#  @vox Vox Vox posts on YouTube about vox, history, politics, shorts the most. They currently have [----------] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [-------] engagements in the last [--] hours. ### Engagements: [-------] [#](/creator/youtube::UCLXo7UDZvByw2ixzpQCufnA/interactions)  - [--] Week [---------] -26% - [--] Month [---------] +8.30% - [--] Months [----------] +30% - [--] Year [-----------] -57% ### Mentions: [---] [#](/creator/youtube::UCLXo7UDZvByw2ixzpQCufnA/posts_active)  - [--] Week [---] +5.50% - [--] Month [---] +3.40% - [--] Months [-----] +11% - [--] Year [-----] +37% ### Followers: [----------] [#](/creator/youtube::UCLXo7UDZvByw2ixzpQCufnA/followers)  - [--] Week [----------] no change - [--] Month [----------] no change - [--] Months [----------] +0.79% - [--] Year [----------] +1.60% ### CreatorRank: [-------] [#](/creator/youtube::UCLXo7UDZvByw2ixzpQCufnA/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence **Social category influence** [countries](/list/countries) 37.03% [finance](/list/finance) 10.58% [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations) 10.41% [celebrities](/list/celebrities) 8.53% [technology brands](/list/technology-brands) 4.61% [stocks](/list/stocks) 4.1% [musicians](/list/musicians) 2.73% [social networks](/list/social-networks) 2.39% [automotive brands](/list/automotive-brands) 1.19% [gaming](/list/gaming) 0.85% **Social topic influence** [vox](/topic/vox) #44, [history](/topic/history) #2853, [politics](/topic/politics) #1933, [shorts](/topic/shorts) 8.7%, [science](/topic/science) #2315, [donald trump](/topic/donald-trump) #4255, [war](/topic/war) #2490, [how to](/topic/how-to) 6.31%, [united states](/topic/united-states) #6673, [what is](/topic/what-is) #2400 **Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by** [@voxdotcom](/creator/undefined) [@seanilling](/creator/undefined) [@voxcom](/creator/undefined) [@dr](/creator/undefined) [@voxxvi](/creator/undefined) [@proxyhammer1](/creator/undefined) [@crappycrowns](/creator/undefined) [@artedaculinaria](/creator/undefined) [@betterstrange](/creator/undefined) [@digitaldollars5](/creator/undefined) [@lingerieaddict](/creator/undefined) [@dieworkwear](/creator/undefined) [@marcdunkelman](/creator/undefined) [@2727012943221894251mdata3m11e3](/creator/undefined) [@rsotmdivision](/creator/undefined) [@weooemdcadvecweoworldvenyear2017](/creator/undefined) [@midshipcinema](/creator/undefined) [@mickeyviewsvideos](/creator/undefined) [@bleumi](/creator/undefined) [@usanordic](/creator/undefined) ### Top Social Posts Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours "Putin's war on Ukraine explained Ukraine is under attack. Follow Vox for the latest: https://bit.ly/3Kcg9Nb Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO On February 24th Russia launched a military invasion of Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin called it a special military operation but the scale of the attack shows this is a full-scale war that has already caused more than [---] casualties and forced more than half a million Ukrainians to flee their homes. Ukraine and Russias conflict goes back to [----] when Russia invaded and annexed Crimea" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=MVu8QbxafJE) 2022-03-02T21:52Z 12.7M followers, 12.3M engagements "How the euro caused the Greek crisis Greece is in a state of economic and financial crisis that's dominated global headlines this week. Vox's Matt Yglesias explains the real roots of the crisis. For our more on the Greek crisis: http://www.vox.com/cards/eurozone-crisis Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Check out http://www.vox.com to get up to speed on everything from Kurdistan to the Kim Kardashian app. Check out our full video catalog:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ULQiCN0YNmw) 2015-07-02T14:09Z 12.7M followers, 3.6M engagements "How LSD and shrooms could help treat anxiety addiction and depression Psychedelic drugs could be the key to making you happier and healthier. So why won't we research them Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Check out http://www.vox.com to get up to speed on everything from Kurdistan to the Kim Kardashian app. Check out our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyE Follow Vox on Twitter: http://goo.gl/XFrZ5H Or on Facebook: http://goo.gl/U2g06o drugs" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=b5i0aY_rUZU) 2016-07-25T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 2.3M engagements "What's inside this crater in Madagascar On satellite imagery we spotted a village inside a strange crater in Madagascar. We set out to learn how it got there. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Right in the center of the island nation of Madagascar theres a strange almost perfectly circular geological structure. It covers a bigger area than the city of Paris and at first glance it looks completely empty. But right in the center of that structure theres a single isolated village: a few dozen houses some fields of crops and dirt roads stretching out in every direction. When we first" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=h42QVfrUVFw) 2023-12-05T17:40Z 12.7M followers, 15.2M engagements "How the Republican Party went from Lincoln to Trump It wasn't always this way for the Republican Party. Help us make more ambitious videos by joining the Vox Video Lab. It gets you exclusive perks like livestream Q&As with all the Vox creators a badge that levels up over time and video extras bringing you closer to our work Learn more at http://bit.ly/video-lab Watch the history of the Democratic Party: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=Z6R0NvVr164 Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Todays Republican Party opposes big government. Its culturally conservative. Its demographic support is" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=s8VOM8ET1WU) 2016-07-20T10:59Z 12.7M followers, 11M engagements "How the rich avoid paying taxes Capital gains taxes explained. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO The richest in America don't make money like most Americans. Most people pay income taxes from a regular job. But many in the top 1% make money off their investments like stocks and pay capital gains taxes. While normal income has a maximum tax rate of 37% long-term capital gains tops out at just 20%. Changing that rate and some loopholes that benefit the wealthiest is seen as one way to tax the rich. Read more about how the richest avoid paying income taxes from Vox:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=t6V9i8fFADI) 2021-07-08T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 4M engagements "How soap kills the coronavirus Plain old soap and water absolutely annihilate coronavirus. Support Vox by joining the Video Lab at http://vox.com/join or making a one-time contribution here: http://vox.com/contribute You've been told a thousand times: wash your hands to stop the spread of COVID-19. But why does this work so well It has to do with the way the soap molecules are able to absolutely demolish viruses like the coronavirus. Read more on Vox: How does hand sanitizer compare to soap: http://bit.ly/2WqzEfo Songs to wash your hands by: http://bit.ly/2Uj3T5g How social distancing and" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=-LKVUarhtvE) 2020-03-18T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 11M engagements "Why American public transit is so bad [----] Election Most Americans have no choice but to drive. How do we change that We produced this video in [----] as part of our US election coverage. The rest of those videos are at https://www.youtube.com/playlistlist=PLJ8cMiYb3G5eKjlXtsOo6SDi2ZvcHQ69q In the middle of the 20th century the US government made a decision that would transform American cities: It built a huge system of interstate highways many of which went right through the downtowns of its biggest cities. This sealed the country's fate as a car culture and today we're seeing the results. In" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=-ZDZtBRTyeI) 2020-10-22T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 6.8M engagements "2025 in [--] minutes [----] was dominated by the second iteration of the Trump administration the release of the Epstein files and government shakeups that ranged from the longest federal shutdown in history to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene announcing her resignation. It was also a year of historic political moments from a ceasefire in Gaza to Gen Z-led government protests abroad and the rise of young politicians like Zohran Mamdani. Along the way the world got its first American pope Labubu became a household name and China upended the AI conversation with the introduction of DeepSeek. Amid" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=3tEn0hfVkeA) 2025-12-31T12:30Z 12.7M followers, 614.1K engagements "The problem with Monaco Grand Prix #shorts One of the biggest F1 races in the world also has the shortest circuit. Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vox is an explanatory newsroom on a mission to help everyone understand our weird wonderful complicated world so that we can all help shape it. Part of that mission is keeping our work free. You can help us do that by making a gift: http://www.vox.com/contribute-now Watch our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyE Follow Vox on TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@voxdotcom Check" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=46gM0dxwB4k) 2023-05-28T11:00Z 12.7M followers, 870.3K engagements "Why you shouldn't drive slowly in the left lane Can we all agree that the left lane is for passing please Read more here: goo.gl/OMWfJq Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Check out http://www.vox.com to get up to speed on everything from Kurdistan to the Kim Kardashian app. Check out our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyE Follow Vox on Twitter: http://goo.gl/XFrZ5H Or on Facebook: http://goo.gl/U2g06o left lane drivers why you shouldn't drive slowly" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=4oqfodY2Lz0) 2016-08-26T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 11.7M engagements "Authoritarianism: The political science that explains Trump The obscure research that predicted Donald Trump. For more read Amanda Taub's feature "The rise of American authoritarianism": http://www.vox.com/2016/3/1/11127424/trump-authoritarianism and her analysis of the consequences for the Republican Party: http://www.vox.com/2016/4/28/11431892/after-trump-how-authoritarian-voters-will-change-american-politics Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Check out" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=5YU9djt_CQM) 2016-05-20T13:11Z 12.7M followers, 3.3M engagements "The pickleball craze explained And how cities are dealing with the boom. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Pickleball a recreational racquet sport that combines tennis ping pong and badminton became a national obsession in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic. The sports popularity is due to the social nature of the game how easy it is to learn to play and the games portability. With nets that can be set up on any hard surface the game is generally more accessible than other racquet sports. But pickleballs spike in popularity created" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=5bp-0aaXYsA) 2022-12-09T13:00Z 12.7M followers, 776.4K engagements "Why so many "election deniers" lost in [----] The everyday people who beat back the assault on democracy (for now). Send us your questions https://forms.gle/ATu6kYgKNaEXSr3UA The belief that Donald Trump actually won the [----] US election is widespread among his most devoted followers. That belief rests on claims of massive voter fraud in the [----] election that have never been substantiated. And in the [----] elections many election deniers ran for state-level offices that have direct control over elections promising to limit access to voting if they won. Of all Republican nominees for" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=6IJwwjNpzZ8) 2022-11-18T13:00Z 12.7M followers, 932.8K engagements "How silkworms make silk Silk production or sericulture is the nearly [----] year old process that supplies the world with its most prized threads. Subscribe to our channel http://www.youtube.com/subscription_centeradd_user=voxdotcom Vox.com is news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Check out http://www.vox.com to get up to speed on everything from Kurdistan to the Kim Kardashian app. Check out our full video catalog: youtube.com/voxdotcom/videos Follow Vox on Twitter: https://twitter.com/voxdotcom Or on Facebook:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=77ktNSPFbwQ) 2014-11-20T15:32Z 12.7M followers, 1.8M engagements "Why Puerto Rico is not a US state Nearly half of Americans dont know that Puerto Ricans are US citizens. But they are and have been since [----]. Watch why Puerto Rico won't have power for months: http://bit.ly/2DBCPVp Read about Puerto Rico's latest bid for statehood: http://bit.ly/2DGlz4L Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO As residents of the US Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Puerto Ricans have US passports can travel freely throughout the country and can serve in the military. But that doesnt mean the US citizens who live in Puerto Rico get the same rights and benefits as US citizens" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=8EOxtY3M6Co) 2018-01-25T15:59Z 12.7M followers, 2.4M engagements "A fact-checked debate about legal weed [--] opposing perspectives and [--] true facts about cannabis legalization. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Chapters: 00:00 Introduction to format 1:04 Fact #1: Public opinion 2:11 Will's Introduction 2:41 Fact #2: Road safety 4:03 Paul's Introduction 4:24 Fact #3: Marijuana arrests 5:41 Fact #4: Cannabis business owners 7:14 Fact #5: Illicit market 9:15 Fact #6: Corporate interest 10:10 Closing statements There are few places in the world where you can walk into a licensed shop and buy marijuana for" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=8TPaCsQVwA8) 2022-12-14T13:00Z 12.7M followers, 2.3M engagements "The [----] Hubble photo that changed astronomy The Hubble Deep Field explained by the man who made it happen. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO If you hold a pin at arms length up in the air the head of the pin covers approximately the amount of sky that appears in the Hubble Deep Field. The iconic [----] image is crowded not because its a broad swath of sky but because its a broad swath of time. The Hubble Deep Field is more than [--] billion light-years deep. Robert Williams was the director of the Hubbles science institute back in [----] and it was his decision to attempt a deep field" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=95Tc0Rk2cNg) 2016-09-21T13:05Z 12.7M followers, 7.5M engagements "Quiet Storm: How 1970s R&B changed late-night radio Quiet Storm is a late-night Black radio staple. Link to the extended interview with Fredara Hadley: https://youtu.be/QjAd49e0H8s Subscribe and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Late one evening in the summer of [----] a Howard University student named Melvin Lindsey was tapped to fill in as a host at WHUR the university-owned Black radio station. He chose a lineup of his favorite R&B ballads to soundtrack Washington DC that evening. The show was an accidental success. Shortly thereafter he was hired" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=B1BdVnpaBtY) 2021-04-16T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 560.1K engagements "Why US gun laws get looser after mass shootings Congress has rarely acted. But gun laws have been changing. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO For decades the US Congress failed to make meaningful movement on gun reform in the aftermath of mass shootings. But that weak federal response has obscured another story: that state gun laws change after mass shootings all the time. And a study found that in Republican-controlled state legislatures a mass shooting roughly doubles the number of laws loosening gun restrictions in the next year. In" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=BB3qNWRaxGE) 2022-07-28T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 1.7M engagements "How America became a superpower America grew from a colony to a superpower in [---] years. Help us make more ambitious videos by joining the Vox Video Lab. It gets you exclusive perks like livestream Q&As with all the Vox creators a badge that levels up over time and video extras bringing you closer to our work Learn more at http://bit.ly/video-lab 2:07 Correction: Cuba seceded from the US in [----]. With over [---] military bases around the globe the US is easily the most powerful nation on earth. But it wasn't always this way. The US once played an insignificant role in global affairs. In this" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=BShvYeyMm_Y) 2016-11-23T13:15Z 12.7M followers, 16.4M engagements "Volodymyr Zelenskyy explained in [--] moments Zelenskyy's rise in Ukraine from TV star to president. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Once known for his political comedy sketches and skits where he pretended to play the piano with his penis Volodymyr Zelenskyy was elected as the president of Ukraine in [----] in a landslide victory. Although he promised that his presidency would be different from other Ukrainian leaders who promise a lot yet do nothing President Zelenskyy would soon find himself unpopular with the public. Within two years he" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=BuhZauu188A) 2022-03-08T21:06Z 12.7M followers, 2.8M engagements "Why everything you buy is worse now From clothes to tech why is everything so poorly made Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Maybe youve noticed: In the past [--] years everything we buy from clothes to technology has gotten just a little bit worse. Sweaters are more likely to tear. Phones are more likely to break. Smart toasters and TVs burn out and die after only a few years. It might seem like consumer products just arent built to last anymore. Whats going on Unfortunately (and fortunately) part of the problem is us. For decades weve" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=DHXBacEH0qo) 2023-02-09T13:00Z 12.7M followers, 4.9M engagements "Why Hollywood loves this creepy bird call Once you hear it you cant unhear it. Sorry Subscribe and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO If youve seen any remotely creepy movie youve heard a loon wail: that mournful nearly human ooo-ooo-oooo. It pops up whenever a movie needs to convey melancholy or trepidation often accompanied by a full moon or some fog. But for the most part loons have no business being in the background of those scenes. With the help of some internet birders we took a deep dive (pun intended) into the world of loons to explain how" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=DVFBUIGfcJk) 2021-10-13T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 3.8M engagements "How this young prince seized power in Saudi Arabia MBS is transforming Saudi Arabia and the Middle East. Help us make more ambitious videos by joining the Vox Video Lab. It gets you exclusive perks like livestream Q&As with all the Vox creators a badge that levels up over time and video extras bringing you closer to our work Learn more at http://bit.ly/video-lab Mohammad bin Salman was designated as Saudi Arabia's new crown prince in June [----]. Since then he has rapidly consolidated power and led Saudi Arabia towards some progressive reforms such as granting women the right to drive. He also" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=DipzS0VH4PA) 2018-01-23T13:00Z 12.7M followers, 10.3M engagements "Why humans are so bad at thinking about climate change The biggest problem for the climate change fight isnt technology its human psychology. This is the first episode of Climate Lab a six-part series produced by the University of California in partnership with Vox. Hosted by Emmy-nominated conservation scientist Dr. M. Sanjayan the videos explore the surprising elements of our lives that contribute to climate change and the groundbreaking work being done to fight back. Featuring conversations with experts scientists thought leaders and activists the series takes what can seem like an" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=DkZ7BJQupVA) 2017-04-19T13:00Z 12.7M followers, 2.6M engagements "Why there's a ring of natural disasters around the Pacific The belt of volcanic activity is called the Ring of Fire. