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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.

Is it actually illegal to accept “campaign dirt” from foreigners?

By Jen Kirby

The summer solstice is coming: 9 things to know about the longest day of the year

By Brian Resnick and Brad Plumer

The hasty plan to get Americans back on the moon by 2024, explained

By Brian Resnick June 14

How “soccer girl” became the indisputably coolest look

By Kaitlyn Tiffany June 14

How the Trump administration is using 9/11 to build a case for war with Iran

By Alex Ward June 14

The first Democratic debate qualification rules — and controversies — explained

By Andrew Prokop June 13

Trump’s legally problematic claim that he’d accept “oppo research” from foreign governments, explained

By Andrew Prokop June 13

This Austrian company is betting you’ll take a flying drone taxi. Really.

By Alex Ward June 13

Congress’s high-stakes budget fight to avert an economic crisis, explained

By Tara Golshan June 13

Will climate change kill everyone — or just lots and lots of people?

By Kelsey Piper June 13

The race to be the next British prime minister, briefly explained

By Jen Kirby June 13

Prohibition worked better than you think

America’s anti-alcohol experiment cut down on drinking and drinking-related deaths — and it may have reduced crime and violence overall.

By German Lopez June 13

Kamala Harris’s plan to provide DREAMers a pathway to citizenship, explained

By Li Zhou June 13

The fight over the 2020 census citizenship question, explained

By Dara Lind and Libby Nelson June 12

The Democrats who are still undecided on Medicare-for-all, explained

By Dylan Scott and Li Zhou June 12

Rashida Tlaib wants to give low-income adults $3,000 a year each, no questions asked

By Dylan Matthews June 12

Why are so many music festivals total disasters?

By Kaitlyn Tiffany June 11

What Hong Kong’s massive protests are really about

By Alex Ward June 11

Elaine Chao and Mitch McConnell’s potential conflict of interest, explained

By Li Zhou June 11

“We don’t want to be knee-jerk”: YouTube responds to Vox on its harassment policies

By Emily Stewart June 10

What the House’s planned contempt vote against Barr actually means, explained

By Ella Nilsen June 10

Boris Johnson, the frontrunner to be the UK’s next prime minister, explained

By Jen Kirby June 10

Trump’s possibly fake deal with Mexico, explained

By Matthew Yglesias June 10

The Democratic Party is protecting one of its last anti-abortion members in a safe blue district

By Tara Golshan June 10

The war to free science

By Brian Resnick and Julia Belluz June 10

Joe Biden’s evolution on abortion, explained

By Anna North June 7

David French vs. Sohrab Ahmari and the battle dividing conservatives, explained

By Jane Coaston June 5

The border is in crisis. Here’s how it got this bad.

By Dara Lind June 5

How many Americans live on $2 a day? The biggest debate in poverty research, explained.

By Dylan Matthews June 5

Lil Nas X isn’t an anomaly — black people have always been a part of country music

By Nadra Nittle June 5

10 ways to accelerate progress against climate change

By Eliza Barclay and Umair Irfan June 5

Climate change is becoming a defining issue of 2020

By Ella Nilsen June 5

Judy Shelton’s potential nomination to a Federal Reserve Board seat, explained

By Matthew Yglesias June 5

The real cost of Trump’s tariffs on Mexico, explained

By Dylan Scott June 5

The rise of granny panties

By Shira Feder June 5

Democrats’ extremely uphill battle to retake the Senate majority in 2020, explained

By Tara Golshan and Ella Nilsen June 5

Pay attention to the growing wave of climate change lawsuits

By Umair Irfan June 4

Why Joe Biden is holding on to such a strong lead in the 2020 primary polls

By Dylan Scott June 4

Sexual misconduct allegations against R. Kelly spanning 25 years, in one timeline

By Constance Grady June 3

Why you want oysters and a salt marsh between you and a hurricane

By Anne N. Connor June 3

Lil Miquela and the virtual influencer hype, explained

By Kaitlyn Tiffany June 3

Trump is heading to the UK. Here’s what you need to know.

By Jen Kirby June 2

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