America is undergoing a new racial reckoning. The Atlantic’s Adam Serwer explains why this time is different.

President Jair Bolsonaro called it the "sniffles" and recommended hydroxychloroquine. Now the country has over a million confirmed cases. Reporter Gustavo Ribeiro explains how Brazil could become the next epicenter.

With the wave of protests came waves of arrests and record-breaking donations to bail funds across the US, but reformers hope for a reckoning of one of the only for-profit bail systems in the world.

Attorney General William Barr tried to quietly push out the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan on Friday night. Then everybody noticed.

The celebration of emancipation is as vital today as ever.

In a major decision from the Supreme Court, DACA lives to fight another day. But it's not in the clear yet.

There are two ways to do it: safely or not so safely. Guess which one we’re heading toward in the United States?

Some are calling six blocks of a Seattle neighborhood the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone. KUOW’s Casey Martin spent a week within its loosely guarded walls.

The Supreme Court of the United States has decided the Civil Rights Act of 1964 applies to discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

After 33 seasons, the reality TV show Cops was canceled this week. Should scripted police dramas follow?

Vox’s Dylan Scott says it’s hard to tell because the United States is riding 50 different Covid-19 waves.

The United States has a policing problem and Congress wants to fix it. Vox’s Li Zhou explains whether the Democrats’ new bill will go anywhere.

Minneapolis City Council member Alondra Cano explains what the city wants to do and what might get in the way.

Pandemic, protests, and the best poll numbers yet for Joe Biden.

Two mothers talk to their teenage sons about race and police brutality in the United States.

It’s not what you think.

Even after Derek Chauvin was captured on video killing George Floyd, he could still get his job back. BuzzFeed’s Melissa Segura explains how.

President Trump wants to blame the unrest on antifa. Vox’s Zack Beauchamp explains why he can’t.

Professor Ibram X. Kendi explains how the protests and unrest are a result of black America’s living nightmare and what it will take to wake up.

The former police officer who killed George Floyd has been charged with murder. But Floyd’s case is just one of many recent incidents of police brutality in Minneapolis. The Marshall Project’s Simone Weichselbaum explains why police reform hasn’t worked in the city.

It could take years for all the Covid-19 deaths to be counted properly. Vox’s Matthew Yglesias explains why the Trump administration is pushing for an undercount.

While most of the world was distracted by the pandemic, China unveiled a law to strip Hong Kong of its autonomy, setting off a new wave of protests in the city.

For the first time in almost a decade, an American rocket is launching people into space. The Verge’s Loren Grush explains why the launch could fundamentally alter the future of spaceflight.

Sean and Noam break down all the original songs in Today, Explained's back catalog.

President Trump would like to.