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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.

Captain Marvel’s Monica Rambeau tease, explained

By Alex Abad-Santos

Why the US and China are sparring over 5G in Europe

By Alex Ward

It took one mass shooting for New Zealand to ban assault weapons

By German Lopez

Baby Shark (doo doo do doo do doo), explained

By Aja Romano

What Chuck Schumer can learn from Nancy Pelosi

By Dylan Scott and Li Zhou

The Brexit extension drama, explained as much as possible

By Jen Kirby

Companies often mislabel employees as “freelancers” to cut costs. Workers are fighting back.

By Alexia Fernández Campbell

Here’s what Disney owns after the massive Disney/Fox merger

By Todd VanDerWerff

Trump’s legal jeopardy goes far beyond Mueller

By Andrew Prokop

We read Democrats’ 9 plans for expanding health care. Here’s how they work.

By Sarah Kliff and Dylan Scott

How deadly pathogens have escaped the lab — over and over again

By Kelsey Piper

The 2020 Democratic primary debate over reparations, explained

By P.R. Lockhart

How to tax the rich, explained

By Dylan Matthews

Trump’s General Motors tweets, explained

By Emily Stewart

How the Tinder algorithm actually works

By Kaitlyn Tiffany

The New Zealand shooter’s manifesto shows how white nationalist rhetoric spreads

By Jane Coaston

New Zealand’s gun laws, explained

By German Lopez

The New Zealand shooter wrote a manifesto. An extremism expert explains what it means.

By Jen Kirby

How the Christchurch shooter used memes to spread hate

By Aja Romano

The sexual misconduct allegations against Neil deGrasse Tyson, explained

Multiple women have accused the astrophysicist of sexual misconduct. But he’s coming back to TV.

By Anna North

Captain Marvel’s 2 end-credits scenes, explained

By Alex Abad-Santos

Why we love to play the lottery when we know we won’t win

By Tanya Pai

How Captain Marvel changed the MCU’s Tesseract timeline, explained

By Alex Abad-Santos

The future of streaming is the cable bundle

By Todd VanDerWerff

Olivia Jade, the influencer at the center of the college admissions scandal, explained

By Chavie Lieber

The Summer Zervos sexual assault allegations and lawsuit against Donald Trump, explained

By Anna North

Beto O’Rourke: here’s why people think a guy who lost can win

By Tara Golshan

The biggest questions about the 2020 Democratic primary, answered

By Dylan Scott

The past 24 hours in Trump investigation news, explained

By Andrew Prokop

The legal fight over the Trump administration’s most aggressive play to cut Medicaid, explained

By Dylan Scott

The wildest stories from the FBI investigation into college admissions fraud

By Jane Coaston

The GOP’s deeply flawed paid family leave plan, explained

By Alexia Fernández Campbell

The Boeing 737 Max 8 crashes and controversy, explained

By Emily Stewart

Bubba the Love Sponge, the shock radio host on the Tucker Carlson tapes, explained

By Aja Romano

Trump’s tweet about the “fake Melania” conspiracy theory, explained

By Aaron Rupar

Cory Booker’s massive overhaul of the Newark schools, explained

By Dylan Scott

The Tucker Carlson drama, explained

By Aaron Rupar

Trump said he wouldn’t cut Medicaid, Social Security, and Medicare. His 2020 budget cuts all 3.

By Tara Golshan

The FBI’s college admissions fraud case against Felicity Huffman and many more, explained

By Jane Coaston

Obama expanded overtime pay to 4 million workers. Now Trump is scaling that back.

By Alexia Fernández Campbell

Here’s what to know about the latest Brexit vote

By Jen Kirby

What’s missing from the conversation about late abortions, explained by a doctor

By Anna North
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