks founder will plead guilty to violating the Espionage Act for publishing leaks about the Iraq War.
Americans are confronting a whole new reality of patchwork abortion access after the Dobbs decision.
We don’t know where the mysterious monoliths come from. But we do know they’re art.
Who’s eligible, is it legal, and other key questions, answered.
HBO’s Game of Thrones prequel reveals a period of turbulence and upheaval for Daenerys’s formidable family.
Three months after she disclosed her illness, the Princess of Wales is making a return to public life.
Many Americans are focused on inflation, but from Big Tech to junk fees, Biden is advancing a pro-consumer agenda.
The anatomy of a heat wave, from “heat domes” to megadroughts.
For all the attention on the border, the root causes of migration and the most promising solutions to the US’s broken immigration system are often overlooked.
Dopamine detoxing, hacking, and fasting: Is any of it real?
It’s not there yet — but we should be concerned.
Ozempic has become hugely popular. Researchers are racing to learn more about what it does to us.
Revised data from the health ministry turned into a debate about the war’s human cost. That death toll remains devastating.
Butker’s address was a textbook case of conservative sexism and homophobia.
Allegations of a “toxic work environment” have once again tarnished the pageant’s reputation.
The political intrigue behind the unusually early June debate date.
Much to the chagrin of the hedge funds attempting to short it.
Was the Senate Foreign Relations Committee chair bought by the Egyptian government?
The detection of bird flu in cows and the commercial milk supply raises new concerns about the risks to public health.
Dev Patel’s action-packed directorial debut also takes aim at contemporary Indian politics.
Scientists have drastically improved our understanding of seismic events. Here are eight things to know.
The most basic answers to the most basic questions about the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
Wendy Williams’s rise, reputation, and absence from her talk show, explained.
Did Alabama’s Supreme Court just ban IVF treatments?
Garland v. Cargill asks whether gun makers can evade the ban on machine guns with a device called a bump stock.
Navalny’s death is the end of an era for Russia — and cements Putin’s grip on power.
It’s hard to imagine this Supreme Court removing Trump from the ballot. But his lawyers gave the justices very little to work with.
The Constitution gives the Biden administration nearly exclusive authority over matters of immigration. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott wants the courts to change that.
The Argylle authorship controversy, explained.
It’s an escalation in the region, but we’re not actually headed to outright war with Iran.
Congress’s interminable shutdown cycle, explained.
The fight over plagiarism is the harbinger of a messy new era.