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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.

The 24 Democrats running for president and everything else you should know about 2020

By Dylan Scott

Trump ignored Congress on war powers. Constitutional scholars want Democrats to take him to court.

By Tara Golshan

Mike Gravel, 2020’s oddest Democratic presidential candidate, explained

By Dylan Scott

Barcelona’s radical plan to take back streets from cars

By David Roberts

Mount Agung erupted in Bali. Here are 7 things to know about volcanoes.

By Umair Irfan

The alarming trend of beached whales filled with plastic, explained

By Umair Irfan

The “heartbeat” bills that could ban almost all abortions, explained

By Anna North and Catherine Kim

The fraught cultural politics of Disney’s new Aladdin remake

By Aja Romano

Watch how the climate could change in these US cities by 2050

By Umair Irfan and Kavya Sukumar

Trump’s interest in pardoning troops accused of war crimes, explained

By Aaron Rupar

11 questions about sunscreen you should ask before going outside

By Julia Belluz

Lyme, the tick-borne disease that’s spreading fast, explained

By Julia Belluz

The controversy over WeWork’s $47 billion valuation and impending IPO, explained

By Matthew Yglesias

We asked all the 2020 Democrats how they’d fix child care. Here’s what they said.

By Anna North

Congress wants to stop surprise medical bills. But they have one big problem left to solve.

By Dylan Scott

Indian PM Narendra Modi and his party just swept India’s elections

By Kalpana Jain

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

By Brian Resnick

“American Taliban” John Walker Lindh’s controversial release from prison, explained

By Alex Ward

The limits of ancestry DNA tests, explained

By Brian Resnick

How AirPods became an unlikely status symbol

By Kaitlyn Tiffany

Trump’s bizarre Rose Garden news conference on impeachment, explained

By Aaron Rupar

How to get the most out of your exercise time, according to science

A simple guide to high-intensity interval training, or HIIT, the fitness trend du jour.

By Julia Belluz

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

By Tara Golshan

Nevada is lifting abortion restrictions, even as other states pass near-total bans

By Anna North

What’s behind Elizabeth Warren’s comeback in the polls

By Dylan Scott

The Green New Deal is fracturing a critical base for Democrats: unions

By Umair Irfan

America’s newest stock exchange wants to fix one of capitalism’s fundamental challenges

By Theodore Schleifer

This week’s European Parliament elections will test the strength of far-right populism

By Jen Kirby

Cory Booker wants banks to stop charging so many overdraft fees

By Li Zhou

Jeopardy champion James Holzhauer’s phenomenal winning streak, explained

By Allegra Frank

The crisis of children dying in custody at the border, explained

By Dara Lind

The radical plan to change how Harvard teaches economics

By Dylan Matthews

What we know so far about Trump’s tax returns, explained

By Matthew Yglesias

How Superstore got so good

By Todd VanDerWerff

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

By Emily Stewart

How a far-right politician’s scandal brought down Austria’s government

By Alex Ward

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

By Alex Ward

Why is art so expensive?

By Gaby Del Valle

Democrats’ impeachment dilemma, explained

By Ella Nilsen

The Winds of Winter, explained: what we know about the next Game of Thrones book

By Andrew Prokop

Where the Game of Thrones series finale left every major character

By Alex Abad-Santos

Who won the Game of Thrones — and why it matters — explained

By Todd VanDerWerff
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