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.
![How computers made poker a game for nerds](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Poker_LorenaSpurio_Vox.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Algorithms changed the classic card game for good — but is it for the better?
![5 causes — and accelerants — of political violence](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2161922590.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.660253943825%2C0%2C66.679492112351%2C100&w=2400)
![5 causes — and accelerants — of political violence](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2161922590.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.0096172340834784%2C100%2C99.980765531833&w=2400)
While we can’t always predict public political violence, Vox spoke to four experts who can help us understand it.
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![A right-wing judge just threw out a case against Trump in a brazen abuse of power](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-1258666628.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.02498750624688%2C100%2C99.950024987506&w=2400)
The classified documents case against Trump hits another major setback before the 2024 election.
![What the assassination attempt on President Reagan reveals about the Trump shooting](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-615297464.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.736842105263%2C0%2C66.526315789474%2C100&w=2400)
![What the assassination attempt on President Reagan reveals about the Trump shooting](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-615297464.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.10526315789473%2C0%2C99.789473684211%2C100&w=2400)
In 1981, Ronald Reagan was shot by John Hinckley Jr. and, like Trump, survived.
The latest in Explainers
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![Kamala Harris’s strengths — and vulnerabilities — explained](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2161520248_573ce8.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.0030573559985285%2C0%2C99.993885288003%2C100&w=2400)
Harris would be a strong nominee. She also has to overcome some challenges.
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Elite clerics still hold ultimate power.
![France’s elections showed a polarized country](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2160460575.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.66091160221%2C0%2C66.67817679558%2C100&w=2400)
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France held back the far right. No one knows what’s next.
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![What the Labour Party’s big win in the UK will actually mean](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2160473917.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.0095183704549768%2C100%2C99.98096325909&w=2400)
The UK is getting a new government. What is it promising to do?
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![What Kenya’s deadly protests are really about](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-2158662516.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
A proposed tax hike sparked unrest, but Kenya’s real problem is a debt crisis.
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Kamala Harris? Gavin Newsom? Pete Buttigieg?!?
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It has been a wild few days for Nvidia stock. But the hype isn't dying down anytime soon.
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The Wikileaks founder will plead guilty to violating the Espionage Act for publishing leaks about the Iraq War.
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Americans are confronting a whole new reality of patchwork abortion access after the Dobbs decision.
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![Mysterious monoliths are appearing across the world. Here’s what we know.](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22144634/monolith.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C16.666666666667%2C100%2C66.666666666667&w=2400)
We don’t know where the mysterious monoliths come from. But we do know they’re art.
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Who’s eligible, is it legal, and other key questions, answered.
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HBO’s Game of Thrones prequel reveals a period of turbulence and upheaval for Daenerys’s formidable family.
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Three months after she disclosed her illness, the Princess of Wales is making a return to public life.
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![Biden’s overlooked campaign to protect Americans from Big Business](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-1498753664.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Many Americans are focused on inflation, but from Big Tech to junk fees, Biden is advancing a pro-consumer agenda.
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![The surprisingly subtle recipe making heat waves worse](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24745203/GettyImages_1258647280.jpeg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=1.6778523489933%2C0%2C96.644295302013%2C100&w=2400)
The anatomy of a heat wave, from “heat domes” to megadroughts.
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For all the attention on the border, the root causes of migration and the most promising solutions to the US’s broken immigration system are often overlooked.
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Dopamine detoxing, hacking, and fasting: Is any of it real?
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It's not there yet — but we should be concerned.
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The footage confirmed some details of his ex-girlfriend’s lawsuit, as other cases against the rapper continue.
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Ozempic has become hugely popular. Researchers are racing to learn more about what it does to us.
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Revised data from the health ministry turned into a debate about the war’s human cost. That death toll remains devastating.
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The “Nonsense” singer’s pop magic comes from being in on the joke.
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Butker’s address was a textbook case of conservative sexism and homophobia.
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Allegations of a “toxic work environment” have once again tarnished the pageant’s reputation.
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The political intrigue behind the unusually early June debate date.
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An exhausting — if not exhaustive — timeline of J.K. Rowling’s transphobia.
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Much to the chagrin of the hedge funds attempting to short it.
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Was the Senate Foreign Relations Committee chair bought by the Egyptian government?
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The detection of bird flu in cows and thecommercial milksupply raises new concerns about the risks to public health.
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Dev Patel’s action-packed directorial debut also takes aim at contemporary Indian politics.
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Scientists have drastically improved our understanding of seismic events. Here are eight things to know.
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The most basic answers to the most basic questions about the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
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Wendy Williams’s rise, reputation, and absence from her talk show, explained.
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Did Alabama’s Supreme Court just ban IVF treatments?
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Garland v. Cargill asks whether gun makers can evade the ban on machine guns with a device called a bump stock.
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Navalny’s death is the end of an era for Russia — and cements Putin’s grip on power.
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The factors that lead to tragedies like the Kansas City shooting are deeply ingrained in US politics, culture, and law.
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It’s hard to imagine this Supreme Court removing Trump from the ballot. But his lawyers gave the justices very little to work with.
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The Constitution gives the Biden administration nearly exclusive authority over matters of immigration. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott wants the courts to change that.