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Stimu-less Feb 23, 2021

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What’s taking so long? What’s happening with those $1,400 checks? Are the Democrats betraying the people who voted for them? Vox’s Li Zhou and Andrew Prokop explain.

Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained.

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Googliath Feb 22, 2021

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Australia just reined in Google. Dozens of other countries want in on the action. The latest season of Land of the Giants explains how two grad students turned a search engine into what might be the most powerful company in history.

Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained.

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A tough week for Texas Feb 20, 2021

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First it was brutal winter weather, power outages followed, and then came a poorly timed trip to Cancun. Texas Public Radio’s Joey Palacios explains what comes next.

Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained.

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Rush Limbaugh’s legacy Feb 19, 2021

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Author Nicole Hemmer explains how Limbaugh helped pave the way for Fox News, OAN, and Newsmax.

Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained.

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Biden at the border Feb 17, 2021

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President Biden says he wants to undo his predecessor’s immigration policies, so why are some of them still in effect? The El Paso Times’s Lauren Villagran and the New Yorker’s Sarah Stillman explain.

Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained.

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57-43 Feb 17, 2021

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Democrats made a strong case against Donald Trump. Republicans are being punished for supporting it. Vox’s Zack Beauchamp explains.

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#FreeBritney Feb 13, 2021

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The movement to liberate Britney Spears from her conservatorship may not succeed, but it’s revealing a lot about how we treat young women. Vox’s Constance Grady explains.

Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained.

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The Republican(!) plan to give parents money Feb 11, 2021

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Sen. Mitt Romney wants to throw money at parents, Andrew Yang-style. President Biden is into it, too. Vox’s Dylan Matthews explains.

Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained.

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Vaccine hoarding Feb 10, 2021

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Poorer countries have received less than 1 percent of the Covid-19 vaccines distributed around the world. Vox’s Julia Belluz explains what the WHO is calling a “catastrophic moral failure.”

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26 Words Feb 09, 2021

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A quarter-century after it was signed, Section 230, the law that made the modern internet, has done the impossible: united Democrats and Republicans.

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