Explainers

HB2, North Carolina's sweeping anti-LGBTQ law, explained

by German Lopez March 30

Trump is launching a commission to deal with the deadliest drug crisis in US history

by German Lopez March 29

It’s official: Ivanka Trump will be a White House staffer

by Libby Nelson March 29

The opioid painkiller and heroin epidemic, explained

by German Lopez March 29

How the opioid epidemic became America’s worst drug crisis ever, in 15 maps and charts

by German Lopez and Sarah Frostenson March 29

Devin Nunes's botched effort to scuttle the Trump/Russia investigation, explained

by Yochi Dreazen March 29

Trump’s big new executive order to tear up Obama’s climate policies, explained

by Brad Plumer March 28

The controversy over Sally Yates’s planned testimony before Congress, explained

by Andrew Prokop March 28

Power Rangers’ credits scene [spoilers], explained

by Alex Abad-Santos March 23

The Devin Nunes/Trump/wiretapping controversy, explained

by Zack Beauchamp March 23

The mind-boggling past 24 hours in politics, explained

by Andrew Prokop March 23

Why the white middle class is dying faster, explained in 6 charts

by Julia Belluz March 23

The latest health care cut Republicans are weighing, explained

by Dylan Matthews March 22

The latest Trump wiretapping news, explained in plain English

by Zack Beauchamp March 22

2016 didn’t just give us “fake news.” It likely gave us false memories.

by Brian Resnick March 22

We’re learning a lot more about the Trump team’s financial ties to Russia

by Zeeshan Aleem March 22

There's been no criminal defense lawyer on the Supreme Court since 1991. That’s a problem.

by Dara Lind March 22

The corruption cases that could take down Benjamin Netanyahu, explained

by Noam Sheizaf March 22

Uber’s toxic culture of rule breaking, explained

by Matthew Yglesias March 21

Presented By

7 psychological concepts that explain the Trump era of politics

by Brian Resnick March 20

Persian New Year, or Nowruz, explained for non-Persians

by Caroline Framke March 20

Donald Trump's first budget outline, explained

by Dylan Matthews March 16

The GOP’s “three-pronged” health care strategy, explained

by Jeff Stein March 16

The long path President Trump's budget needs to take to become law, explained

by Dylan Matthews March 15

Geert Wilders, the Islamophobe some call the Dutch Donald Trump, explained

by Sarah Wildman March 15

Trump’s new plan to roll back Obama’s fuel economy rules for cars, explained

by Brad Plumer March 15

The controversy over Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and trans women, explained

by Emily Crockett March 15

Shamrock Shakes, and their cult following, explained

by Tanya Pai March 15

The CBO’s nonpartisan report on the Republican ACA replacement plan, explained in 6 charts

by Alvin Chang March 13

CBO estimates 24 million lose coverage under GOP plan. The devastating report, explained.

by Sarah Kliff March 13

The Congressional Budget Office, explained

by Andrew Prokop March 13

A new video challenges the official story about what happened to Michael Brown in Ferguson

by German Lopez March 13

The big, nearly 200-year-old legal issue at the heart of the Dakota Access pipeline fight

by German Lopez March 13

The outrage over Marvel, Magneto, and Nazis, explained

by Alex Abad-Santos March 10

THAAD, the missile defense system kicking off a new US-China fight, explained

by Jennifer Williams March 10

The Republican plan to slash Medicaid, explained

by Dylan Matthews March 10

Kong: Skull Island’s post-credits scene [spoilers], explained

by Alex Abad-Santos March 9

International Women’s Day, explained

by German Lopez and Emily Crockett March 8

The truth about the gender wage gap

by Sarah Kliff March 8

The "Day Without a Woman" strike, explained

by Emily Crockett March 7

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