clock menu more-arrow no yes

Top Stories

The best of everything

So many products today claim to be the best. Why — and why can’t we stop buying them?

View All Stories

There’s election fraud in North Carolina. That’s not the same thing as voter fraud.

Conservatives claim the North Carolina ballot tampering scandal proves voter fraud is real. Not quite.

By Dylan Scott

Theresa May halts Brexit deal vote to avoid defeat, throwing British politics into chaos

May’s decision to postpone a vote on her deal adds even more uncertainty to the future of Brexit.

By Jen Kirby

2018 was by far the worst year on record for gun violence in schools

A database, going back to 1970, shows there were more incidents and more deaths in 2018 than any other year on record.

By German Lopez

The Supreme Court’s surprising decision on Planned Parenthood, explained

The way Justices Kavanaugh and Roberts voted could say a lot about the Court in the wake of the Kavanaugh confirmation fight.

By Anna North

“Public charge,” Trump’s proposal to restrict legal immigration, explained

It’s the last day for public comment on a proposed regulation to penalize low-income immigrants.

By Dara Lind

The US government’s ongoing battle with Chinese telecom giant Huawei, explained

The US has long expressed concerns about Huawei and its ties to the Chinese government.

By Emily Stewart

The fight for voting rights is personal for Rep. Terri Sewell

"Our history of voter suppression has come right back around."

By Ella Nilsen

Daily Podcast

Today, Explained

Subscribe

Latest Episode

"Totally clears the President. Thank you!"

Except it doesn't. Vox's Andrew Prokop explains why the latest pieces of Robert Mueller's puzzle are bad news for President Trump.

The Latest

Roger Ailes was “not rational”: Alexis Bloom on her new film about the Fox News founder

By Alissa Wilkinson

The political tribalism of Andrew Sullivan

By Ezra Klein

The Pelosi-Schumer-Trump meeting could make a spending deal — or go horribly wrong

By Tara Golshan

This Democrat thinks voting rights should be one of the House’s first big priorities in January

By Ella Nilsen

The absurd quest to make the “best” razor

The $3.5 billion shaving industry is secretive and litigious — and disrupting itself silly.

By Kaitlyn Tiffany

Vox Sentences: Great Brexpectations

By Ella Nilsen

Cannabis is now getting the Instagram museum treatment

By Chavie Lieber

Why the Kevin Hart Oscars backlash was different from other recent public shamings

By Aja Romano

Embattled French President Macron announces concessions to quell weeks of violent protests

By Jennifer Williams

GOP leader who gloated about Benghazi probe wants Dems to refrain from investigating Trump

By Aaron Rupar

There’s a great anti-poverty bill in the Senate. Why haven’t we heard more about it?

By Dylan Matthews

It’s official: Trump’s asylum crisis is driven by people coming legally

By Dara Lind

A woman died of a brain-eating amoeba infection. The suspect: her neti pot.

By E.J. Dickson

Scaling up good ideas is really, really hard — and we’re starting to figure out why

By Kelsey Piper

The Geminid meteor shower — one of the best of the year — peaks Thursday and Friday

By Brian Resnick
From Vox Media

We're building great things, and we need your talent.

A groundbreaking antitrust lawsuit is ensnaring the generic drug industry

By Dylan Scott

Advent, explained

By Alissa Wilkinson

How umami became the fifth basic taste

By Rachel Sugar

The Trump administration’s tone-deaf school lunch move

By Julia Belluz

Accused Russian spy Maria Butina appears to reach plea deal with prosecutors

By Andrew Prokop

In 2018, movies didn’t just feature strong women. They shoved men aside.

By Alissa Wilkinson

Trump is having a tough time finding his next chief of staff

By Emily Stewart

The problem with beach nourishment

By Carlos Waters

Trump makes a desperate attempt to downplay illegal payments to women

By Aaron Rupar

The controversy over Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas’s wedding, explained

By E.J. Dickson

Good riddance to John Kelly

By Matthew Yglesias

What’s left of affirmative action, explained

By Alvin Chang and Ranjani Chakraborty

Why willpower is overrated

By Brian Resnick

Greenland’s ice sheet is melting at its fastest rate in centuries

By Umair Irfan

Why the cast of Vanderpump Rules will sell you anything

By Zan Romanoff

The Trump-era threat to democracy is the opposite of populism

By Matthew Yglesias

House Intelligence Dems will look into Trump-Russia — and these 4 other things

By Alex Ward

The 2018 midterms had the highest turnout since before World War I

By Ella Nilsen

Paul Ryan’s long con

By Ezra Klein

The somewhat absurd controversy over Maine’s ranked choice voting system, explained

By Rachel Withers

Trump lashes out at “Leakin’ James Comey” over details in a publicly available transcript

By Rachel Withers

Do you burn more calories exercising in the cold? Here’s what the science says.

By Julia Belluz

My advice for aspiring explainer journalists

By David Roberts

My Brilliant Friend offers Elena an escape — then yanks it away

By Constance Grady
More Stories