Today, Explained

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Today, Explained is an award-winning daily news explainer show from Vox and WNYC. Every weekday, hosts Noel King and Sean Rameswaram take on one essential news story defining our moment and bring listeners the context they need to understand it. Through on-the-ground reporting, discussions with journalists, academics, policymakers, and more, the Today, Explained team helps us understand every story and why it matters.

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Today's Top Stories

The red, yellow, and blue sign of the MARTA

Election

Week In Review: Georgia gears up for runoff races and MARTA faces federal investigation

Gov. Brian Kemp vetoed a two-year pause in a sales tax exemption the state gives for building and equipping computer data centers.

Data Centers

Amid data center backlash, Google gives $1M for South Georgia wetlands

World Cup

Some of the most dedicated World Cup fans skipping this year's tournament, citing costs and politics

A woman wearing a bright orange outfit walks through wooden doors

Voting

Georgia State Election Board passes resolution allowing counties to switch to hand-marked ballots

Election

Georgia state superintendent incumbent faces challenger in runoff marked by low literacy, dark money accusations

A large lake with the outline of an island in the distance

Water

All the rain helped, but it will take more than that to end Georgia's drought

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