Today, Explained newsletter

Vox’s Dylan Matthews sits down with US trade representative Katherine Tai

We’re probably all listening to music too loudly, alas.

The troubling corporate pullback on Pride Month, briefly explained.

Twitter’s menswear guy explains, from Trump Republicans’ shiny red ties to the horror of “dress sneakers.”

Retracted studies and new treatments reveal the confusing state of Alzheimer’s research.

Some conservatives want to make it a lot harder to dissolve a marriage.

Prosecutors showed Joe Biden’s son isn’t above the law. But there’s a complication to this story.

Too many pedestrians are dying on US roads. Changing car safety ratings could save lives.

If even Death Valley is in trouble, what does that mean for the rest of us?

Cities and states aren’t waiting for the federal government to act.

A new study finds that combating malaria, TB, and HIV pays for itself 405 times over.

Billions of these bugs are about to erupt from the Earth — and they rule.

The end of amateurism finally comes for college sports. Will we miss it?

It’s getting harder to protect your home from climate risk. Here are some things you can do.

VP picks are usually overhyped. But Trump's will really matter.

Still ‘rockin’ in the free world’?

Workers at a Mercedes-Benz plant in Alabama are on their last day of voting for a UAW union. Here’s why it matters.

It’s not what you think.

Seventy years after the Brown decision, many students are divided by their race and socioeconomic status.

A separation of church and church.

We eat pigs. Do we need them to process our urine too?

What we learned from Daniels’s testimony.

Mexico City is staring down a water crisis. It won’t be the last city to do so.

A post-Covid pandemic treaty was supposed to be a breakthrough. Instead, it looks like a disappointment.

And is it feasible? Plus three other questions about the student protesters’ demands.

The justices are quietly quitting their day jobs as judges, even as they become more and more political.

How do you stop deepfake nudes?

The Federal Reserve will give an announcement on interest rates during its May meeting Wednesday.

How corporate greed plays a role in making bird flu outbreaks — and egg prices — worse.

When AI comes for mushroom foragers.

The justices already effectively gave Trump what he wants in his Supreme Court immunity case.

New American weapons will buy Ukraine’s defenders some valuable time.

Justin Trudeau’s true dough plans to fight populism with policy.

The Tortured Poets Department and the broken way we talk about pop music.

Did you see a parent crying today? The brilliant kids’ TV show Blueyis why.

Menstruation affects the body and mind in countless ways. A new study is just the beginning.