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.
Want to threaten Iran? You’re going to need a bigger boat.
Want to threaten Iran? You’re going to need a bigger boat.
The Court just did Trump a huge favor. Will he take it?
Cows are draining the Colorado River.
Skimo enters the Winter Olympics at the most tragic time.
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Don’t expect a war to end as quickly this time.
The British royal was once his mother’s favorite. Now, his friendship with Epstein has led to his downfall.
Cautious consumerism isn’t a bad thing, but there’s a lot we don’t know about these products.
The data is solid. The vibes are atrocious. What gives?
For all its provocations, the film has more in common with a Nicholas Sparks book.
Grindr changed gay hookups. Now, ads, bots, AI, and cultural ubiquity have turned it into a ghost town.
The gold medal favorite is on track to make Olympic history in Milan. The scary part? He could still get even better.
The short answer is that this Supreme Court loves gerrymandering more than it hates Democrats.
ChatGPT is boring compared to what comes next.
Washington’s obsession with dairy didn’t start with RFK Jr.
Apartments are safer and more affordable than single-family homes. Why do we treat them like a hazard?
One big reason why Trump has been losing the youngest voters.
The president has always loved theater. It’s never loved him back.
The secret to “looks-maxxing” and saving money? Sardines.
What Minnesota’s immigrant communities need from you now.
The unbearable hypocrisy of pro-gun conservatives defending the Minneapolis killing.
This undersung service saves Americans $3.1 billion every year. Why aren’t we funding them more?
Yes, food can be medicine — just not the way RFK Jr. means it.
Australia is doing absolutely everything to protect its most iconic ecosystem — except, perhaps, the one thing that really matters.
Ugliness has more to do with the housing crisis than you think.
One of Zohran Mamdani’s most expensive ideas has surprising early momentum.
The agency’s new math to favor polluters, explained.
Here’s what ChatGPT Health can actually tell you — and what it can’t.
Elon Musk claims tech needs a “spicy mode” to dominate. Is he right?
What your favorite TikTok influencer gets right — and wrong — about this widespread concern.
Recent changes to federal health policy will affect the lives of millions of Americans, many of them kids.
After Venezuela, how far could Trump really go?
Is the internet really worse than it used to be, or are some of us just getting older?
Regime change, MAGA-style.
Why we should aspire to eat less meat like it’s 2019.
Conservatives want more parents at home. Here’s how to do it.
More want to leave the country than ever before. That’s not the only way they’re escaping.
JD Vance crossed many things off his to-do list this year. But what’s in store for 2026 and 2028?
2025 has felt brutal for climate policy in the US — but the bigger picture is surprisingly promising.
It wasn’t all bad in 2025.
Silicon Valley is racing to build a god — without understanding what makes a good one.
The real cause of America’s “vibecession.”
Both parties have turned their backs on traditional economic advice. Is the country paying the price?
How one community figured out how to reduce fire threats — and their insurance rates.
