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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.

Hillary Clinton jumps into the 2020 primary by blasting Bernie Sanders

Why Hillary-Bernie 2016 will never die.

By Emily Stewart

7 questions about Harry and Meghan’s royal shake-up, answered

Where will Harry and Meghan live? What even is a “senior royal”?

By Terry Nguyen

Spotify may buy The Ringer. Here’s why that makes sense.

By Peter Kafka January 17

The Virginia gun rights rally raising fears of violence, explained

By Jane Coaston January 17

The Women’s Marches are shrinking. Their influence isn’t.

By Anna North January 17

Mike Bloomberg’s ad strategy is kind of working

By Emily Stewart January 17

9 questions about Trump’s impeachment trial you were too embarrassed to ask

By Andrew Prokop January 17

The controversy over New York’s bail reform law, explained

By Roxanna Asgarian January 17

How a clunky, retro hair dryer suddenly went viral

By Rebecca Jennings January 17

How thousands of Iranians went from mourning a general to protesting the regime, in a week

By Jen Kirby January 16

House of the Dragon is the first Game of Thrones prequel that’s actually happening

By Aja Romano January 16

The alarming trend of beached whales filled with plastic, explained

By Umair Irfan January 16

Elizabeth Warren’s ambitious plan to bypass Congress and erase America’s student debt, explained

By Ella Nilsen January 16

Lev Parnas’s dramatic new claims about Trump and Ukraine, explained

By Andrew Prokop January 16

USMCA, Trump’s new trade deal, explained in 600 words

By Jen Kirby January 16

The life and death of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, explained

By Jane Coaston, Anna North, and 1 other January 16

The Rehab Racket: Investigating the high cost of addiction care

Methadone can help people beat opioid addiction — if they can afford it

"I’m on a hamster wheel of trying to figure out how to pay this price. It just never ends."

By German Lopez January 16

The drive to pass the Equal Rights Amendment, explained

By Anna North January 15

Australia’s weird weather is getting even weirder

By Umair Irfan January 15

The hottest new thing in sustainable building is, uh, wood

By David Roberts January 15

The stunning new texts, documents, and impeachment evidence released by the House, explained

By Andrew Prokop January 15

The best case for and against a fracking ban

By Umair Irfan January 15

Vox’s guide to the 2020 presidential candidates

The 12 Democrats running for president and everything else you should know about 2020

By Dylan Scott and Ella Nilsen January 14

The state of the 2020 Democratic race before the final pre-Iowa debate, explained

By Andrew Prokop January 14

9 questions about the US-Iran crisis you were too embarrassed to ask

By Alex Ward and Zack Beauchamp January 13

The lack of diversity among the 2020 Oscar nominees feels disappointingly familiar

By Emily Todd VanDerWerff January 13

8 things everyone should know about Australia’s wildfire disaster

By Brian Resnick, Umair Irfan, and 1 other January 13

Romance is publishing’s most lucrative genre. Its biggest community of writers is imploding.

By Aja Romano and Constance Grady January 10

Trump’s team insists Soleimani was an “imminent” threat. Just don’t ask for details.

By Alex Ward January 10

How Amazon’s Ring is creating a surveillance network with video doorbells

By Rani Molla January 10

Trump tried to get E. Jean Carroll’s lawsuit dismissed. It didn’t work.

By Anna North January 10

The night sky is increasingly dystopian

By Brian Resnick January 10

The US killed Soleimani. What will Iran do next?

By Alex Ward January 10

The viral false claim that nearly 200 arsonists are behind the Australia fires, explained

By Umair Irfan January 9

The rise in meth and cocaine overdoses, explained

By German Lopez January 9

Nancy Pelosi’s refusal (so far) to send the articles of impeachment to the Senate, explained

By Li Zhou January 9

The challenge of disaster relief

By Kelsey Piper January 8

Elizabeth Warren’s new plan to reform bankruptcy law, explained

By Matthew Yglesias January 7

The stakes of Harvey Weinstein’s trial, explained

By Anna North January 6

Australia’s hellish heat wave and wildfires, explained

By Umair Irfan January 6

Trump’s threat to commit war crimes by bombing Iran’s cultural sites, explained

By Zack Beauchamp January 6

What is private equity, and why is it destroying everything you love?

By Emily Stewart January 6