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.
Pumpkin spice is America’s most hatable seasonal flavor. But Starbucks is leaning in even more heavily this year.
Latino voters will be crucial to either party’s gerrymandering plans.
Millions more people will be taking a GLP-1 soon. What’s the catch?
Trump’s new fee will make the USAID cuts look like a rounding error in some countries.
Extreme heat is increasing the prevalence of a disease that hits low-income people the hardest.
Science says that even moderate drinking is bad for you — and Americans are listening.
Right now, he’s doing authoritarianism badly. But it could still work in the long run.
The largely symbolic move has more to do with politics than supporting Palestinians’ right to self-determination.
AI wrote a sacred text for Buddhists — and it exceeded expectations. Can it write a good Bible?
This doesn’t have to be all-or-nothing.
The most surprising consequence of Trump’s trade war.
Eighty years after Hiroshima, the idea that nuclear war can be controlled is making a comeback.
A rush to redraw voter maps might determine future control of Congress.
The only things keeping America out of a recession are robots and health care.
Lawrence Dennis predicted America would fall to fascism in the 1930s. His errors have much to teach us today.
Banning food dye is inconsequential when environmental pollution is killing us.
Tips for keeping kids, adults, and the elderly cool and safe — even without air conditioning.
Sprawl made suburbia affordable. Now it’s breaking it. Here’s what a new vision of the suburbs could look like.
Some of us are much more sensitive than others.
What chimp research can teach us about AI’s ability to “scheme.“
The commonsense, zero-cost fix that Congress wouldn’t touch.
Americans say they want a third party — but making it happen is tricky.
The health care consequences of Trump’s budget bill are already here.
Reforming environmental rules is only a small step to rebuilding after wildfires.
The strongest defense can be summed up in just two words.
Beware of the biting midge.
What the Idaho student murder investigation tells us about how criminal justice should work.
Gen Z is embracing emotional distress — with a new name.
Trump attacked Iran. What he did next was even more revealing.
How to not torture ChatGPT and Claude’s successors.
Four takeaways from the socialist’s shocking defeat of Andrew Cuomo.
Read was found not guilty of second-degree murder, but guilty of drunk driving. New legal counsel and evidence might explain why.
The old “religious right” is gone. The new one is weirder — and harder to fight.
Here are the numbers behind the bill behind Trump’s breakup with Elon Musk.
If America wants a space program, it needs SpaceX.
In his latest move, Trump is attacking the people who have helped bail out American higher education.
An exhausting — if not exhaustive — timeline of J.K. Rowling’s transphobia.
If this decision stands on appeal, it’s a big loss for Trump that will make it difficult for his trade war to continue.
Pope Leo’s unusual crusade should be a model for every religion.
Don’t blame Joe Rogan too much — one theory says that the roots of this gender gap go back decades.