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO The Ring of Fire is a band of volcanoes and frequent earthquakes that runs from New Zealand up through Eastern Asia across the Bering Strait and all the way down to the Southern tip of Chile. Volcanoes earthquakes and tsunamis appear around the boundaries of the several fast moving tectonic plates that make up the region. When the plates collide they create areas of volatility. The Ring of Fire sees more natural disasters than" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=DrwYtGf40hA) 2018-07-26T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 3.3M engagements "The gun solution we're not talking about Universal background checks won't fix America's gun crisis. But there's something else that might. Become a Video Lab member http://bit.ly/video-lab It seems like after every mass shooting politicians talk about expanding background checks for gun buyers. But background checks don't actually do a great job of keeping dangerous people from getting guns. What does A licensing system where before you can buy a gun you need a license from the state. * Dig deeper into Massachusetts' licensing system on Vox.com:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ENw2y0ek1Jg) 2019-09-11T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 4.4M engagements "Zohran Mamdani on his first priorities as NYC mayor (Full video interview) For Today Explained Voxs Astead Herndon sat down with New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani at his transition teams office to talk about how Mamdani plans to execute on his promises once in office. Earlier this year Herndon profiled Mamdanis rise for New York Times magazine interviewing the rising political star on the campaign trail several times. That October story broke down Mamdanis unprecedented rise and gave the play-by-play of his surprise primary election victory over former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. In" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=EVESpvHPtG8) 2025-12-30T19:00Z 12.7M followers, 107.3K engagements "China's trillion dollar plan to dominate global trade It's about more than just economics. Help us make more ambitious videos by joining the Vox Video Lab. It gets you exclusive perks like livestream Q&As with all the Vox creators a badge that levels up over time and video extras bringing you closer to our work Learn more at http://bit.ly/video-lab To learn more visit https://reconnectingasia.csis.org/map/ Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO China's Belt and Road Initiative is the most ambitious infrastructure project in modern history. It spans over [--] countries and will cost over" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=EvXROXiIpvQ) 2018-04-05T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 8.9M engagements "The lost neighborhood under New York's Central Park Before Central Park was built a historic black community was destroyed. Help our reporting on hidden histories. Submit a story idea here: http://bit.ly/2RhjxMy If youve been to New York youve probably visited Central Park. But theres a part of its story you won't see. Its a story that goes back to the 1820s when that part of New York was largely open countryside. Soon it became home to about [----] people. Among them was a predominantly black community that bought up affordable plots to build homes churches and a school. It became known as" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=HdsWYOZ8iqM) 2020-01-20T13:00Z 12.7M followers, 12.1M engagements "The US medical system is still haunted by slavery Black women's history matters in medicine. Read ProPublica's feature piece on how the US is the most dangerous industrialized country in which to give birth and racial disparities in maternal mortality make it even worse for women of color: https://www.propublica.org/article/nothing-protects-black-women-from-dying-in-pregnancy-and-childbirth And they're seeking your help in understanding the problem. If you nearly died during pregnancy or know someone who died due to childbirth related causes check out this page for more information:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=IfYRzxeMdGs) 2017-12-07T12:55Z 12.7M followers, 4.8M engagements "The messy truth about free speech On September [--] Jimmy Kimmels late-night show opening monologue included comments about the shooting of right-wing media figure Charlie Kirk and how the "Maga gang" was "desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them. Soon after Brendan Carr the chair of the FCC and an appointee of President Donald Trump appeared on a conservative podcast and threatened to act against ABC and its parent company Disney for Kimmels remarks. On September [--] ABC and Disney suspended Jimmy Kimmel Live Kimmels suspension" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Jik3F9zUXgo) 2025-10-29T20:00Z 12.7M followers, 431.6K engagements "Why America's police look like soldiers Why are the police bringing military assault rifles to protests And where did they get them Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Across the country Americans protesting racial injustice and police brutality the overwhelming majority of them peacefully have been met by police forces that look more like an army. Officers have shown up to protests with riot gear armored trucks and military rifles. This is what Americas police now look like and its the result of a decades-long buildup of military equipment among the countrys police departments. It" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=KOAOVbyfjA0) 2020-06-25T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 6M engagements "Why the US government is always shutting down How the US can shut down but other countries cant Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Towards the end of every year the countdown until the United States government goes into a shutdown begins. Congress and the President usually avoid it in the last hour but sometimes they dont manage to agree on a spending bill and the government actually shuts down. The US is really the only country that does this. The longest one in history in [----] lasted [--] days. Federal workers and many contractors didnt" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Kdv07eIC8Wg) 2021-11-29T13:00Z 12.7M followers, 1.7M engagements "The man who rigged America's election maps The story of the man who gerrymandered America. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO When Republican mapmaker Thomas Hofeller died in [----] we learned exactly how far Republicans were willing to go to gerrymander political districts and rig elections to give themselves majorities in statehouses and Congress. Here's Hofeller's obituary from [----] before his files were released: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/21/obituaries/thomas-hofeller-republican-master-of-political-maps-dies-at-75.html And here's David Daley one of the leading experts on" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=KpamjJtXqFI) 2019-10-17T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 2.7M engagements "Why so many people need glasses now Nearsightedness is on the rise worldwide. How did that happen Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Over the past few decades children around the world have been diagnosed with nearsightedness at increasingly high rates. Nearsightedness or myopia can stabilize over time but it doesnt get better meaning that myopes will rely on glasses contact lenses or corrective surgery to see for their entire lives. The blurriness associated with myopia is caused by eyeballs that have grown too long; in a stretched-out" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=LAkFtka3UFw) 2023-03-07T13:00Z 12.7M followers, 3.6M engagements "China is erasing its border with Hong Kong The border has an expiration date. Follow Johnny on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/johnny.harris/ Follow the Vox Borders watch page: https://www.facebook.com/VoxBorders/ Become a Video Lab member http://bit.ly/video-lab Joining the Video Lab is the best way to help us make more of the videos you love like Vox Borders. And you get access to a ton of perks too Learn more: http://bit.ly/video-lab With original music by Tom Fox https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUIM14Vyndaq8MuDeW7BsIg When Britain handed Hong Kong back to China in [----] Chinese" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=MQyxG4vTyZ8) 2018-07-25T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 15M engagements "A look inside Australias bat hospital #shorts A baby bat getting a bubble bath might be the cutest thing weve ever seen 🥹🦇 Thats just a normal day at Tolga Bat Hospital a treatment center for Australias injured and orphaned flying foxes. Voxs senior environmental correspondent Benji Jones recently visited the hospital and met some of its unbearably adorable patients. You can read about his experience and learn more about flying foxes here: https://www.vox.com/climate/478025/australia-flying-fox-tolga-bat-hospital Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=MkmFDKU0zyE) 2026-02-10T17:37Z 12.7M followers, 27.6K engagements "Fireworks explained Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO If youre in the US this July 4th youll be seeing a ton of fireworks. But have you ever wondered how they make sure that each individual firework epxlodes into a distinct and creative shape In this video we explain how fireworks work Vox is on a mission is to help everyone regardless of income or status understand our complicated world so that we can all help shape it. Part of that mission is keeping our work free. You can help us do that by making a gift:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Muvm-_FaZes) 2024-07-04T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 211.9K engagements "Why South Africa is still so segregated How centuries of division built one of the most unequal countries on earth. Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) http://goo.gl/0bsAjO For decades South Africa was under apartheid: a series of laws that divided people by race. Then in the 1990s those laws were dismantled. But many of the barriers they created continue to divide South Africans by skin color - which in turn determines their quality of life access to jobs and wealth. Racial division was built into the fabric of cities throughout South Africa and it still hasn't been" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=NVH7JewfgJg) 2021-04-12T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 13.9M engagements "Something weird happens when you keep squeezing Under extreme pressures matter defies the rules of physics as we know it. Help keep Vox free for everybody: http://www.vox.com/give-now Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Physicists have a pretty good handle on how stuff behaves on the surface of the Earth. But a lot of matter in the universe exists outside this narrow band of relatively low temperatures and pressures. Inside planets and stars the crushing force of gravity begins to overwhelm the electromagnetic and nuclear" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=NqabT21d8VM) 2023-11-13T13:00Z 12.7M followers, 16.4M engagements "So what exactly is the New Right The Gray Area A loose movement of radical intellectuals is driving American politics. Theyre called the New Right and they share a basic hostility to American liberal democracy a real desire to fundamentally overhaul it and real influence in the White House. But why do they think that How much influence do they really have And what would a response to their rising prominence look like Todays guest is Laura Field a political theorist whos spent a lot of time in the conservative intellectual world cataloging the wild world of far-right thinking for her book" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=OUaKLRO33-I) 2025-08-18T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 87.4K engagements "Why the era of cheap streaming is over Why were all paying so much more for Netflix and what we can do about it. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO When streaming first came onto the scene it seemingly came with a promise: the movies and TV that you love without ads for a much cheaper price than cable. Less than [--] years down the line it feels like that promise has been broken. Streaming is more expensive than ever and prices just keep going up. Password sharing has been cracked down on forcing more of us to pay to stream. And in the backdrop of all that advertising is back with a" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ObL2xm5NrCk) 2024-04-05T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 1.3M engagements "The problem with gamifying life The Gray Area Games are fun. Arent they Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO When we play games board games video games any kind of game something magical happens. Games allow us to explore to create little worlds where we can be different versions of ourselves. But when we turn life into a game where we have to get the best grade or the most money or the most likes then games stop being fun. Why is that This week Sean speaks with philosopher C. Thi Nguyen about what a game really is the difference between playing for enjoyment and playing to win and" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=OgVBIrrMIS0) 2026-02-09T13:00Z 12.7M followers, 25.8K engagements "Poland is pushing the EU into crisis Polands far-right party is subverting democracy and setting the country on a collision course with the EU. Help us make more ambitious videos by joining the Vox Video Lab. It gets you exclusive perks like livestream Q&As with all the Vox creators a badge that levels up over time and video extras bringing you closer to our work Learn more at http://bit.ly/video-lab For more detail on the [----] Independence day march read this excellent piece by Christian Davies in the Guardian:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=P8MQTgdjcLE) 2018-09-13T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 6.2M engagements "How America could lose its allies [----] Election What is NATO And why is it still around This video was part of our [----] US election series. Watch more at https://www.youtube.com/playlistlist=PLJ8cMiYb3G5eKjlXtsOo6SDi2ZvcHQ69q For [---] years the US avoided formal alliances. It occasionally went to war -- fighting the War of [----] the Spanish-American War and World War I -- but did so without entangling itself in promises to other countries. Then after World War II it abruptly changed course and began to build a network of alliances unlike anything that had come before. Over the next few decades" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=S5LrQv496Iw) 2020-10-20T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 4M engagements "How close is America to civil conflict The Gray Area Is America at a tipping point Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Sean Illing talks with Barbara Walter one of the worlds leading experts on violent extremism and domestic terror. Shes the author of How Civil Wars Start about how democracies unravel from within and a professor at UC San Diegos School of Global Policy and Strategy. Walter talks to Sean about the warning signs shes seeing in the US why polarization and party identity become combustible and what lessons we can draw from other countries. They also discuss what an" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=SCT3e0WsrLI) 2025-10-13T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 153.3K engagements "AI art explained How programmers turned the internet into a paintbrush. DALL-E [--] Midjourney Imagen explained. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Beginning in January [----] advances in AI research have produced a plethora of deep-learning models capable of generating original images from simple text prompts effectively extending the human imagination. Researchers at OpenAI Google Facebook and others have developed text-to-image tools that they have not yet released to the public and similar models have proliferated online in the open-source" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=SVcsDDABEkM) 2022-06-01T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 2.7M engagements "What New Zealand can teach us about reparations The Mori fight for justice leads the way on how to reckon with a dark past. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO When the British colonized New Zealand they left the countrys indigenous Mori population with nearly no land; war and new diseases they introduced to the islands nearly killed off all Mori. Nevertheless Mori managed to survive and for decades they protested against the British crowns pillaging. By the 1970s the crown could no longer ignore Moris mass uprisings rallying for justice;" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=S_potLYuZSY) 2022-12-15T13:00Z 12.7M followers, 1.2M engagements "The George H.W. Bush promise that changed the Republican Party Six words that changed conservatism and American politics. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Presidents give hundreds of speeches but for better or worse Americans tend to remember just a few one-liners. For George Herbert Walker Bush the 41st US president that line was his pledge at [----] Republican National Convention when he accepted the nomination. Read my lips. No. New. Taxes. The crowd roared in approval but their cheers were short lived. Thats because when Bush took over the Oval Office he inherited the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=TImO_RquoW8) 2018-05-04T13:11Z 12.7M followers, 2.8M engagements "How wildlife trade is linked to coronavirus And why the disease first appeared in China. NOTE: As our expert Peter Li points out in the video The majority of the people in China do not eat wildlife animals. Those people who consume these wildlife animals are the rich and the powerful a small minority. This video explains how the people of China are themselves victims of the conditions that led to coronavirus. The virus is affecting many different countries and cultures and there is never justification for xenophobia or racism. You can find further reading on this on Vox:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=TPpoJGYlW54) 2020-03-06T13:00Z 12.7M followers, 23.8M engagements "Are headphones destroying our hearing Heres how to protect your ears. This video is presented by BetterHelp. Head to http://betterhelp.com/voxvideo for 10% off your first month. BetterHelp doesnt have a say in our editorial decisions but they make videos like this possible. Support our work. Become a Vox Member today: http://www.vox.com/memberships I wear headphones every day. And if Im at work I have those bad boys on for nearly [--] hours straight. In a perfect world Im listening at a reasonable volumebut in reality its hard to know if thats true. So when does loud become too loud The answer" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=TXk8CoMdxD8) 2024-06-25T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 1.1M engagements "Why most images of Neptune are the wrong color #shorts If you want to learn more about how scientists colorize space Vox producer Coleman Lowndes has a great explainer on our channel: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=WSG0MnmUsEY&t=253s Here is a link to the University of Oxford study which has some news about Uranus too: https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/527/4/11521/7511973login=false Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vox is on a mission is to help everyone regardless of income or status understand our complicated" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ToqjrTmTq3w) 2024-01-17T21:50Z 12.7M followers, 3.4M engagements "How the US stole thousands of Native American children The long and brutal history of the US trying to kill the Indian and save the man. Help our reporting on hidden histories. Submit a story idea here: http://bit.ly/2RhjxMy Toward the end of the 19th century the US took thousands of Native American children and enrolled them in off-reservation boarding schools stripping them of their cultures and languages. Yet decades later as the US phased out the schools following years of indigenous activism it found a new way to assimilate Native American children: promoting their adoption into white" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=UGqWRyBCHhw) 2019-10-14T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 4.4M engagements "Why China is losing the microchip war And why the US and China are fighting over silicon in the first place. