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.
Special counsel Jack Smith’s two investigations may be nearing completion.
It’s a significant symbolic move, but US troops are still there, and other parts of the forever war continue.
City officials say it’s safe to drink following a chemical spill and previous recommendations to use bottled water.
Tech’s favorite bank just failed. What does that mean for you?
House Republicans are still looking for their next Benghazi. But their investigations are unpopular.
Israelis are revolting against Netanyahu. But a judicial overhaul isn’t the country’s only crisis.
What’s fair — and unfair — about the intense scrutiny she’s received as vice president.
Though the US is pushing to intervene, international meddling hasn’t helped Haiti.
Rahul Gandhi’s expulsion from the Lok Sabha is the latest sign of Indian democracy’s decline.
It’s the latest move by the Biden administration to take a harsher approach on the issue.
Republicans just got a painful reminder that political stunts can backfire.
A case about a silly, poop-themed dog toy is also a case about free speech and judicial humility.
Unions are protesting low wages and “unfair” working conditions during the three-day strike.
Coming soon: A world warmed by 1.5 degrees
Electric car owners are finding out how hard it can be to charge EVs at public charging stations.
How the controversial senator could win — even after leaving the Democratic Party.
The charges against the pro-MAGA exiled Chinese billionaire, explained.
It’s the end of predictable Oscar winners.
Tory plans to stop channel crossings may be more political than practical.
The new proposed budget would have billionaires and multi-millionaires footing the bill in an attempt to reduce the federal deficit.
The Golden State is struggling to save the water from its atmospheric rivers.
Supplements to the program ended on March 1. Without an off-ramp, people are scrambling to fill the gap.
A guide to the very Trumpy vibes at this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference.
A group of senators have quickly come together with a bill that could change the way the rail industry operates.
Incumbent mayors in Chicago almost never lose a reelection bid. But Lori Lightfoot ran into an issue that’s plaguing Democrats across the country.
We don’t need to know how this pandemic started to begin to prevent the next one.
Ordinarily, this lawsuit would be laughed out of court. But you never can tell with Trump’s judges.
It’s the beginning of a years-long effort to clean up and track the effects of chemicals in East Palestine, Ohio.
A comprehensive list of the allegations and criminal charges against R. Kelly since 1994.
The job market is booming. Inflation is falling. But you’d never know it from look at President Biden’s poll numbers.
The limits of party elites’ influence on presidential primaries.
As Trump spread his stolen election lies, Fox was terrified of alienating its own audience, emails and texts show.
Things could get real shitty.
The train derailment and chemical spill was the culmination of a long trend of cost-cutting in the rail industry.
Arizona v. Mayorkas shows how the Court’s Republican majority can manipulate its own procedures for partisan ends.
Keeping track of all the criminal investigations of Trump isn’t easy, so we did it for you.
Gonzalez v. Google and Twitter v. Taamneh seek to conscript big tech into the war on terror; the results could be disastrous.
The former South Carolina governor is caught between two versions of the Republican Party.
You are not the only person who thinks resort fees are ridiculous and it shouldn’t cost you $200 to cancel your cable.