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Health
Why have Americans turned against this lifesaving medication?Why have Americans turned against this lifesaving medication?
Health

Statin hysteria has made it hard to convince people that this effective drug is actually very safe.

By Dylan Scott
Culture
What the arrest of former Prince Andrew can teach us about power and abuseWhat the arrest of former Prince Andrew can teach us about power and abuse
Culture

The British royal was once his mother’s favorite. Now, his friendship with Epstein has led to his downfall.

By Constance Grady
Culture
The party-fication of productivityThe party-fication of productivity
Culture

How getting things done turned into a social event.

By Kyndall Cunningham
Politics
A new Supreme Court gerrymandering case is nightmare fuel for DemocratsA new Supreme Court gerrymandering case is nightmare fuel for Democrats
Politics

A questionable lawsuit seeking to redraw a Republican district risks turbocharging Trump’s gerrymandering campaign.

By Ian Millhiser
How plant-based marketing took over everything — even diapers
Life

Cautious consumerism isn’t a bad thing, but there’s a lot we don’t know about these products.

By Adam Clark Estes
Climate
The world’s rainforests are vanishing. In this one country, they’re growing back.The world’s rainforests are vanishing. In this one country, they’re growing back.
Climate

How did Costa Rica beat back deforestation and buck the global trend?

By Benji Jones
Climate
Scientists have found another alarming pattern in wildfiresScientists have found another alarming pattern in wildfires
Climate

Around the world, the conditions that brew massive blazes are...syncing up?

By Umair Irfan
Politics
The FCC (probably) didn’t censor Stephen ColbertThe FCC (probably) didn’t censor Stephen Colbert
Politics

The Colbert censorship story is messier than it looks.

By Christian Paz
How one country stopped a Trump-style authoritarian in his tracks
America After Trump

What Brazil got right that America got wrong.

By Zack Beauchamp
Politics
Why voters hate Trump’s (pretty decent) economyWhy voters hate Trump’s (pretty decent) economy
Politics

The data is solid. The vibes are atrocious. What gives?

By Eric Levitz
Politics
What Jesse Jackson taught DemocratsWhat Jesse Jackson taught Democrats
Politics

The lasting lesson of Jesse Jackson’s 1988 campaign, explained.

By Cameron Peters
America After Trump
The Brazilian playbook for defending democracyThe Brazilian playbook for defending democracy
Podcast
America After Trump

Today, Explained explores the fall of Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil and what it proves about Trump-style authoritarians.

By Jolie Myers
Politics
America After TrumpAmerica After Trump
Politics

How democracies fall — and how they can come back.

By Vox Staff
The Logoff
The Trump threat looming over late-night TV, briefly explainedThe Trump threat looming over late-night TV, briefly explained
The Logoff

Trump vs. Colbert, continued.

By Cameron Peters
Culture
Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights is a million times edgier than Emerald Fennell’sEmily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights is a million times edgier than Emerald Fennell’s
Culture

For all its provocations, the film has more in common with a Nicholas Sparks book.

By Constance Grady
Is Grindr dead?
Culture

Grindr changed gay hookups. Now, ads, bots, AI, and cultural ubiquity have turned it into a ghost town.

By Alex Abad-Santos
Explain It to Me
How communities rally when the government fails themHow communities rally when the government fails them
Podcast
Explain It to Me

The deep roots of mutual aid.

By Jonquilyn Hill
America After Trump
What American democracy can learn from 1930s FinlandWhat American democracy can learn from 1930s Finland
Play
America After Trump

How Finland almost fell to fascism — and didn’t.

By Nate Krieger
Future Perfect
Americans spend less of their income on food than almost ever. Why doesn’t it feel that way?Americans spend less of their income on food than almost ever. Why doesn’t it feel that way?
Future Perfect

The quiet economic miracle hiding in your grocery bill.

By Bryan Walsh
Podcasts
The mysterious symptom popping up in some GLP-1 usersThe mysterious symptom popping up in some GLP-1 users
Podcast
Podcasts

What if you lost weight and didn’t care — about anything?

