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.
Aaron Rodgers, explained for sports fans and non-sports fans alike.
The history of the Iowa caucuses (and their downfall?), briefly explained.
The justices are threatening to put themselves in charge of every single federal agency. They should resist that temptation.
The Constitution has a right to defend itself, but Trump also has a right to due process.
Meat production is making lifesaving drugs less effective. Where’s the FDA?
From farm to plate, one in four animals raised on factory farms are wasted.
Do therapists have a right to tell patients to “pray away the gay”? The Court is leaving that question open.
The evolution of a viral term, according to the “Livvy rizzed up Baby Gronk” guy.
Five deaths, millions in fraud, and 100 years of family power crumbling to ruin in South Carolina.
At the very moment the Supreme Court appears to be moderating on voting rights, GOP judges are going after America’s most important voting rights law.
A SCOTUS case aiming to protect rich people from taxes could lead to chaos for the federal government’s finances.
A timeline of the decades-long peace negotiations that came before the Israel-Hamas war.
The “unitary executive” is back, and it could supercharge Trump’s plans to fill the government with his own loyalists.
Why bin Laden’s 2002 letter became the latest TikTok moral panic.
The code is so weak that it serves to legitimize Clarence Thomas’s corruption. It is literally worse than nothing.
MAGA Republicans took down the last GOP speaker. Now they’ve passed an aid package tailored to their goals.
The justices risk miring the entire federal judiciary in the content moderation wars.
How a collection of jump scares and killer animatronics shaped a decade of gaming culture.
A century later, we still don’t know the full, stomach-churning extent of the Osage murders.
Clean hydrogen can be a lot dirtier than it seems, especially when the fossil fuel industry gets involved.
2023 will break more weather records as the southern hemisphere heads into spring.
What is Hamas and what does it want out of this new resurgence of violent conflict?
Believe it or not, there are worse judges than Brett Kavanaugh. And now Brett needs to clean up their mess.
Your expensive coffee habit is indeed getting even more expensive.
A rogue federal court effectively put the Republican Party in charge of social media, and now the justices have to deal with this mess.
The Supreme Court hears a civil rights case straight out of a right-wing fever dream.
America’s Trumpiest court handed down a shockingly dangerous decision. The Supreme Court is likely, but not certain, to fix it.
Alabama’s racially gerrymandered maps are back before the Supreme Court, this time with a dollop of massive resistance.
Is a movie still just a movie if it becomes a culture war battleground?
All the greed, fraud, centuries of racism, and deteriorated llama skulls behind Mexico’s unboxed aliens.
Phenylephrine and other medications that contain it, like Sudafed PE, don’t work.
The 15th human foot in a decade washed up in Washington State. Don’t be alarmed.
Donald Trump is the first, second, third, and fourth former president to be indicted for a crime.
The Court blocked a lower court order that would have made it easy for criminals to obtain so-called ghost guns.
A surprise arrest after a 13-year investigation shocked the true crime community — and relieved New Yorkers.
What we can learn from July’s record-breaking movie month.
Everything has to go right for Democrats to win in Mississippi.
The Chosen’s Christian nepo baby roots — and other ways the hit drama might surprise you.
Trump will finally stand trial for his attempt to destroy US democracy.