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.
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.
“Fog of war” is the least of it.
Men’s search for meaning is everyone’s problem.
A short history of Giving Tuesday, the international day for giving back.
How to do the most good possible with the money you give.
Tradwives are everywhere on social media. Their allegedly dominant spouses are invisible.
“A pal is a wonderful thing.”
Cheney’s final political act was patriotism, but his life’s work was autocracy.
One of the Democrats’ best political issues is to defend to Affordable Care Act. Is it worth defending?
The debate over youth gender identity polling, explained.