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO In October [----] the Biden administration placed a large-scale ban on the sale of advanced semiconductor chips to China. They also implemented a series of other rules that prevents China from making these chips on their own. These chips are used in everyday technology like our mobile phones and computers. Theyre also crucial to military and intelligence systems which is one of the main reasons" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Uh4QGey2zTk) 2023-02-07T13:00Z 12.7M followers, 6M engagements "Why you still don't understand the Green New Deal Political news coverage tends to focus on strategy over substance and thats making it less likely that the public will agree on big policy ideas when we need them the most. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO The Green New Deal is an ambitious proposal that outlines how the U.S. might begin transitioning towards a green economy over the next ten years. It includes steps like upgrading our power grid and renovating our transportation infrastructure. But most people watching news coverage likely dont know whats in the Green New Deal." [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=UpqFaf8vQfk) 2019-03-11T13:12Z 12.7M followers, 1.3M engagements "Airplane black boxes explained Sometimes flight recorders are the only way the victims' families will know what happened to the plane. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Immediately following an airplane crash anywhere in US territory the National Transportation Safety Board dispatches a team of investigators to survey the wreckage gather information from the airline and from air traffic control and retrieve the plane's so-called "black boxes." These flight recorders one stores cockpit audio recordings the other stores airplane instrument data are sent to NTSB's lab in Washington" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=VGzpv96AQKg) 2016-06-16T13:35Z 12.7M followers, 3.3M engagements "How tax brackets actually work There is a common misunderstanding about how tax brackets work in the US and its causing us to have uninformed debates about taxes. Become a member of the Vox Video Lab http://bit.ly/video-lab Watch our video on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's 70% tax plan here: https://youtu.be/bWRO-M47eCY Check out the podcast on this topic from Today Explained: https://bit.ly/2VEoEIC The TEx crew took a deep dive into Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's proposal for a marginal tax rate of 70% for top earners in America. A lot of people are upset and even more have no idea" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=VJhsjUPDulw) 2019-01-18T13:00Z 12.7M followers, 2.3M engagements "The lies that sell fast fashion You deserve better than Shein. Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO There are countless articles and videos breaking down the abysmal labor practices horrifying environmental toll and overall mountain of waste produced by the fast fashion industry. Activists and even just large swaths of the general public have been raising the alarm about this for well over a decade but it hasnt stopped the rise of some of the worst offenders in the industry. For example the ultra-fast fashion brand Shein" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=VaS-iVwaOLw) 2024-04-08T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 886K engagements "Why every restaurant has the same desserts Desserts at restaurants have gotten boring heres why. This video is presented by Bluehost. Bluehost doesnt influence our editorial decisions but they make videos like this possible. When choosing a restaurant you probably look at a few things: What type of food do they serve How close is it Maybe if theyre allergen- or kid-friendly. Youre very likely looking at the list of entrees available to see if anything strikes you before even making a reservation. Its a pretty typical way to choose a restaurant. After all you want to enjoy your night out. But" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=VtTLUnH5vps) 2024-12-04T13:00Z 12.7M followers, 1.3M engagements "Why Ethiopia is in a civil war The countrys leader won the Nobel Peace Prize. Then he went to war. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO In [----] after ending Ethiopias decades-long war with its neighbor Eritrea Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. It seemed like a new beginning for Ethiopia. After decades of dictatorships and oppressive regimes he appeared to finally be putting the country on a new path. But less than a year later Abiy had already launched a military attack on Tigray a regional state in his own country. When Abiy became prime minister in 2018" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=W1IYd5vJ6og) 2021-05-28T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 1.6M engagements "How IKEA gets you to impulsively buy more IKEA has mastered the Gruen effect. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Researchers estimate that [--] percent of purchases are unplanned. These purchases especially impulse buys present an opportunity for retailers who can entice consumers to deviate from their shopping lists. One of the most effective ways to influence this is through a stores architecture. In the 20th century the architect Victor Gruen who pioneered the first American shopping malls used light and space to dramatically stage goods in storefront windows. His designs were" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=WYKUJgMRQ7A) 2018-10-17T10:45Z 12.7M followers, 2.2M engagements "Why scientists are so worried about this glacier It's at the heart of Antarctica and on the verge of collapse. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Man-made climate change is warming the planet's atmosphere and oceans and the effects are being felt the most at the poles. In Antarctica home to the largest chunk of ice on earth ice shelves and glaciers are beginning to collapse and one in particular could spell disaster. The Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica has retreated more than [--] kilometers in the last two decades as warm ocean water" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=XRUxTFWWWdY) 2020-07-13T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 6M engagements "How Wes Anderson uses miniatures In order to go big sometimes filmmakers go small. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Miniatures in movies are way more common than you may realize and one of the most stylish filmmakers keeping them alive is Wes Anderson. In this video we spoke to Simon Weisse prop maker and model marker for some of Wes Andersons recent projects like The Grand Budapest Hotel The French Dispatch and Asteroid City. Older movies like 1977s Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope had no choice but to use miniatures to make their" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Xj65jTCq1Rs) 2023-06-23T15:41Z 12.7M followers, 2.6M engagements "The Armenia and Azerbaijan war explained And where it leaves war-torn Nagorno-Karabakh. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Nagorno-Karabakh is a mountainous area in the Caucasus region between Europe and Asia. For more than [--] years it's been locked in a conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan. The fight between the two countries began in the early 20th century but became a frozen conflict for [--] years while the whole region was under the control of the Soviet Union. When the Soviet Union fell newfound independence sparked a brutal six-year war in the region where Armenia emerged" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=YU2v38hRRbg) 2020-12-03T13:00Z 12.7M followers, 4.1M engagements "Were already using AI more than we realize How artificial intelligence hides in plain sight. Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO This video is sponsored by Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft [---]. Microsoft has no editorial influence on our videos but their support makes videos like these possible. We're living through an inflection point for artificial intelligence: From generated images and video to advanced personal assistants a new frontier of technologies promises to fundamentally change how we live work and play. And yet" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=YsZ-lx_3eoM) 2024-02-28T13:00Z 12.7M followers, 727.2K engagements "From white supremacy to Barack Obama: The history of the Democratic Party The party completely flipped. Watch the history of the Republican Party: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=s8VOM8ET1WU Correction: A previous version of this video incorrectly indicated that the republican candidate in [----] was James K. Polk. It was William Taft. We regret the error. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO The Democratic Party is the longest-existing political party in the US and arguably the world. But in its over [---] year existence it's completed a remarkable ideological and geographic" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Z6R0NvVr164) 2016-11-07T13:09Z 12.7M followers, 3.3M engagements "Why useless decongestants are still for sale Phenylephrine doesnt work better than a placebo. So why is it still on shelves Help keep Vox free for everybody: http://www.vox.com/give-now Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO If youve taken an over-the-counter decongestant in the past [--] years youve probably taken something with phenylephrine as the main active ingredient. A Food and Drug Administration panel recently recommended that it be taken off shelves because it doesnt work any better than a placebo. What happened In" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZlFF7A8nk0w) 2023-10-05T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 935.6K engagements "Why some cheese is yellow Cheese is yellow milk is white. Whats going on here Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO While making a grilled cheese the other day a question popped into my mind: Why is cheese often yellow even though milk is white Of course this isnt entirely true across the (cheese)board cheese comes in a remarkable range of colors from pale white to deep yellow-orange. Take cheddar for instance it can be found in both shades. So which color is the "real" cheese Vox is on a mission is to help everyone" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Zti0hEurEIo) 2024-10-10T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 517.1K engagements "Why this font is everywhere How Cooper Black became pop cultures favorite font. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Theres a typeface that has made a resurgence in the last couple of years. Its appeared on hip hop album covers food packaging and advertising. Perhaps you know it from the Garfield comics Tootsie Roll logo or the Pet Sounds album cover by the Beach Boys. It's called Cooper Black and its popularity and ubiquity has never waned in the hundred years since it was first designed. In the video above Steven Heller and Bethany Heck tell the story of Cooper Black and" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Zu91meda2I8) 2020-06-16T12:30Z 12.7M followers, 2.6M engagements "Why children get so many vaccines Children get a lot of shots in the first few years of life. Heres why. For decades parents and pediatricians have followed the CDCs Childhood Immunization Schedule. Its a monthly schedule that lays out the age a child should be vaccinated for common infectious diseases. Its main goal is to protect one of our most vulnerable populations: children especially those under the age of one and its been wildly successful at doing just that. Diseases like polio or measles that at one time left children paralyzed brain damaged or even dead were eliminated in the United" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=_1gluMtaUmg) 2025-07-24T12:01Z 12.7M followers, 404.8K engagements "Why does this forest look like a fingerprint We set out to solve why a forest in the middle of Uruguay looked like that and wound up finding something much bigger. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Deep in the geographic center of Uruguay theres a peculiar group of trees just a few kilometers down the road from the small town of San Gregorio de Polanco. From the ground it's not particularly notable. But from above the view is mind-boggling: Hundreds of trees are arranged in perfect concentric arcs all spiraling toward the center. Together they look remarkably like a human" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=_cndkF7bX3M) 2024-05-09T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 1.7M engagements "How radical gardeners took back New York City Seed bombs the "tree lady of Brooklyn" and the roots of urban gardening. Subscribe and turn on notifications (🔔 ) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO New York City looked a lot different in the 1960s and 1970s. A sharp economic decline and white flight meant there was mass disinvestment and urban decay particularly in the citys lower-income neighborhoods. Its what Hattie Carthan and Liz Christy noticed in their communities when they each set out to revive their neighborhoods by making them greener. Ultimately their radical acts of" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=_g2CaF12xxw) 2021-06-07T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 1.8M engagements "This plane could cross the Atlantic in [---] hours. Why did it fail The Concorde gave us supersonic transport. But why did this supersonic plane fail The answer is complicated. Follow Phil Edwards and Vox Almanac on Facebook for more: https://www.facebook.com/philedwardsinc1/ Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Check out http://www.vox.com Check out our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyE Follow Vox on Twitter: http://goo.gl/XFrZ5H Or on Facebook:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=a_wuykzfFzE) 2016-07-19T12:50Z 12.7M followers, 18M engagements "How Michigan explains American politics How Republicans won Michigan how they lost it and what it all tells us. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO The blue wall once referred to a group of Northeast Midwest and West Coast states that conventional wisdom said always vote for Democrats. Unfortunately for Democrats that was wrong and in [----] Donald Trump shockingly won three blue wall states including narrowly the state of Michigan. It maybe shouldnt have been such a shock though. All three of the blue states Trump won actually had a history" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=bXYRJJIn_wI) 2024-01-11T13:00Z 12.7M followers, 2.4M engagements "Why this red state made preschool free How Oklahomas universal pre-K program became a model for its progressive peers. Support our work. Become a Vox Member today: http://www.vox.com/memberships Universal pre-K an ambitious social program usually championed by progressives has been in place in one of the most conservative US states since [----]. Oklahomas universal pre-k program was just the second in the country (behind Georgia) and has since become a model for how these programs can boost school readiness economic well-being and community health. The story of how Oklahoma enacted this big" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=bZOSyaScnhM) 2025-05-08T12:01Z 12.7M followers, 576.7K engagements "What your credit score actually means Its not just you. Credit scores are confusing as hell. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO This video is presented by Secret. Secret doesnt have a say in our editorial decisions but they make videos like this possible. When credit scores were invented just a few decades ago they were hailed as a way to democratize lending. Today theyve become so essential that not having one can essentially lock you out of daily life. Having a low score can make life challenging too. These scores have a long history and a lot of problems. In this video well show" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=c0TQlgoUHRE) 2023-12-14T13:55Z 12.7M followers, 762.5K engagements "Inside Rios favelas the city's neglected neighborhoods The Rio you wont see at the Olympics Watch part [--] "2016 Olympics: What Rio doesnt want the world to see" https://www.youtube.com/watchv=1W_zM7koJy8 Correction: The map at 1:23 had previously and incorrectly indicated Rio de Janeiro's location near the Ro de la Plata Basin. We have fixed this and apologize for the error. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Twenty-five percent of the residents of Rio de Janeiro live in informal communities called favelas. Not fully slums but not fully integrated into the city either these favelas" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=c3BRTlHFpBU) 2016-08-01T11:58Z 12.7M followers, 5.6M engagements "Kamala Harris explained in [--] moments The rise of Kamala Harris from San Francisco prosecutor to presidential nominee. Support our work. Become a Vox Member today: http://www.vox.com/memberships Vice President Kamala Harris is potentially on the verge of becoming one of the most powerful people on Earth. At the same time in part because her rapid ascent to the Democratic presidential nomination didnt involve the sustained public attention of a long presidential primary shes more of a cipher to many Americans than major party presidential nominees typically are. So who is Kamala Harris In this" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=cA5C5SIGECs) 2024-08-09T21:45Z 12.7M followers, 2.7M engagements "The big problem with how we pick juries A legal loophole makes juries less diverse. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Four years after the shooting death of Laquan McDonald the police officer Jason Van Dyke faced his day in court. But in a trial where race became central to the case theres only one black person on the jury. And thats in a county where nearly a quarter of people are black. How did this happen In jury selection racial discrimination has historically been tricky. Discrimination isnt allowed in jury selection thanks to whats called a Batson challenge. But the problem" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=cPRK_ABldIk) 2018-10-12T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 2.5M engagements "Why the US and Iran are fighting over this tiny waterway The Strait of Hormuz the jugular of the global economy" has become a useful bargaining chip for Iran. Become a Video Lab member http://bit.ly/video-lab The Strait of Hormuz is a narrow waterway that lies between Iran and Oman. This [--] mile-wide passage supports 20% of the worlds oil supply. A closure of this waterway could send the global economy into a tailspin. In recent months several oil tankers have been seized attacked and harassed. These oil tankers and this narrow water passage are at the center of the conflict between the US" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=cUBg6Qp_N98) 2019-08-22T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 3.4M engagements "A brief history of America and Cuba [---] years of tension may be coming to an end. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Check out http://www.vox.com to get up to speed on everything from Kurdistan to the Kim Kardashian app. Check out our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyE Follow Vox on Twitter: http://goo.gl/XFrZ5H Or on Facebook: http://goo.gl/U2g06o Cuba international relations map Cuba international relations map" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=chYBlArm9Ao) 2016-04-12T13:06Z 12.7M followers, 3.5M engagements "Color film was built for white people. Here's what it did to dark skin. The unfortunate history of racial bias in photography. Subscribe today: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO For decades the color film available to consumers was built for white people. The chemicals coating the film simply weren't adequate to capture a diversity of darker skin tones. And the photo labs established in the 1940s and 50s even used an image of a white woman called a Shirley card to calibrate the colors for printing. Concordia University professor Lorna Roth has researched the evolution of skin tone imaging. She explained" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=d16LNHIEJzs) 2015-09-18T14:56Z 12.7M followers, 5.8M engagements "How Southern socialites rewrote Civil War history The United Daughters of the Confederacy altered the South's memory of the Civil War. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO The United Daughters of the Confederacy was a significant leader of the Lost Cause an intellectual movement that revised history to look more favorably on the South after the American Civil War. They were women from elite antebellum families that used their social and political clout to fundraise and pressure local governments to erect monuments that memorialized Confederate heroes. They also formed textbook review" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=dOkFXPblLpU) 2017-10-25T12:03Z 12.7M followers, 4.8M engagements "Who's really using up the water in the American West Hint: water scarcity in the Western US has more to do with our diets than our lawns. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO The Western United States is currently battling the most severe drought in thousands of years. A mix of bad water management policies and manmade climate change has created a situation where water supplies in Western reservoirs are so low states are being forced to cut their water use. Its not hard to find media coverage that focuses on the excesses of residential" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=f0gN1x6sVTc) 2022-09-26T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 1.5M engagements "Why Mad Men is a show like no other Here's everything you need to know to start watching Mad Men today: http://www.vox.com/cards/mad-men/what-is-mad-men Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Check out http://www.vox.com to get up to speed on everything from Kurdistan to the Kim Kardashian app. Check out our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyE Follow Vox on Twitter: http://goo.gl/XFrZ5H Or on Facebook: http://goo.gl/U2g06o vox news current events world" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=fSp6f-t-Rss) 2015-04-03T18:43Z 12.7M followers, 966.6K engagements "How sperm got all the credit in the fertilization story The school system probably failed you. Heres how fertilization really happens. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO The fertilization story most of us know is skewed. In the textbooks we read in middle school and high school its presented like a sort of fairytale: The strong sperm go on a journey where they have to defeat and overcome obstacles to reach the egg. Meanwhile the egg just sits around waiting to be fertilized. The story inherently carries a lot of gender bias and whats worse is that its not entirely true. The sperm" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=fVKjzvDVGPs) 2021-07-02T16:15Z 12.7M followers, 555.8K engagements "How Trumps second term will be different What Donald Trumps win means for abortion immigration foreign policy and more. Support our work. Become a Vox Member today: http://www.vox.com/memberships Donald Trump the 45th president of the United States will also be its 47th president. After voting him out of office in [----] American voters changed their minds opting for a return to his policies and his politics. But the second Trump presidency will look very little like the first. His policies have evolved his circumstances have changed and he will be returning to office with a much more focused" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=gK6MD_8S01o) 2024-11-06T13:35Z 12.7M followers, 5.7M engagements "The surprising pattern behind color names around the world Why so many languages invented words for colors in the same order. Help us make more ambitious videos by joining the Vox Video Lab. It gets you exclusive perks like livestream Q&As with all the Vox creators a badge that levels up over time and video extras bringing you closer to our work Learn more at http://bit.ly/video-lab In [----] two Berkeley researchers Paul Kay and Brent Berlin published a book on a pretty groundbreaking idea: that every culture in history when they developed their languages invented words for colors in the exact" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=gMqZR3pqMjg) 2017-05-16T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 8.6M engagements "Why does the US have [---] military bases around the world It costs taxpayers billions to keep US bases around the globe running. Why are they there in the first place Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO The US has around [---] military bases in other countries which costs an estimated $100 billion annually a number that could be much higher depending on whether you count the bases still open in Iraq and Afghanistan. This is according to American University professor David Vine in his book Base Nation in which he seeks to quantify the financial environmental and human costs of keeping" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=gU8rQWh_qtc) 2015-05-18T14:24Z 12.7M followers, 4.1M engagements "Three takeaways from a conversation with Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker #shorts Voxs Astead Herndon is back in his hometown of Chicago to speak with Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker about why the Democrats lost in [----] Pritzkers own weight-loss journey and everything in between. You can watch their full interview here on YouTube. Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Check out http://www.vox.com. Watch our" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=h8sUY1XC_xE) 2026-02-14T13:01Z 12.7M followers, 21K engagements "The British Museum is full of stolen artifacts And so far it isn't giving them back. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Some of the worlds greatest cultural and historical treasures are housed in Londons British Museum and a significant number of them were taken during Britains centuries-long imperial rule. In recent years many of the countries missing their cultural heritage have been asking for some of these items back. Benin City in Nigeria is one of those places. They've been calling for the return of the Benin Bronzes hundreds of artifacts looted in [----] when British soldiers" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=hoTxiRWrvp8) 2020-08-05T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 6.7M engagements "How figure skating scoring rewards risk over artistry The new figure skating scoring system is complicated and controversial. Here's how it works. Learn why the triple axel is such a big deal: http://bit.ly/2oGrA7N Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO At the Pyeongchang [----] Winter Olympics Mirai Nagasu became the first American woman to land a triple axel in an Olympic event just the third woman ever to accomplish this feat. She failed to cleanly land the same jump at the [----] US Figure Skating Championship in San Jose California but she still received [----] points for the jump" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=i6pw07k3GkM) 2018-02-13T14:18Z 12.7M followers, 1.1M engagements "Why Germany is hooked on Russian gas How Germany got stuck paying for Russia's war. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Since Russias invasion of Ukraine the EU has sanctioned much of Russias economy but Russias natural gas trade remains untouched. The EU gets nearly a quarter of its energy from natural gas and almost half of that comes from Russia the worlds largest gas exporter. As the EUs largest economy Germany is Russias biggest customer paying Russias state-owned gas company [---] million euros. So while Germany has even sent Ukraine" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=iMiQeS1XywA) 2022-05-18T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 2.9M engagements "The Israel-Palestine conflict: a brief simple history The conflict is really only [---] years old. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO One of the biggest myths about the Israel-Palestine conflict is that it's been going on for centuries that this is all about ancient religious hatreds. In fact while religion is involved the conflict is mostly about two groups of people who claim the same land. And it really only goes back about a century to the early 1900s. At its heart it is a conflict between two self-determination movements the Jewish Zionist project and the Palestinian nationalist" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=iRYZjOuUnlU) 2016-01-20T18:05Z 12.7M followers, 27.7M engagements "Why all world maps are wrong Making accurate world maps is mathematically impossible. Follow Johnny on Instagram www.instagram.com/johnny.harris/ Help us make more ambitious videos by joining the Vox Video Lab: http://bit.ly/video-lab Maps are flat representations of our spherical planet. Johnny Harris cut open a plastic globe to understand just what it takes to turn a sphere into something flat. His struggle to make a flat map out of the plastic globe is indicative of a challenge mapmakers have faced for centuries: It is mathematically impossible to translate the surface of a sphere onto a" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=kIID5FDi2JQ) 2016-12-02T12:15Z 12.7M followers, 23.7M engagements "Why building things in America has become so hard The Gray Area Why is it so hard for America to build things Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Bridges take years to construct. Housing costs are soaring. Transit systems are crumbling. And were struggling to update our infrastructure to prepare for the climate crisis. Even when theres broad agreement that something needs to be done collective action feels impossible. Why is that Todays guest is Marc Dunkelman author of Why Nothing Works a book about the modern American" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=l5-8l9FejSI) 2026-01-12T13:01Z 12.7M followers, 31.6K engagements "How "Spider-Verse" forced animation to evolve Non-photorealistic rendering has opened up an alternative to the ubiquitous Pixar look. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO When you think of CGI animated films you likely think of Pixar. The studio practically invented the genre with 1995s Toy Story the first CGI animated feature film. After Toy Story almost all animation studios wanted to follow in Pixars successful footsteps straight down to their style. Many studios sought out The Pixar Look: extremely high quality physically based and in" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=l96IgQmXmhM) 2022-09-10T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 3.8M engagements "How to make a movie look like one long shot The trick to spotting cuts in a one-take film. Become a Video Lab member http://bit.ly/video-lab The Best Picture nominee [----] tells a pretty simple story: two British soldiers cross the no mans land of World War I to warn a battalion of an impending ambush. What really makes the movie stand out is how director Sam Mendes and cinematographer Roger Deakins made the movie look like it was filmed in one continuous take. The techniques required to pull off hidden cuts have their roots in Alfred Hitchcock's movie Rope and if you look closely you can" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=lFZGmzsvSlg) 2020-02-06T13:00Z 12.7M followers, 1.7M engagements "Why the US has so many tornadoes Tornado Alley experiences more tornadoes than anywhere else in the world why This video is presented by CuriosityStream: https://www.curiositystream.com/Vox Become a Video Lab member http://bit.ly/video-lab The United States experiences more tornadoes than any other country averaging over [----] per year. Most of those twisters are touching down in the central part of the country in an area called Tornado Alley. While the boundaries of this tornado hotbed are disputed theres no denying that something is going on here and it all has to do with geography. The map" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=lsEA9tGMFQQ) 2019-07-30T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 2.2M engagements "From spy to president: The rise of Vladimir Putin Putins intent on pushing back against the Western world order. and it appears to be working. Follow Vox for the latest: https://bit.ly/3Kcg9Nb Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vladimir Putin has been ruling Russia since [----]. In that time he has shaped the country into an authoritarian and militaristic society. The Soviet Union dissolved into [--] new countries including the new Russian Federation. In Putins eyes Russia had just lost [--] million square miles of territory. But Putins regime" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=lxMWSmKieuc) 2017-03-23T12:02Z 12.7M followers, 20.1M engagements "The real reason cheese is yellow Cheese is yellow milk is white. Whats going on here Support our work. Become a Vox Member today: http://www.vox.com/memberships While making a grilled cheese the other day a question popped into my mind: Why is cheese often yellow even though milk is white Of course this isnt entirely true across the (cheese)board cheese comes in a remarkable range of colors from pale white to deep yellow-orange. Take cheddar for instance it can be found in both shades. So which color is the "real" cheese To unravel this mystery I sat down with Paul Kindstedt former president" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=mcoiOY3ZOVo) 2024-10-08T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 760.4K engagements "Why the US government murdered Fred Hampton What we aren't taught about the Black Panther Party. Subscribe and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO On December 4th [----] the Black Panther Partys Illinois Chairman Fred Hampton was murdered by police. But his story is about much more than the raid that took his life. The movement Hampton helped create was unique and revolutionary. In the late 1960s Fred Hampton helped lead a coalition of activists working across racial lines against a corrupt city government that threatened their communities. At the core" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=mzZTLT8WpcQ) 2021-06-02T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 4.2M engagements "Why obvious lies make great propaganda For leaders like Trump and Putin telling big lies isn't about persuasion -- it's about power. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO At first glance US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin seem to have wildly different communication styles. But what they share is a tendency to repeat big obvious lies -- a tactic researchers have dubbed the firehose of falsehood. Whether its lying about Russian troops in Crimea or falsely claiming millions of people voted illegally during the [----] election both leaders demonstrate a kind of" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=nknYtlOvaQ0) 2018-08-31T14:17Z 12.7M followers, 3.9M engagements "Why the US is always hitting a "debt ceiling" Is the huge US national debt a problem Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Nearly every year America seems to teeter on the edge of a crisis as the national debt comes dangerously close to hitting the debt ceiling and the President and Congress fight over raising it. The debt ceiling is really just a limit on how much debt the country can take on. While the US isnt the only country to have one it is the only country to have legislation that regularly puts it on the brink of economic disaster." [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=orakE9t1tpo) 2021-10-20T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 2.2M engagements "How the US created an ambulance crisis And what can be done about it. Thanks to our sponsor T-Mobile: http://t-mobile.com/FirstResponders Here's a pretty obvious statement: In the more rural spread-out parts of the US an ambulance will typically take a while to get to you. Makes sense. Driving a longer distance takes longer. Here's the catch: other emergency services like police and fire don't actually have this same problem; it's relatively unique to ambulances. It turns out that emergency response time is about a little more than distance. Something is different about ambulances that is" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=pWRlDIBoQW4) 2025-06-03T12:01Z 12.7M followers, 868.9K engagements "The Taliban explained How theyve taken over Afghanistan again. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO The roots of the Taliban movement go back to [----] when the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan. They were there to prop up a communist Afghan government that was supported by a minority of urban residents. But the vast majority of Afghans lived in rural areas. Here authority came from tribal and ethnic groups and life revolved around conservative practices of Islam. Rural Afghans formed militias called mujahideen and drove out the Soviets. But" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=qIDkZAOjx9w) 2021-11-10T13:00Z 12.7M followers, 3.4M engagements "The formula for selling a million-dollar work of art Some dead sharks are worth $12 million. The biggest factor in the price of art often isn't quality or effort it's branding. But when a new artist steps into the art market he or she has no reputation no branding. That's where art dealers come in. They promote educate and help artists to gain fame and success. To learn more about the economics of the art market you can get Don Thompson's "The $12 Million Stuff Shark" here: https://www.amazon.com/Million-Stuffed-Shark-Economics-Contemporary/dp/0230620590 Vox.com is a news website that helps" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=rCT-UL2M8Gc) 2016-10-05T12:27Z 12.7M followers, 1.4M engagements "Proof of evolution that you can find on your body You have your mom's smile your dad's eyes and the ear muscles of a Triassic mammal. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vestigial structures are evolution's leftovers body parts that through inheritance have outlived the context in which they arose. Some of the most delightful reminders of the common ancestry we share with other animals they show that the building blocks of the human body predate our species by hundreds of millions of years. Forty-two percent of Americans say that humans" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=rFxu7NEoKC8) 2016-03-17T13:48Z 12.7M followers, 38.5M engagements "Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker speaks about his weight loss #shorts Does Illinois Gov. JB Pritzkers recent weight loss point to a potential [----] presidential run 👀 He sets the record straight in a conversation with Voxs Astead Herndon. You can watch their full interview on Saturday wherever you get your podcasts or here on YouTube. Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Check out http://www.vox.com." [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ruTSZhdAL18) 2026-02-13T19:59Z 12.7M followers, 35.2K engagements "2023 in [--] minutes The years already over Lets look back. Help keep Vox free for everybody: http://www.vox.com/give-now Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO [----] was dominated by a few big stories: climate change making everything hotter; the Israel-Hamas war; blockbuster movies and concert tours. And during all the massive global shifts celebrations and devastation life happened. Watch this video to remember the major events from this turbulent year. Read more about this year on Vox.com. Vox.com is a news website that helps" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=sJs_64OUpEs) 2023-12-26T13:00Z 12.7M followers, 6.1M engagements "America's presidential primaries explained Why does America's system for picking the president start in Iowa Before Americans vote on the next president in November both major political parties have to settle on a nominee. That process is called the primary and in [----] it consists of [--] different contests held on [--] different days over several months. And for some reason it all starts in the midwestern state of Iowa. So how did America's political parties come up with this system And is there a better way to do it Read more from Li on the future of Iowa:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=tCvMtkEVqdA) 2020-02-21T13:00Z 12.7M followers, 2.2M engagements "America's cocaine habit fueled its migrant crisis And it's destroying Guatemala and Honduras. Help us make more ambitious series like Vox Atlas by joining the Vox Video Lab. It brings you closer to our work and gets you exclusive perks like livestream Q&As with your favorite Vox creators. Learn more at http://bit.ly/video-lab Today the US is facing a migration crisis on its southern border with Mexico. Thousands of people from Central America especially Guatemala and Honduras are fleeing their home countries taking a dangerous journey north through Mexico and claiming asylum in the US. How" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=tWcV94G4rRI) 2019-02-08T13:00Z 12.7M followers, 1.5M engagements "Who made these circles in the Sahara Someone left these marks in the sand. We had to find out who. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Deep in the Sahara far from any towns roads or other signs of life is a row of markings in the sand. There are dozens of them stretching for miles in a straight line in central Algeria each consisting of a central point surrounded by a circle of [--] nodes like numbers on a clock. And when we started making this video no one seemed to know what they were. We first saw the circles back in September [----] after" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=twAP3buj9Og) 2022-05-10T14:00Z 12.7M followers, 9.5M engagements "Magic Eye: The optical illusion explained The science behind the stereogram craze of the 1990s. You might have remembered when sterograms appeared on Seinfeld. Learn about how these images trick the brain. Sources: MagicEye.com http://www.magiceye.com/ MagicEye.js http://peeinears.github.io/MagicEye.js/ EasyStereogramBuilder.com http://www.easystereogrambuilder.com/3d-stereogram-maker.aspx Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Check out http://www.vox.com to" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=v8O8Em_RPNg) 2016-10-21T14:06Z 12.7M followers, 2.8M engagements "Bernie Sanders' accent explained Bernie Sanders' accent explained Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump both speak with a New York City accent. And Queens College linguist Michael Newman thinks it might be good for their brand. Writing in the New York Times he said: "Americans have come to associate New Yorkers and so New York accents with saying what you mean intense emotional talk and not worrying too much about whom you offend." But the larger pattern outside this year's presidential race is that the New York City accent is stigmatized and its most" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=waeXBCUkuL8) 2016-02-18T16:20Z 12.7M followers, 4.2M engagements "JB Pritzker wants to take down Trump Today Explained Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has a playbook for fighting back against the Trump administration and he says its working. Few Democratic politicians have leaned into the fight against the Trump administration as aggressively as he has. While some blue-state leaders have tried to find a lane of compromise or quiet resistance Pritzker has gone the other direction: signing laws to limit ICE operations in Illinois creating an accountability commission staffed by retired federal judges suing the federal government and successfully blocking the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=xcaUGZzdmaY) 2026-02-14T13:01Z 12.7M followers, 13.3K engagements "MAGA successfully bullied Trump into releasing the Epstein files #shorts The Epstein files have united the left and right forcing President Donald Trump to reverse course and release the documents after months of calling the demands a hoax. Host and editorial director Astead Herndon cuts through the noise to make sense of what led to this U-turn from Trump. #MAGA #Trump #Epstein Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=xlDmclmj9Ec) 2025-11-21T23:12Z 12.7M followers, 49.1K engagements "Who actually pays for your credit card rewards Heres why youre paying for credit card rewards even if you use cash. Help us make more ambitious videos by joining the Vox Video Lab. It gets you exclusive perks like livestream Q&As with all the Vox creators a badge that levels up over time and video extras bringing you closer to our work Learn more at http://bit.ly/video-lab Shoppers love credit card rewards. Banks promise offers of cash back bonus miles and cash bonuses to get you to sign up and spend. In [----] 92% of all credit card spending was made on a rewards card. Some people like Brian" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ySH5SudRwak) 2019-02-15T13:00Z 12.7M followers, 1.9M engagements "It's not you. Bad doors are everywhere. This video is about doors. Joe Posner investigates with some help from 99% invisible a wonderful podcast. Check them out here: http://www.99pi.org Subscribe to our channel here: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO There's a door on the 10th floor in the Vox Media office I hate so much. You probably know one of these too. But it's not our fault. And luckily Roman Mars of 99% Invisible magically arrived in my cellphone to send me on a cross-country journey to find out the incredible surprises behind this common complaint: Don Norman started complaining about doors over" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=yY96hTb8WgI) 2016-02-26T15:26Z 12.7M followers, 10.7M engagements "Why we say OK How a cheesy joke from the 1830s became the most widely spoken word in the world. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO OK is thought to be the most widely recognized word on the planet. We use it to communicate with each other as well as our technology. But it actually started out as a language fad in the 1830s of abbreviating words incorrectly. Young intellectuals in Boston came up with several of these abbreviations including KC for knuff ced OW for oll wright and KY for know yuse. But thanks to its appearance in Martin Van Burens [----] presidential re-election" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=1UnIDL-eHOs) 2018-09-12T11:59Z 12.7M followers, 11.9M engagements "How the US created a disaster in Afghanistan What was the purpose of America's longest war Subscribe and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO On August [--] [----] the Taliban took over Afghanistans capital Kabul. The Afghan president fled the country. Almost all of Afghanistan is now under Taliban control. It marks the end of an era: Americas longest war is now over and it lost. And it happened fast stunning the world and leaving many in the country racing to find an exit. But even among those surprised by the way the end played out many knew the war was" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=2sueJoTVqxw) 2021-08-25T22:46Z 12.7M followers, 1.9M engagements "Where Maos famous suit actually came from #shorts Mao made the suit iconic but its origin predates his rise. vox.com vox explain mao mao suit mao zedong mao tse-tung xi jinping jiang zemin deng xiaoping sun yat-sen zhongshan suit fashion design history communism chinese communist party republic of china people's republic of china vox.com vox explain mao mao suit mao zedong mao tse-tung xi jinping jiang zemin deng xiaoping sun yat-sen zhongshan suit fashion design history communism chinese communist party republic of china people's republic of china" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=34C9Vv1-VvM) 2024-01-26T22:14Z 12.7M followers, 1.5M engagements "Why cartoon characters wear gloves Animators had a few tricks up their slee.err gloves. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Check out http://www.vox.com to get up to speed on everything from Kurdistan to the Kim Kardashian app. Check out our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyE Follow Vox on Twitter: http://goo.gl/XFrZ5H Or on Facebook: http://goo.gl/U2g06o vox current news cartoons estelle caswell mickey mouse bugs bunny looney tunes blackface" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=3R3cvbLsbAk) 2017-02-02T12:59Z 12.7M followers, 13.7M engagements "How [--] companies control the beef industry Corporate consolidation is making it impossible for cattle ranchers to stay afloat. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Cattle auctions happen every day throughout the US; they serve a crucial purpose for the cattle markets. Inside one of these auctions like the one we profile in St. Onge South Dakota you can see how a competitive market functions. There are multiple producers and buyers competing for a commodity which results in a value or price for that commodity. But over the past [--] years the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=3_hCLjUrK1E) 2021-09-29T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 4.1M engagements "How Norway designed a more humane prison Theres a better way to design prison architecture. Become a Video Lab member http://bit.ly/video-lab Halden Prison in Norway looks sort of like a fancy dorm room or a hotel much different than the barbed wire and cramped cells we often associate with prison design. Its look is all part of a plan to create a more humane prison one where the architecture isnt part of the punishment. Most prisons around the world are consolidated into one single building. This style makes it easy and efficient for inmates to move around but the design is monotonous and" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=5v13wrVEQ2M) 2019-04-12T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 5.5M engagements "Russias private military force explained Inside the Wagner Groups playbook. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO On January [--] [----] the Ukrainian town of Soledar was reportedly captured. But it wasnt captured by the Russian army under Vladimir Putins command. The announcement came from a relatively unknown man Yevgeny Prigozhin who said his troops now controlled the town. The troops are part of the Wagner Group a private army that has become a prominent force alongside Russian troops in the war against Ukraine. But they arent new. They've" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=65bNr6D0Db0) 2023-02-14T13:00Z 12.7M followers, 2.8M engagements "How an opera gets made Vox gets a peek behind the scenes at the Metropolitan Opera. Become a Video Lab member http://bit.ly/video-lab Akhnaten is a modern opera by Philip Glass first performed in [----]. It tells the story through a minimalist and mesmerizing score of the Egyptian pharaoh who is considered the first monotheist. Estelle follows the opera's lead Anthony Roth Costanzo through the various phases of rehearsal from working with his vocal coach in a Manhattan apartment to taking the stage in a dress covered in doll heads surrounded by jugglers. Subscribe to our channel" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=6fbBjRnZ0j0) 2019-12-04T13:30Z 12.7M followers, 615.7K engagements "The incredible sport of cup stacking explained Sport stacking cup stacking speed stacking whatever you call it this sport is mesmerizing to watch. Follow Phil Edwards and Vox Almanac on Facebook for more: https://www.facebook.com/philedwardsinc1/ Thanks to Zhewei Wu. Here's his channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/Purperxo Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Check out http://www.vox.com to get up to speed on everything from Kurdistan to the Kim Kardashian" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=82DNYqurkxo) 2017-01-25T13:49Z 12.7M followers, 2.2M engagements "How Olympic divers make the perfect tiny splash We talked to Team USAs head coach to find out. Subscribe and turn on notifications (🔔 ) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Elegant Olympic dives fly by in a matter of seconds. Because of that its hard to know what to look for when you try to judge the sport from your couch. One thing thats easy to see though The splash. If youve watched any Olympics diving coverage you may have noticed that the splashes athletes make are tiny. Divers spend years training to perform with minimal splash in the same way that gymnasts train to stick" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=8GqWTqDhahM) 2021-08-05T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 21.4M engagements "Why Yankee Doodle called it "macaroni" What's the deal with Yankee Doodle Dandy and macaroni Vox's Phil Edwards explains. Follow Phil Edwards and Vox Almanac on Facebook for more: https://www.facebook.com/philedwardsinc1/ More background here: http://www.vox.com/2015/9/13/9312147/macaronis-yankee-doodle We've all heard the Yankee Doodle Dandy lyrics and wondered what they meant. But the Yankee Doodle song turns out to have a surprisingly logical explanation. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=9QcVNahOavw) 2016-01-26T15:41Z 12.7M followers, 586.2K engagements "Why these all-white paintings are in museums and mine aren't Why do all-white paintings sell for millions of dollars and end up in museums Help us make more ambitious videos by joining the Vox Video Lab. It gets you exclusive perks like livestream Q&As with all the Vox creators a badge that levels up over time and video extras bringing you closer to our work Learn more at http://bit.ly/video-lab So-called "white paintings" are in museums all across the world and Robert Ryman's all-white painting "Bridge" sold for a record $20.6 million at a Christie's auction in [----]. How are these seemingly" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=9aGRHOpMRUg) 2017-09-08T11:00Z 12.7M followers, 7.9M engagements "How FIFA corrupted the World Cup And how Russia and Qatar took advantage of it. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO On December [--] [----] FIFA announced the [----] World Cup would take place in a surprising country Qatar. At that same meeting they also announced that the [----] World Cup would take place in Russia. These selections set off a new chapter in FIFAs history one where the public would have a greater sense on how bribery and corruption have a huge role in who gets to host this international sporting event. The last [--] World Cup locations were decided by a group of [--] powerful" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=BlKVfJg4hHE) 2022-11-23T13:00Z 12.7M followers, 3.9M engagements "False Positive: When forensic science fails Full version How science and justice failed Robert Lee Stinson. Join the video lab to support more ambitious projects like this one: https://www.vox.com/join False Positive is a documentary produced by Vox Senior Producer Joss Fong about the conviction of Robert Lee Stinson.Stinson spent [--] years in a Wisconsin prison for murder after two forensic odontologists concluded that his teeth matched bite marks found on the body of the victim. False Positive looks at the structural and cultural factors that have made the U.S. criminal justice system" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=EO6kYkoCEsA) 2019-02-13T14:40Z 12.7M followers, 1.2M engagements "Asian flush explained It's not because they're drunker than you are. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Asian flush also widely known as Asian glow is when Chinese Japanese and Korean people turn red after drinking alcohol. What causes Asian glow Genetics basically. Around 36% of Northeast Asians are deficient in one of the enzymes that metabolizes alcohol due to a gene mutation called ALDH2*2. This leads to a buildup of a toxic substance called acetaldehyde which causes Asian flush and can also cause cancer especially esophageal cancer. /// Vox.com is a news website that helps you" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=G6717bNakuA) 2015-08-12T16:21Z 12.7M followers, 3.8M engagements "The Green New Deal explained What's actually in the Green New Deal Become a Video Lab member http://bit.ly/video-lab The Green New Deal is an ambitious plan to fight the effects of climate change. Its the only American plan that actually acknowledges the size of the impending crisis. And it contains some difficult truths that we might not want to hear. Read the Green New Deal resolution here: https://ocasio-cortez.house.gov/sites/ocasio-cortez.house.gov/files/Resolution%20on%20a%20Green%20New%20Deal.pdf For additional context I recommend this piece by Voxs Umair Irfan on the United Nations" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=GxIDJWCbk6I) 2019-06-12T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 2.4M engagements "What "defund the police" really means It's not as radical as it sounds. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Among those protesting police brutality in the US there is a slogan thats taken hold: defund the police. The key idea is a push to move the billions of dollars we spend on police in the US to social services and other public spending. The disparities between policing budgets and those of other city agencies are massive. And while defunding the police might sound radical its a policy activists have been talking about for decades. For some it can mean reforms that simply lessen" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=I9w841nrIBg) 2020-06-26T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 1.6M engagements "How dementia villages work Can miniature towns make dementia care more humane Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO On any given day at the Hogeweyk you can see locals wandering the streets going out for coffee folding laundry and tending gardens all surrounded by lush outdoor space. Located in Weesp a Dutch city just outside Amsterdam the Hogeweyk is a planned village intentionally designed for one purpose: maximizing quality of life for its [---] residents all of whom have severe dementia. Inside nurses and doctors dont wear uniforms meals" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=LN_--egst3s) 2022-08-18T15:11Z 12.7M followers, 4.1M engagements "When white supremacists overthrew a government The hidden history of an American coup. Help our reporting on hidden histories. Submit a story idea here: http://bit.ly/2RhjxMy Correction at 7:23: Cynthia's ancestors lived in Wilmington not her descendants. In November [----] in Wilmington North Carolina a mob of [----] white men expelled black and white political leaders destroyed the property of the citys black residents and killed dozens--if not hundreds--of people. How did such a turn of events change the course of the city For decades the story of this violence was buried while the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=LVQomlXMeek) 2019-06-20T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 4.7M engagements "The boxing film that was banned around the world In [----] boxing heavyweight champion Jack Johnson defeated Jim Jeffries in the "Battle of the Century" and the nation erupted. Subscribe to Vox and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO On December [--] [----] American boxer Jack Johnson became the first Black heavyweight champion of the world after defeating defending champion Tommy Burns in a title fight in Sydney Australia. Black fighters were typically denied the chance to win the heavyweight title a de-facto line of segregation that was known as the color" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=LmiBASu41-A) 2021-02-24T13:00Z 12.7M followers, 2.5M engagements "The [---] images NASA wants aliens to see Here are all the photos flying through interstellar space on Voyager's Golden Record. http://www.vox.com/2015/11/11/9702090/voyager-golden-record-pictures Help us make more ambitious videos by joining the Vox Video Lab. It gets you exclusive perks like livestream Q&As with all the Vox creators a badge that levels up over time and video extras bringing you closer to our work Learn more at http://bit.ly/video-lab Sources: http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/spacecraft/scenes.html http://www.amazon.com/Pale-Blue-Dot-Vision-Future/dp/0345376595" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=NAN1kt4SG9E) 2015-11-11T16:01Z 12.7M followers, 16.2M engagements "How the British failed India and Pakistan The two nations were born at war which can be traced back to this British strategy. Join the Video Lab http://bit.ly/video-lab For nearly [---] years India was ruled by the British. The large nation was home to three dominant religious groups Hindus Muslims and Sikhs. In order to discourage unified Indian campaigns for independence the British reinforced divisions along religious lines. By [----] the British were finally ready to turn India over to Indian rule. But the seeds of discontent had been sowed. And the handover of power would be more bloody than" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=OIVPi0bvmtI) 2019-03-22T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 1.7M engagements "The biggest Easter eggs in Bad Bunnys Super Bowl halftime show #shorts Did you catch these nods to Puerto Rican culture and history during Bad Bunnys Super Bowl halftime show 👀 Voxs deputy editor and Benito aficionado Izzie Ramirez breaks down some of the most important moments. You can read the full analysis here: https://www.vox.com/culture/478480/bad-bunny-puerto-rico-halftime-show-super-bowl-lx Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Op_ln1nj5As) 2026-02-09T18:36Z 12.7M followers, 510.9K engagements "Meet the designer cats with wild blood Bengals Savannahs and Toygers explained. Help us make more ambitious videos by joining the Vox Video Lab. It gets you exclusive perks like livestream Q&As with all the Vox creators a badge that levels up over time and video extras bringing you closer to our work Learn more at http://bit.ly/video-lab Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Check out http://www.vox.com to get up to speed on everything from Kurdistan to the Kim Kardashian app. By breeding house cats" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=QHscMam4W7s) 2017-03-13T12:01Z 12.7M followers, 7.6M engagements "What makes a truly great logo Here's how a simple mark ends up meaning something big as a great logo. Joe Posner and Michael Bierut (designer of the Hillary Clinton logo) explain. For more from Michael Bierut on graphic design check out his book "How to use graphic design to sell things explain things make things look better make people laugh cry and (every once in a while) change the world": http://www.amazon.com/How-Michael-Bierut/dp/0062413902 Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO About once a month there's a new logo to fight about on the internet. The biggest one in recent memory" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=RBTiTcHm_ac) 2015-12-28T14:12Z 12.7M followers, 4.6M engagements "The collapse of Venezuela explained Venezuela is in chaos. How did we get here Correction at 1:58: The Supreme Court tried to strip the countrys National Assembly of its powers in March [----] and not [----]. We regret the error. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Venezuela was once the richest country in Latin America. It has the largest known oil reserves in the world and its democratic government was once praised world wide. But today Venezuelas democratic institutions and its economy are in shambles.The country has the highest inflation in the world making food and medicine" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=S1gUR8wM5vA) 2017-08-25T11:50Z 12.7M followers, 9.1M engagements "How these buildings made Turkey-Syrias earthquake so deadly And can the buildings be fixed Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO On the morning of February [--] a pair of powerful earthquakes [---] and [---] hit Turkey and Syria. On top of that the region was hit with strong aftershocks which made the destruction even worse. The death toll is already in the tens of thousands with many victims still lying beneath the rubble. Multiple factors led to this earthquake being so devastating like fault lines neighborhoods still reeling from war and delayed" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=TnlCRoBAcuw) 2023-02-14T23:33Z 12.7M followers, 5.9M engagements "Why we all need subtitles now It's not you the dialogue in TV and movies has gotten harder to hear. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Have you ever been watching a show or movie and then a character delivers a line so unintelligible you have to scramble to find the remote and rewind For me this moment came during the climax of the Pete Davidson film The King of Staten Island where his most important line was impossible to understand. I had to rewind three times and eventually put subtitles on to finally pick up what he was saying. This" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=VYJtb2YXae8) 2023-01-20T17:38Z 12.7M followers, 17.3M engagements "Why Trumps MAGA is experiencing so much infighting Just a year after Donald Trumps return to power cracks are forming inside MAGA. The movement that once felt unstoppable is now plagued by infighting disillusionment and growing criticism of Trump himself. In this Reporter Extra Vox senior correspondent Andrew Prokop who recently reported a story on the fractures within the MAGA movement goes deeper and explores how the defeat of wokeness has left MAGA without a common enemy and why that victory may be accelerating internal conflict and threatening the future of the coalition. Check out the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=W6qbwjXGWSc) 2025-12-24T18:16Z 12.7M followers, 97.8K engagements "What 'Orwellian' really means The Gray Area We use Orwellian to describe everything from campus dust-ups to authoritarian crackdowns. But what did George Orwell actually stand for what did he get wrong and what can we learn from him about our age of surveillance capitalism and distraction Seans guest is Laura Beers historian at American University and author of Orwells Ghosts: Wisdom and Warnings for the 21st Century. They dig into Orwells defense of truth over ideology his crusade against euphemism his experience with propaganda and persecution in Spain and why [----] and Animal Farm only" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=X1UbFyNsTQc) 2025-11-10T13:01Z 12.7M followers, 31.3K engagements "Youre not awkward the world is The Gray Area We all know what awkwardness feels like. It's that jolt of discomfort when the social script breaks down and no one knows what to do next. But what if awkwardness isnt a flaw to fix but a window into how we live together Seans guest today is Alexandra Plakias associate professor of philosophy at Hamilton College and author of Awkwardness: A Theory. They talk about why awkwardness isnt a personal problem but a social one how power and privilege shape who gets to be awkward and why our fear of discomfort often keeps us from saying what really" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=XZT__G650Fk) 2025-11-18T13:01Z 12.7M followers, 42.6K engagements "Why its hard for Americans to retire Theres a reason so many of us dont have enough retirement savings. Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO This video is presented by Metro by T-Mobile. Metro has no editorial influence on our videos but their support makes videos like this possible. Vox sat down with people in our New York City studio to talk to them about the state of their retirement savings. By the standards of most financial experts Americans are woefully behind on saving for retirement. The reason why is rooted in" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZT9NpPe0wRg) 2024-03-21T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 947.2K engagements "How cruise ships got so big Todays cruise ships are several times as big as the Titanic. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Cruise ships are freaking big. Theyre the biggest passenger vessels humans have ever built. In size and appearance they look nothing like almost any other boat. So how did they get that way The predecessor of todays cruise ships was the ocean liner: big beautiful ships that sailed across the Atlantic. But ocean liners had a totally different purpose from cruise ships: They were for transportation. Everything about" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZdFFL9wNsaY) 2023-08-01T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 3M engagements "How to understand the Air Quality Index #shorts How to understand the Air Quality Index where you live explained by Coleman Lowndes. Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vox is an explanatory newsroom on a mission to help everyone understand our weird wonderful complicated world so that we can all help shape it. Part of that mission is keeping our work free. You can help us do that by making a gift: http://www.vox.com/contribute-now Watch our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyE Follow Vox on TikTok:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=_-V-1rovXVI) 2023-06-07T22:00Z 12.7M followers, 291.7K engagements "The real story of the Green Book Until the Civil Rights Act passed in [----] the Green Book was critical for black Americans wanting to travel across the country. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Road tripping in the 20th century became an iconic American obsession and the rising middle class was eager to travel the country on the new interstate highway system. The Green Book was a unique travel guide during this time when segregation was practiced all over the country. The book which grew to cover locations in all [--] states listed hotels restaurants gas stations beauty salons and" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=b33PN2NB2Do) 2018-03-15T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 1.4M engagements "What makes Delhi's air so deadly The policy behind the pollution. Become a Video Lab memberhttp://bit.ly/video-lab Every November Northern India experiences some of the most dangerous air pollution levels in the world. Typical pollution sources like car exhaust construction dust and industry emissions are partially responsible but there is another factor that makes Delhi's air deadly. A policy was enacted in [----] and it is wreaking havoc on the lungs of residents in India's capital city. To learn what it is and what's being done to stop it make sure to watch the video above. To learn more" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=bVzvZxW5n2Q) 2019-12-16T13:00Z 12.7M followers, 5.9M engagements "How changes to the H-1B visa program will likely leave American workers worse off #shorts The H-1B visa program isnt perfect. While it does allow US companies to hire foreign workers who legitimately contribute rare intellectual skills organizations often abuse the program as a way to acquire cheap labor. But President Donald Trumps $100000 fee on new visa applications isnt the be-all and end-all solution he thinks it is. Heres why. #h1bvisa #immigration Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vox.com is a news website that" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=dlluGSsy0XA) 2025-09-24T22:31Z 12.7M followers, 54.3K engagements "The science is in: Exercise isnt the best way to lose weight Why working out is great for health but not for weight loss explained in five minutes. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Check out http://www.vox.com to get up to speed on everything from Kurdistan to the Kim Kardashian app. Check out our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyE Follow Vox on Twitter: http://goo.gl/XFrZ5H Or on Facebook: http://goo.gl/U2g06o lose weight losing weight weight" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=eXTiiz99p9o) 2016-06-29T12:58Z 12.7M followers, 13.6M engagements "How the Kurds became a key player in Syria's war Its an unlikely place for a democratic revolution. The headline for this video has been updated. The previous version was: How Syrias Kurds are trying to create a democracy. Watch more Vox Atlas: http://bit.ly/2DeS9Gk Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Since the start of the Syrian civil war Kurdish people in the North have carved out an autonomous region of their own Rojava by fighting the Islamic State. Their militias which form the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have emerged as the most effective fighters against ISIS and won them" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=gaKwjvxukvg) 2018-03-12T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 2.6M engagements "Why everything on the internet is getting worse The Gray Area Open a browser and you can feel it instantly: everything online just feels worse. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Search results that look like ads. Social feeds that you dont control. Streaming platforms that are packed with ads. Services that used to be free but are now behind paywalls. Its not your imagination its enshittification the process by which good platforms turn bad and its starting to happen outside the internet as well. Seans guest today is Cory Doctorow author of Enshittification: Why Everything" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=guOdGIQC3hs) 2025-10-20T12:01Z 12.7M followers, 115.7K engagements "The real reason Egypt is moving its capital Cairo isnt the problem. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO In [----] Egypts government announced it would build a new capital city [--] kilometers outside of Cairo the current capital. It was a shocking announcement since Cairo a city of more than [--------] people has been the capital of Egypt for decades. The government claims that Cairo has become too overcrowded and that moving the capital will give both Cairos residents and government workers more space. But this excuse is not new. For decades" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=jaCkZvrDtC8) 2022-09-07T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 3.6M engagements "What it means to be Black in Brazil Racism rooted in slavery has not gone away in Brazil and it took time until its existence was even acknowledged. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Brazil imported more African slaves than any other country in the world: over [--] million people. Despite the ancestry forming a big part of the population the development of a national Black identity was hindered after the countrys abolition of slavery in [----]. Brazil didnt have an apartheid system like South Africas or Jim Crow laws like the United States and its mixed population was seen as a symbol" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=jk1eTURC8sA) 2020-09-23T12:51Z 12.7M followers, 1.8M engagements "How Finland defeated fascism In the 1930s a radical conservative faction almost pushed Finland into full authoritarianism. Called the Lapua movement it was a far-right group of Finns who sought to overthrow the republic marginalize communists and install an authoritarian government. They managed to disrupt Finlands political order through threats of violence and symbolic kidnappings in which they would capture political rivals and drive them to the Soviet border. They earned the support of center-right and moderate politicians who believed they could harness the passion and support of this" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=kyXC-p9cN2E) 2026-01-30T13:01Z 12.7M followers, 497.5K engagements "Walking while black Jacksonvilles enforcement of pedestrian violations raises concerns about another example of racial profiling: http://propub.li/2hCCBaE After watching a viral video of a Jacksonville cop stopping a young black man for jaywalking reporters Ben Conarck and Topher Sanders examine how walking while black can come at a high price. In this second piece of the Vox + ProPublica collaboration they dig into how police citations for pedestrian violations often fall along the lines of race and poverty and introduce us to some of the people fighting these tickets. Check out the full" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=lJFqvRwOiis) 2017-11-16T12:55Z 12.7M followers, 6.5M engagements "Why red means Republican and blue means Democrat The major party color schemes and the terms red state and "blue state" are actually a recent phenomenon. Subscribe to our channel https://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Check out http://www.vox.com to get up to speed on everything from Kurdistan to the Kim Kardashian app. Check out our full video catalog: https://goo.gl/IZONyE Follow Vox on Twitter: https://goo.gl/XFrZ5H Or on Facebook: https://goo.gl/U2g06o [----] election nbc cbs abc" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=lgz3p4cEXZU) 2016-09-15T14:45Z 12.7M followers, 2.5M engagements "Why Americans love big cars Its not just a consumer choice; its a policy choice. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Its no secret that big cars dominate American roads. But even so some of the stats are staggering: Last year [--] percent of all new cars sold in the US were SUVs and trucks. Thats compared to just [--] percent in [----]. Meanwhile many automakers are phasing out passenger cars as consumer demand for them has disappeared. Not all of this is a result of consumer choice though. A huge factor in why SUVs and trucks are so popular in" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=mQDegCqiVnU) 2023-07-25T20:00Z 12.7M followers, 2.6M engagements "Expensive wine is for suckers You don't have to spend a lot of money on a bottle of wine. Few wine experts and regular people can tell the difference between expensive wine and cheap wine. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Check out http://www.vox.com to get up to speed on everything from Kurdistan to the Kim Kardashian app. Check out our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyE Follow Vox on Twitter: http://goo.gl/XFrZ5H Or on Facebook:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=mVKuCbjFfIY) 2015-05-20T18:29Z 12.7M followers, 6M engagements "Why GLP-1 drugs are a solution for some and a problem for others #shorts GLP-1 drugs seem to be everywhere these days. One in eight adults say theyre taking the drugs. And brands like Wegovy and Ro even ran commercials during the Super Bowl. But are GLP-1s a one-size-fits-all solution Not exactly. Clinical psychologist Dr. Sera Lavelle spoke to Today Explained guest host Jonquilyn Hill about whether GLP-1 drugs are harmful or hurtful and why the answer to that question is nuanced and dependent on a patients history. You can listen to the full episode of Today Explained wherever you get your" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ncr0U4nEma0) 2026-02-13T14:01Z 12.7M followers, 14.5K engagements "America's lawyers vs. China's engineers The Gray Area America has a hard time building stuff. Roads. Trains. Bridges. Housing. Everything takes seemingly forever. Meanwhile China seems to have no trouble at all: high-speed rails solar panels electric cars bridges ports all churned out at breakneck speed. Why is that Sean's guest is Dan Wang author of the new book Breakneck: Chinas Quest to Engineer the Future. They discuss the policies and mindset that allow China to tackle remarkable feats of engineering the advantages and drawbacks of Americas "lawyerly society" and what China and America" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=oaf7Xtt_Vwg) 2025-08-25T12:01Z 12.7M followers, 127.8K engagements "The rise of ISIS explained in [--] minutes Its history goes back way before the group ever existed. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO In the few short years since the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria formed it has done the seemingly impossible seizing vast areas of the Middle East to form a mini-state it calls a reincarnation of the ancient Caliphate. It is at war with all its neighbors and virtually the entire world yet someone remains and is launching increasingly deadly terror attacks abroad. To understand how this terrible group came about and how it has grown so powerful you need" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=pzmO6RWy1v8) 2015-12-16T15:30Z 12.7M followers, 9.9M engagements "Inside North Korea's bubble in Japan Why North Korea has childrens schools in Japan Follow Johnny to stay up to date on Vox Borders: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/johnnywharris Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/johnnyharrisvox My dispatch about Japan's rising right-wing nationalism: https://youtu.be/IHJsoCAREsg Original Music by Rare Henderson: https://www.rarehenderson.com/audio Vox Borders Episodes: [--]. Haiti and the Dominican Republic ( https://youtu.be/4WvKeYuwifc) [--]. The Arctic & Russia (https://youtu.be/Wx_2SVm9Jgo) [--]. Japan & North Korea (https://youtu.be/qBfyIQbxXPs) [--]. Mexico" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=qBfyIQbxXPs) 2017-10-31T12:01Z 12.7M followers, 7.4M engagements "Why China is winning the EV war And what it means for US climate goals. Support our work. Become a Vox Member today: http://www.vox.com/memberships The Biden administration set a climate goal that [--] percent of all new car sales in the US would be electric by [----]. Meanwhile China reached that milestone this year in [----]. This video explains how China was able to fast-track EV adoption and develop an EV battery that rivals what any other country has been able to do so far. Its been a decade of government strategies that have created some of the biggest battery companies in the world like CATL" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=rkxMdmipYqM) 2024-06-07T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 3.2M engagements "2021 in [--] minutes Year two of the coronavirus pandemic was filled with vaccines and variants summer Olympics joys and sorrows. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO [----] was a year like no other. Vox looks back on the biggest moments that defined an unpredictable year. Make sure you never miss behind-the-scenes content in the Vox Video newsletter. Sign up here: http://vox.com/video-newsletter Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Check out" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=sTTvilkyTLY) 2021-12-29T13:00Z 12.7M followers, 3.3M engagements "How San Francisco erased a neighborhood A hotel at the heart of San Franciscos housing wars Help our reporting on hidden histories. Submit a story idea here: http://bit.ly/2RhjxMy With an explosion of tech companies and startups in recent decades San Francisco has struggled with a massive affordable housing crisis. But the beginnings of that crisis go back much further than Silicon Valley. In [----] a group of predominantly Filipino elders in San Francisco launched a battle to protect their home from eviction. Called the International Hotel their home ended up in the crossroads of a city" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=tcsdglJFT0M) 2020-03-10T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 1.8M engagements "The dark history of "gasoline baths" at the border An alarming US border policy forced fumigations on migrants at the US-Mexico border. Help our reporting on hidden histories. Submit a story idea here: http://bit.ly/2RhjxMy In [----] American health officials launched a campaign to use noxious often toxic chemicals to delouse immigrants seeking to enter at the US-Mexico border. The same practice had caused a fire in an El Paso jail the year before and killed [--] people. 17-year-old Jurez maid Carmelita Torres refused to go through it sparking a protest of thousands of Mexicans at the El Paso" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=tkD6QfeRil8) 2019-07-29T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 3.9M engagements "El Chapo's drug tunnels explained How El Chapo dug his way to the top of the drug trade. Check out the Today Explained podcast episode on El Chapo here: https://bit.ly/2DaFZS8 Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Throughout his career as a drug trafficker tunnels have been the common theme in El Chapos story. When he gained control of a major drug trafficking corridor in the late 1980s Joaquin Guzman Loera then known as el Rapido was the first to create super tunnels for transporting drugs across the border. At the time a crackdown by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) meant" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=v394vC23HW0) 2019-01-29T13:00Z 12.7M followers, 11.6M engagements "The bridge design that helped win World War II Its a simple innovation that helped win a war. The Bailey bridge was Donald Baileys innovative solution to a number of wartime obstacles. The allies needed a way to cross bodies of water quickly but bombed-out bridges or an absence of crossings entirely made that incredibly difficult. That was only compounded by new heavy tanks that needed incredibly strong support. Baileys innovation a modular moveable panel bridge solved those problems and gave the allies a huge advantage. The 570-pound steel panel could be lifted by just six men and the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=vaNOuVgwPos) 2021-03-12T13:00Z 12.7M followers, 1.2M engagements "Why Disney World is in Florida Disney World really is a kingdom. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Have you ever wondered why Disney World is located where it is Or how it came to be such a massive self-contained universe Its a story that involves secret land deals special districts and now a corporation and a government locked in a feud. The story of why Disney World is in Florida marries business and governmental concerns about the creation of the massive property. The engineering ranges from unique physical construction (like the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=w4vwaltuAnA) 2023-06-09T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 1.9M engagements "Why Poland is having huge protests The countrys women are furious at their government. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO In October and November of [----] Poland saw its biggest protests since the fall of its communist regime [--] years ago. Hundreds of thousands of women marched in defiance of a new court ruling that would outlaw abortions under almost any circumstance. Poland has long had some of the strictest abortion laws in Europe. But in [----] the right-wing party Law and Justice (PiS) came to power in Poland and promptly started trying to narrow abortion access in the country" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=wmSXB7ukH4M) 2020-12-08T13:00Z 12.7M followers, 1.7M engagements "What BMI doesn't tell you about your health The way we define obesity is flawed. Read more about Body Mass Index's flaws on Vox.com: http://bit.ly/2nxeQ2U The body mass index better known as BMI is a measure of obesity that has been in use for over [---] years. It was a formula created by Belgian mathematician Adolphe Quetelet. It takes your weight (sorry my fellow Americans everyone else is on the metric system) in kilograms divides and divides it by height in meters squared. And from this you get a number that represent your total body mass relative to your height and weight. The ranges go" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=z_3S2_41_FE) 2018-02-01T14:30Z 12.7M followers, 3.7M engagements "The business of independent movie theaters explained How do theater owners stay alive in a business thats constantly dying This video is presented by Verizon Business. Verizon Business has no editorial influence on our videos but their support makes videos like these possible. SMB Days promotion only valid until 8/17/2025. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Every few years someone declares the end of moviegoing. First it was cable then VHS then DVDs streaming and even COVID. And yet the big screen persists. Sure the landscape has changed. Since [----] the U.S. has lost nearly 5000" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=-R0fPJQr0qo) 2025-08-05T11:45Z 12.7M followers, 234K engagements "Over 60% of men under [--] are single #shorts Despite stereotypes painting single women as desperate for romantic partnership and men as content eternal bachelors reticent to be tied down a study showed that single women are overall more satisfied with their lives than single men. And according to the Pew Research Center [--] percent of men under [--] are single compared to [--] percent of women. #Single #SingleMen #Men #Intimacy #Masculinity Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=-ZNZIq71IlU) 2025-09-04T22:00Z 12.7M followers, 91.3K engagements "Barbies past life as a German sex worker #shorts Before she was a surgeon an astronaut or a marine biologist Barbie was a German sex worker named Lilli. Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vox is an explanatory newsroom on a mission to help everyone understand our weird wonderful complicated world so that we can all help shape it. Part of that mission is keeping our work free. You can help us do that by making a gift: http://www.vox.com/contribute-now Watch our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyE Follow Vox on TikTok:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=-_fqI0JNU6g) 2023-07-31T20:20Z 12.7M followers, 2.8M engagements "The real experiments that inspired Frankenstein When Mary Shelley published her iconic novel in [----] raising the dead seemed to be the near-future. Join the Video Lab http://bit.ly/video-lab Mary Shelleys Frankenstein has been reimagined onscreen hundreds of times and is a staple of pop culture. The prevailing takeaway is science-gone-wrong and the dangers of pursuing the unnatural. But contemporary readers surrounded by Enlightenment-era scientific breakthroughs that were beginning to shift the definition of death would have read the story as frighteningly plausible. Electricity was being" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=-ex7f7KVl3I) 2019-05-10T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 3.3M engagements "The [----] World Cup has a huge math problem #shorts FIFA has decided the next World Cup finals will include [--] teams instead of [--]. This expansion is being done for a variety of reasons but it's created a big problem. It's unclear how to fairly divide up the teams in the group stage. Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Check out http://www.vox.com Make sure you never miss behind the scenes content" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=-nHLjWXIcXs) 2022-12-21T17:23Z 12.7M followers, 4.3M engagements "How to help others see the America were living in #shorts You feel deeply disturbed by whats happening in Minnesota but your friends are unbothered. You want them to know that whats happening is not just business as usual but you dont know how to approach the topic. So what should you do Sigal Samuel provides insight in Voxs advice column Your Mileage May Vary: https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/476702/minnesota-minneapolis-ice-ethics-how-to-help Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vox.com is a news website that helps you" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=-r0FzidmS9U) 2026-01-29T23:18Z 12.7M followers, 23.5K engagements "How do we fix the zoo Do the benefits of zoos justify the fact that some animals are clearly stressed out Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Many of us have fond memories of visiting the zoo as a child (or at any age) and more than a few of us probably credit those visits with turning us into animal-lovers. So how should we square those warm fuzzy feelings with research that shows the psychological harms of captivity for some animals Thats what Vox subscriber Gaurav Patil wanted to know so producer Liz Scheltens started digging in. One" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=05nDoxdSzwY) 2022-10-20T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 875.1K engagements "Trump is forcibly removing homeless encampments in DC #shorts Meanwhile DC has one of the most expensive housing markets in the country. #trump #dc #homeless Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Check out http://www.vox.com. Watch our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyE Follow Vox on TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@voxdotcom Check out our articles: https://www.vox.com/ Listen to our podcasts:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=0LAx0dOTWHU) 2025-08-12T23:00Z 12.7M followers, 127.4K engagements "The golf ball that made golfers too good Golf's distance debate explained. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO These days pro golfers are hitting the ball far. Really far. And it's creating a problem: because modern golfers can reach the hole with fewer shots than before older courses -- like Augusta National Golf Club Oakmont Country Club and others -- are becoming obsolete. Now professional organizations like the United States Golf Association are struggling to find a solution for big powerful golfers like Dustin Johnson Bubba Watson and" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=0sKN7yYC42g) 2019-03-15T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 8.9M engagements "Why financial literacy education in the US sucks Blame the Space Race (kind of). Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO This video is presented by Metro by T-Mobile. Metro has no editorial influence on our videos but their support makes videos like these possible. Its a common refrain: school is full of useless (if interesting) lessons but we learn next to nothing about how to manage our finances. Its true that many Americans still lack basic financial knowledge which is a contributing factor to the money challenges high" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=0uvurQcj0fs) 2024-03-07T13:00Z 12.7M followers, 538.9K engagements "Is it time to worry about bird flu A practical guide to your bird flu fears. In [----] at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic avian flu began aggressively circulating in wildlife. Dead and sick birds began showing up on shorelines. Poultry farms were forced to cull millions of animals often in horrific ways to help stop the spread. Egg prices skyrocketed. Farmers lost millions of dollars. The problem doesnt stop with birds; avian flu has also been found in a wide range of mammals. More than [-----] sea lions in South America have reportedly died from it. Then on January [--] [----] the US reported the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=0wGIl2KDJrQ) 2025-02-11T13:00Z 12.7M followers, 623K engagements "What people miss about the gender wage gap It's more complex than women earning [--] cents for every dollar a man makes. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Read the full article by Sarah Kliff: http://www.vox.com/2016/8/1/12108126/gender-wage-gap-explained-real Check out the studies: http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/goldin/files/dynamics_of_the_gender_gap_for_young_professionals_in_the_financial_and_corporate_sectors.pdf When there is talk about the gender wage gap often the statistic heard is Women earn [--] cents for every dollar a man makes. While this is factually correct it does" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=13XU4fMlN3w) 2016-09-07T12:28Z 12.7M followers, 3.6M engagements "Shut up about the y-axis. It shouldnt always start at zero. What commenters get wrong about charts. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO If you write things on the internet angry email is inevitable. If you make charts on the internet angry email about those charts is inevitable. Especially if your charts sometimes use a y-axis that starts at a number other than zero. You see an old book called How to Lie With Statistics has convinced people that truncated axes are a devilish tool of deception. The truth is that you certainly can use truncated axes to deceive. But you can also use" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=14VYnFhBKcY) 2015-11-19T13:35Z 12.7M followers, 1.1M engagements "What Russia's war means for the International Space Station Can the US and Russia still collaborate in space Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO The International Space Station has been orbiting above us for the last [--] years. Its been home to astronauts from more than a dozen different countries but mostly Americans and Russians. The two former Space Race countries control the main parts of the station. The science done there has required close collaboration and so its been largely insulated from politics on Earth. But Russias invasion of" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=1JStTYpfWZk) 2022-04-13T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 3.6M engagements "2016 Olympics: What Rio doesnt want the world to see Rio is hiding poor people. See Part II: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=c3BRTlHFpBU Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO The [----] Olympics are set to begin in just over a month in Rio de Janeiro. As the city prepares to receive an influx of international visitors it is building new infrastructure and transportation systems to accommodate the surge. But the city is also undergoing another major project: hiding and removing poor people from view of foreign onlookers. I went to Rio to see how the city is transforming to make way for" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=1W_zM7koJy8) 2016-06-27T12:07Z 12.7M followers, 9.7M engagements "How colorized photos helped introduce Japan to the world The best hand-colored photos of the 19th century came from Japan. Become a Video Lab member http://bit.ly/video-lab For over [---] years Japan isolated itself from the outside world by forbidding most foreigners from entering the country. But in [----] a US naval expedition of warships forced Japan to open its port cities resulting in a flood of curious travelers from Europe and North America who established businesses there. Photography became a leading industry in newly opened Japan to satisfy a market of curious outsiders who wanted to" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=1kBQ0qlHz8M) 2020-10-05T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 872.5K engagements "How the US outsourced border security to Mexico Mexico is doing America's immigration dirty work. Follow Johnny to stay up to date: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/johnnywharris Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/johnnyharrisvox My dispatch about how US border security does its job: https://youtu.be/VIY0FF3TE_E Vox Borders Episodes: [--]. Haiti and the Dominican Republic ( https://youtu.be/4WvKeYuwifc) [--]. The Arctic & Russia (https://youtu.be/Wx_2SVm9Jgo) [--]. Japan & North Korea (https://youtu.be/qBfyIQbxXPs) [--]. Mexico & Guatemala (https://youtu.be/1xbt0ACMbiA) [--]. Nepal & The Himalaya" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=1xbt0ACMbiA) 2017-11-21T13:00Z 12.7M followers, 3.7M engagements "President Trumps war on birthright citizenship reaches the Supreme Court #shorts After returning to the White House President Trump signed an executive order stripping birthright citizenship away from the children of undocumented parents and temporary visa holders which set in motion a series of lawsuits blocking its enforcement. And now its headed to the Supreme Court in a case called Trump v. Barbara. For well over [---] years birthright citizenship has been enshrined in the Constitutionwith the understanding that anyone born on US soil is granted citizenship. But in Trump v. Barbara the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=23W18tofV40) 2026-01-23T20:47Z 12.7M followers, 38.6K engagements "Why AI art struggles with hands And how can it get better Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Make sure you never miss behind-the-scenes content in the Vox Video newsletter sign up here: http://vox.com/video-newsletter Hands drawn by robots often just dont look right. Why is that and what will it take to get better Producer Phil Edwards is exploring five different aspects of AI that help explain everything from large language models to where unusual training data comes from. In this first video he digs into why AI art struggles with hands." 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"Putin's war on Ukraine explained Ukraine is under attack. Follow Vox for the latest: https://bit.ly/3Kcg9Nb Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO On February 24th Russia launched a military invasion of Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin called it a special military operation but the scale of the attack shows this is a full-scale war that has already caused more than [---] casualties and forced more than half a million Ukrainians to flee their homes. Ukraine and Russias conflict goes back to [----] when Russia invaded and annexed Crimea"
YouTube Link 2022-03-02T21:52Z 12.7M followers, 12.3M engagements
"How the euro caused the Greek crisis Greece is in a state of economic and financial crisis that's dominated global headlines this week. Vox's Matt Yglesias explains the real roots of the crisis. For our more on the Greek crisis: http://www.vox.com/cards/eurozone-crisis Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Check out http://www.vox.com to get up to speed on everything from Kurdistan to the Kim Kardashian app. Check out our full video catalog:"
YouTube Link 2015-07-02T14:09Z 12.7M followers, 3.6M engagements
"How LSD and shrooms could help treat anxiety addiction and depression Psychedelic drugs could be the key to making you happier and healthier. So why won't we research them Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Check out http://www.vox.com to get up to speed on everything from Kurdistan to the Kim Kardashian app. Check out our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyE Follow Vox on Twitter: http://goo.gl/XFrZ5H Or on Facebook: http://goo.gl/U2g06o drugs"
YouTube Link 2016-07-25T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 2.3M engagements
"What's inside this crater in Madagascar On satellite imagery we spotted a village inside a strange crater in Madagascar. We set out to learn how it got there. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Right in the center of the island nation of Madagascar theres a strange almost perfectly circular geological structure. It covers a bigger area than the city of Paris and at first glance it looks completely empty. But right in the center of that structure theres a single isolated village: a few dozen houses some fields of crops and dirt roads stretching out in every direction. When we first"
YouTube Link 2023-12-05T17:40Z 12.7M followers, 15.2M engagements