By Jonquilyn Hill and Kelli Wessinger
Politics
The Epstein files are becoming a real problem for Trump — with his own conspiratorial votersThe Epstein files are becoming a real problem for Trump — with his own conspiratorial voters
Politics

And young Republicans are particularly enraged.

By Christian Paz
Future Perfect
One of the hottest therapy styles is scientifically shaky — so why does it seem to work?One of the hottest therapy styles is scientifically shaky — so why does it seem to work?
Future Perfect

Why so many people are obsessed with Internal Family Systems, even though its claims are dubious.

By Sigal Samuel
Podcasts
The real reasons people love playing gamesThe real reasons people love playing games
Podcast
Podcasts

A seemingly trivial practice has deep benefits — but there are times we simply don’t get them.

By Sean Illing
Future Perfect
Is it love? Or is it an AI romance scam?Is it love? Or is it an AI romance scam?
Future Perfect

Don’t let AI steal your heart — or your money.

By Shayna Korol
Podcasts
The Democratic governor building a playbook to resist ICEThe Democratic governor building a playbook to resist ICE
Play
Podcasts

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Trump, immigration, and fighting back.

By Astead Herndon
Politics
The real lesson of Trump’s failed prosecution of 6 DemocratsThe real lesson of Trump’s failed prosecution of 6 Democrats
Politics

The president just lost another battle in his war on democracy.

By Eric Levitz
Future Perfect
One good thing the Trump administration might actually do for scienceOne good thing the Trump administration might actually do for science
Future Perfect

Yes, really.

By Marina Bolotnikova
Politics
Trump’s biggest war is one he almost never talks aboutTrump’s biggest war is one he almost never talks about
Politics

Why did the US bomb Somalia more than 100 times last year?

By Joshua Keating
Culture
Wikipedia is having a renaissance in the age of AIWikipedia is having a renaissance in the age of AI
Culture

The internet’s favorite encyclopedia has never been more appreciated — or at risk.

By Kyndall Cunningham
Podcasts
They backed Trump. Then Border Patrol arrested their neighbor. What now?They backed Trump. Then Border Patrol arrested their neighbor. What now?
Podcast
Podcasts

When “mass deportation” gets to Trump country.

By Peter Balonon-Rosen and Noel King
The Highlight
Is America turning on birth control?Is America turning on birth control?
The Highlight

It’s a weird time to talk about contraceptives. Here’s what the debate is missing.

By Hannah Seo
Technology
What the latest viral AI apocalypse warning gets wrongWhat the latest viral AI apocalypse warning gets wrong
Technology

The tech is improving rapidly. But it won’t remake the economy overnight.

By James Pethokoukis
The Logoff
In the fight against climate change, Trump sides with climate changeIn the fight against climate change, Trump sides with climate change
The Logoff

The end of the endangerment finding, briefly explained.

By Cameron Peters
Health
Why a walk around the block could literally save your lifeWhy a walk around the block could literally save your life
Health

The big health benefits of just a little movement.

By Dylan Scott
Culture
How the left taught the right to hate white womenHow the left taught the right to hate white women
Culture

The “AWFUL” moniker is the latest way to express disdain for “annoying” women.

By Constance Grady
Life
Talk to your kids about ICETalk to your kids about ICE
Life

“This is not just an issue for immigrant families,” one expert said. “It’s an issue for all families.”

By Anna North
Today, Explained newsletter
2025 was a dismal year for jobs2025 was a dismal year for jobs
Today, Explained newsletter

The February jobs report is not the “blockbuster” triumph President Trump imagines.

By Caitlin Dewey
The Highlight
The wild card group that could scramble America’s political alliancesThe wild card group that could scramble America’s political alliances
The Highlight

Why Catholics could be the key to Trump’s opposition.

By Katherine Kelaidis
Culture
Credit card theft, penis injections, and other weird scandals from the 2026 Olympic GamesCredit card theft, penis injections, and other weird scandals from the 2026 Olympic Games
Culture

The athletes’ messy personal drama threatens to eclipse the sports in Milan and Cortina.

By Alex Abad-Santos