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.

What could the Inflation Reduction Act mean for you?

Yes, the Inflation Reduction Act might actually help you

By Ellen Ioanes

The Inflation Reduction Act, explained

The climate bill is also a health care bill (and it does a few things on taxes, too).

By Emily Stewart, Li Zhou, and 1 more

Four ways of looking at The Rehearsal

By Alissa Wilkinson August 5

The drama over Nancy Pelosi’s Taiwan travel plans, briefly explained

By Jonathan Guyer August 4

Should you get another Covid-19 vaccine booster now or wait for the new shots?

By Umair Irfan and Keren Landman August 4

How Gordon Ramsay’s lamb slaughter joke explains our confusing relationship with meat

By Kenny Torrella August 3

The stock market can be an emotional roller coaster. It shouldn’t be.

By Emily Stewart August 3

Alex Murdaugh stands accused of killing his wife and son. That’s just scratching the surface.

By Aja Romano August 2

Election deniers could soon be one election away from running Arizona

By Natalie Jennings August 2

The mysterious disappearance of the Secret Service’s January 6 texts

By Ben Jacobs August 1

The attack on a prison holding Ukraine POWs, explained

By Tory Lysik July 31

Stopping inflation is going to hurt

By Emily Stewart July 28

Sri Lanka’s new president is already cracking down on protests

By Ellen Ioanes July 23

Jordan Peele’s Nope, explained

By Alissa Wilkinson July 21

Europe’s gas crisis is here

By Jen Kirby July 21

Sadhguru, the spiritual leader with ties to Will Smith and Modi, explained

By Sonia Paul July 18

Biden sought to end endless wars. So what’s the military doing in Somalia?

By Jonathan Guyer July 18

Costco’s inflation-proof $4.99 rotisserie chicken, explained

By Kenny Torrella July 18

Why the US doesn’t want Turkey to invade Syria

By Ellen Ioanes July 17

BA.5 doesn’t care that you just had Covid-19

By Umair Irfan July 17

How can Sri Lanka move forward?

By Ellen Ioanes July 16

Sri Lanka’s organic farming disaster, explained

By Kenny Torrella July 15

A complete timeline of the Lea Michele-Beanie Feldstein-Funny Girl casting controversy

By Constance Grady July 13

How the Fed ended the last great American inflation — and how much it hurt

By Dylan Matthews July 13

America has an innovation problem. The H-1B visa backlog is making it worse.

By Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg July 13

Don’t mind the economy, now is still a good time to find a new job

By Rani Molla July 13

The true physical and mental costs of pregnancy

By Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg July 12

The battleground House and Senate races where the end of Roe could have the biggest impact

By Nicole Narea and Li Zhou July 10

Why disasters are getting more severe but killing fewer people

By Umair Irfan July 10

Protests force Sri Lanka’s leaders to resign

By Ellen Ioanes July 9

7 of your most pressing monkeypox vaccine questions, answered

By Keren Landman July 8

Thor: Love and Thunder’s post-credits scene is a big casting announcement

By Alex Abad-Santos July 7

America’s unique, enduring gun problem, explained

By Nicole Narea, Li Zhou, and 1 more July 4

We’re battling a sleep loss epidemic. California has a plan to fight it.

By Sigal Samuel July 2

Under Obamacare, birth control pills are free. Why aren’t vasectomies?

By Kenny Torrella July 1

Just about everyone in America is finally eligible for a Covid-19 vaccine. Now what?

By Umair Irfan June 30

R. Kelly has been sentenced to 30 years. Here are all the sexual misconduct allegations against him, in one timeline.

By Constance Grady June 29

Finland and Sweden’s historic NATO bids, explained

By Jen Kirby June 28

Trigger laws and abortion restrictions, explained

By Natasha Ishak June 25

How the Uvalde police failed

By Fabiola Cineas June 24

What police could find out about your illegal abortion

By Sara Morrison June 24

How the US polarized on abortion — even as most Americans stayed in the middle

By Jillian Weinberger June 24