"How the Republican Party went from Lincoln to Trump It wasn't always this way for the Republican Party. Help us make more ambitious videos by joining the Vox Video Lab. It gets you exclusive perks like livestream Q&As with all the Vox creators a badge that levels up over time and video extras bringing you closer to our work Learn more at http://bit.ly/video-lab Watch the history of the Democratic Party: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=Z6R0NvVr164 Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Todays Republican Party opposes big government. Its culturally conservative. Its demographic support is"
YouTube Link 2016-07-20T10:59Z 12.7M followers, 11M engagements
"How the rich avoid paying taxes Capital gains taxes explained. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO The richest in America don't make money like most Americans. Most people pay income taxes from a regular job. But many in the top 1% make money off their investments like stocks and pay capital gains taxes. While normal income has a maximum tax rate of 37% long-term capital gains tops out at just 20%. Changing that rate and some loopholes that benefit the wealthiest is seen as one way to tax the rich. Read more about how the richest avoid paying income taxes from Vox:"
YouTube Link 2021-07-08T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 4M engagements
"How soap kills the coronavirus Plain old soap and water absolutely annihilate coronavirus. Support Vox by joining the Video Lab at http://vox.com/join or making a one-time contribution here: http://vox.com/contribute You've been told a thousand times: wash your hands to stop the spread of COVID-19. But why does this work so well It has to do with the way the soap molecules are able to absolutely demolish viruses like the coronavirus. Read more on Vox: How does hand sanitizer compare to soap: http://bit.ly/2WqzEfo Songs to wash your hands by: http://bit.ly/2Uj3T5g How social distancing and"
YouTube Link 2020-03-18T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 11M engagements
"Why American public transit is so bad [----] Election Most Americans have no choice but to drive. How do we change that We produced this video in [----] as part of our US election coverage. The rest of those videos are at https://www.youtube.com/playlistlist=PLJ8cMiYb3G5eKjlXtsOo6SDi2ZvcHQ69q In the middle of the 20th century the US government made a decision that would transform American cities: It built a huge system of interstate highways many of which went right through the downtowns of its biggest cities. This sealed the country's fate as a car culture and today we're seeing the results. In"
YouTube Link 2020-10-22T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 6.8M engagements
"2025 in [--] minutes [----] was dominated by the second iteration of the Trump administration the release of the Epstein files and government shakeups that ranged from the longest federal shutdown in history to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene announcing her resignation. It was also a year of historic political moments from a ceasefire in Gaza to Gen Z-led government protests abroad and the rise of young politicians like Zohran Mamdani. Along the way the world got its first American pope Labubu became a household name and China upended the AI conversation with the introduction of DeepSeek. Amid"
YouTube Link 2025-12-31T12:30Z 12.7M followers, 614.1K engagements
"The problem with Monaco Grand Prix #shorts One of the biggest F1 races in the world also has the shortest circuit. Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vox is an explanatory newsroom on a mission to help everyone understand our weird wonderful complicated world so that we can all help shape it. Part of that mission is keeping our work free. You can help us do that by making a gift: http://www.vox.com/contribute-now Watch our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyE Follow Vox on TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@voxdotcom Check"
YouTube Link 2023-05-28T11:00Z 12.7M followers, 870.3K engagements
"Why you shouldn't drive slowly in the left lane Can we all agree that the left lane is for passing please Read more here: goo.gl/OMWfJq Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Check out http://www.vox.com to get up to speed on everything from Kurdistan to the Kim Kardashian app. Check out our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyE Follow Vox on Twitter: http://goo.gl/XFrZ5H Or on Facebook: http://goo.gl/U2g06o left lane drivers why you shouldn't drive slowly"
YouTube Link 2016-08-26T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 11.7M engagements
"Authoritarianism: The political science that explains Trump The obscure research that predicted Donald Trump. For more read Amanda Taub's feature "The rise of American authoritarianism": http://www.vox.com/2016/3/1/11127424/trump-authoritarianism and her analysis of the consequences for the Republican Party: http://www.vox.com/2016/4/28/11431892/after-trump-how-authoritarian-voters-will-change-american-politics Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Check out"
YouTube Link 2016-05-20T13:11Z 12.7M followers, 3.3M engagements
"The pickleball craze explained And how cities are dealing with the boom. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Pickleball a recreational racquet sport that combines tennis ping pong and badminton became a national obsession in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic. The sports popularity is due to the social nature of the game how easy it is to learn to play and the games portability. With nets that can be set up on any hard surface the game is generally more accessible than other racquet sports. But pickleballs spike in popularity created"
YouTube Link 2022-12-09T13:00Z 12.7M followers, 776.4K engagements
"Why so many "election deniers" lost in [----] The everyday people who beat back the assault on democracy (for now). Send us your questions https://forms.gle/ATu6kYgKNaEXSr3UA The belief that Donald Trump actually won the [----] US election is widespread among his most devoted followers. That belief rests on claims of massive voter fraud in the [----] election that have never been substantiated. And in the [----] elections many election deniers ran for state-level offices that have direct control over elections promising to limit access to voting if they won. Of all Republican nominees for"
YouTube Link 2022-11-18T13:00Z 12.7M followers, 932.8K engagements
"How silkworms make silk Silk production or sericulture is the nearly [----] year old process that supplies the world with its most prized threads. Subscribe to our channel http://www.youtube.com/subscription_centeradd_user=voxdotcom Vox.com is news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Check out http://www.vox.com to get up to speed on everything from Kurdistan to the Kim Kardashian app. Check out our full video catalog: youtube.com/voxdotcom/videos Follow Vox on Twitter: https://twitter.com/voxdotcom Or on Facebook:"
YouTube Link 2014-11-20T15:32Z 12.7M followers, 1.8M engagements
"Why Puerto Rico is not a US state Nearly half of Americans dont know that Puerto Ricans are US citizens. But they are and have been since [----]. Watch why Puerto Rico won't have power for months: http://bit.ly/2DBCPVp Read about Puerto Rico's latest bid for statehood: http://bit.ly/2DGlz4L Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO As residents of the US Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Puerto Ricans have US passports can travel freely throughout the country and can serve in the military. But that doesnt mean the US citizens who live in Puerto Rico get the same rights and benefits as US citizens"
YouTube Link 2018-01-25T15:59Z 12.7M followers, 2.4M engagements
"A fact-checked debate about legal weed [--] opposing perspectives and [--] true facts about cannabis legalization. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Chapters: 00:00 Introduction to format 1:04 Fact #1: Public opinion 2:11 Will's Introduction 2:41 Fact #2: Road safety 4:03 Paul's Introduction 4:24 Fact #3: Marijuana arrests 5:41 Fact #4: Cannabis business owners 7:14 Fact #5: Illicit market 9:15 Fact #6: Corporate interest 10:10 Closing statements There are few places in the world where you can walk into a licensed shop and buy marijuana for"
YouTube Link 2022-12-14T13:00Z 12.7M followers, 2.3M engagements
"The [----] Hubble photo that changed astronomy The Hubble Deep Field explained by the man who made it happen. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO If you hold a pin at arms length up in the air the head of the pin covers approximately the amount of sky that appears in the Hubble Deep Field. The iconic [----] image is crowded not because its a broad swath of sky but because its a broad swath of time. The Hubble Deep Field is more than [--] billion light-years deep. Robert Williams was the director of the Hubbles science institute back in [----] and it was his decision to attempt a deep field"
YouTube Link 2016-09-21T13:05Z 12.7M followers, 7.5M engagements
"Quiet Storm: How 1970s R&B changed late-night radio Quiet Storm is a late-night Black radio staple. Link to the extended interview with Fredara Hadley: https://youtu.be/QjAd49e0H8s Subscribe and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Late one evening in the summer of [----] a Howard University student named Melvin Lindsey was tapped to fill in as a host at WHUR the university-owned Black radio station. He chose a lineup of his favorite R&B ballads to soundtrack Washington DC that evening. The show was an accidental success. Shortly thereafter he was hired"
YouTube Link 2021-04-16T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 560.1K engagements
"Why US gun laws get looser after mass shootings Congress has rarely acted. But gun laws have been changing. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO For decades the US Congress failed to make meaningful movement on gun reform in the aftermath of mass shootings. But that weak federal response has obscured another story: that state gun laws change after mass shootings all the time. And a study found that in Republican-controlled state legislatures a mass shooting roughly doubles the number of laws loosening gun restrictions in the next year. In"
YouTube Link 2022-07-28T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 1.7M engagements
"How America became a superpower America grew from a colony to a superpower in [---] years. Help us make more ambitious videos by joining the Vox Video Lab. It gets you exclusive perks like livestream Q&As with all the Vox creators a badge that levels up over time and video extras bringing you closer to our work Learn more at http://bit.ly/video-lab 2:07 Correction: Cuba seceded from the US in [----]. With over [---] military bases around the globe the US is easily the most powerful nation on earth. But it wasn't always this way. The US once played an insignificant role in global affairs. In this"
YouTube Link 2016-11-23T13:15Z 12.7M followers, 16.4M engagements
"Volodymyr Zelenskyy explained in [--] moments Zelenskyy's rise in Ukraine from TV star to president. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Once known for his political comedy sketches and skits where he pretended to play the piano with his penis Volodymyr Zelenskyy was elected as the president of Ukraine in [----] in a landslide victory. Although he promised that his presidency would be different from other Ukrainian leaders who promise a lot yet do nothing President Zelenskyy would soon find himself unpopular with the public. Within two years he"
YouTube Link 2022-03-08T21:06Z 12.7M followers, 2.8M engagements
"Why everything you buy is worse now From clothes to tech why is everything so poorly made Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Maybe youve noticed: In the past [--] years everything we buy from clothes to technology has gotten just a little bit worse. Sweaters are more likely to tear. Phones are more likely to break. Smart toasters and TVs burn out and die after only a few years. It might seem like consumer products just arent built to last anymore. Whats going on Unfortunately (and fortunately) part of the problem is us. For decades weve"
YouTube Link 2023-02-09T13:00Z 12.7M followers, 4.9M engagements
"Why Hollywood loves this creepy bird call Once you hear it you cant unhear it. Sorry Subscribe and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO If youve seen any remotely creepy movie youve heard a loon wail: that mournful nearly human ooo-ooo-oooo. It pops up whenever a movie needs to convey melancholy or trepidation often accompanied by a full moon or some fog. But for the most part loons have no business being in the background of those scenes. With the help of some internet birders we took a deep dive (pun intended) into the world of loons to explain how"
YouTube Link 2021-10-13T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 3.8M engagements
"How this young prince seized power in Saudi Arabia MBS is transforming Saudi Arabia and the Middle East. Help us make more ambitious videos by joining the Vox Video Lab. It gets you exclusive perks like livestream Q&As with all the Vox creators a badge that levels up over time and video extras bringing you closer to our work Learn more at http://bit.ly/video-lab Mohammad bin Salman was designated as Saudi Arabia's new crown prince in June [----]. Since then he has rapidly consolidated power and led Saudi Arabia towards some progressive reforms such as granting women the right to drive. He also"
YouTube Link 2018-01-23T13:00Z 12.7M followers, 10.3M engagements
"Why humans are so bad at thinking about climate change The biggest problem for the climate change fight isnt technology its human psychology. This is the first episode of Climate Lab a six-part series produced by the University of California in partnership with Vox. Hosted by Emmy-nominated conservation scientist Dr. M. Sanjayan the videos explore the surprising elements of our lives that contribute to climate change and the groundbreaking work being done to fight back. Featuring conversations with experts scientists thought leaders and activists the series takes what can seem like an"
YouTube Link 2017-04-19T13:00Z 12.7M followers, 2.6M engagements
"Why there's a ring of natural disasters around the Pacific The belt of volcanic activity is called the Ring of Fire. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO The Ring of Fire is a band of volcanoes and frequent earthquakes that runs from New Zealand up through Eastern Asia across the Bering Strait and all the way down to the Southern tip of Chile. Volcanoes earthquakes and tsunamis appear around the boundaries of the several fast moving tectonic plates that make up the region. When the plates collide they create areas of volatility. The Ring of Fire sees more natural disasters than"
YouTube Link 2018-07-26T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 3.3M engagements
"The gun solution we're not talking about Universal background checks won't fix America's gun crisis. But there's something else that might. Become a Video Lab member http://bit.ly/video-lab It seems like after every mass shooting politicians talk about expanding background checks for gun buyers. But background checks don't actually do a great job of keeping dangerous people from getting guns. What does A licensing system where before you can buy a gun you need a license from the state. * Dig deeper into Massachusetts' licensing system on Vox.com:"
YouTube Link 2019-09-11T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 4.4M engagements
"Zohran Mamdani on his first priorities as NYC mayor (Full video interview) For Today Explained Voxs Astead Herndon sat down with New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani at his transition teams office to talk about how Mamdani plans to execute on his promises once in office. Earlier this year Herndon profiled Mamdanis rise for New York Times magazine interviewing the rising political star on the campaign trail several times. That October story broke down Mamdanis unprecedented rise and gave the play-by-play of his surprise primary election victory over former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. In"
YouTube Link 2025-12-30T19:00Z 12.7M followers, 107.3K engagements
"China's trillion dollar plan to dominate global trade It's about more than just economics. Help us make more ambitious videos by joining the Vox Video Lab. It gets you exclusive perks like livestream Q&As with all the Vox creators a badge that levels up over time and video extras bringing you closer to our work Learn more at http://bit.ly/video-lab To learn more visit https://reconnectingasia.csis.org/map/ Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO China's Belt and Road Initiative is the most ambitious infrastructure project in modern history. It spans over [--] countries and will cost over"
YouTube Link 2018-04-05T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 8.9M engagements
"The lost neighborhood under New York's Central Park Before Central Park was built a historic black community was destroyed. Help our reporting on hidden histories. Submit a story idea here: http://bit.ly/2RhjxMy If youve been to New York youve probably visited Central Park. But theres a part of its story you won't see. Its a story that goes back to the 1820s when that part of New York was largely open countryside. Soon it became home to about [----] people. Among them was a predominantly black community that bought up affordable plots to build homes churches and a school. It became known as"
YouTube Link 2020-01-20T13:00Z 12.7M followers, 12.1M engagements
"The US medical system is still haunted by slavery Black women's history matters in medicine. Read ProPublica's feature piece on how the US is the most dangerous industrialized country in which to give birth and racial disparities in maternal mortality make it even worse for women of color: https://www.propublica.org/article/nothing-protects-black-women-from-dying-in-pregnancy-and-childbirth And they're seeking your help in understanding the problem. If you nearly died during pregnancy or know someone who died due to childbirth related causes check out this page for more information:"
YouTube Link 2017-12-07T12:55Z 12.7M followers, 4.8M engagements
"The messy truth about free speech On September [--] Jimmy Kimmels late-night show opening monologue included comments about the shooting of right-wing media figure Charlie Kirk and how the "Maga gang" was "desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them. Soon after Brendan Carr the chair of the FCC and an appointee of President Donald Trump appeared on a conservative podcast and threatened to act against ABC and its parent company Disney for Kimmels remarks. On September [--] ABC and Disney suspended Jimmy Kimmel Live Kimmels suspension"
YouTube Link 2025-10-29T20:00Z 12.7M followers, 431.6K engagements
"Why America's police look like soldiers Why are the police bringing military assault rifles to protests And where did they get them Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Across the country Americans protesting racial injustice and police brutality the overwhelming majority of them peacefully have been met by police forces that look more like an army. Officers have shown up to protests with riot gear armored trucks and military rifles. This is what Americas police now look like and its the result of a decades-long buildup of military equipment among the countrys police departments. It"
YouTube Link 2020-06-25T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 6M engagements
"Why the US government is always shutting down How the US can shut down but other countries cant Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Towards the end of every year the countdown until the United States government goes into a shutdown begins. Congress and the President usually avoid it in the last hour but sometimes they dont manage to agree on a spending bill and the government actually shuts down. The US is really the only country that does this. The longest one in history in [----] lasted [--] days. Federal workers and many contractors didnt"
YouTube Link 2021-11-29T13:00Z 12.7M followers, 1.7M engagements
"The man who rigged America's election maps The story of the man who gerrymandered America. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO When Republican mapmaker Thomas Hofeller died in [----] we learned exactly how far Republicans were willing to go to gerrymander political districts and rig elections to give themselves majorities in statehouses and Congress. Here's Hofeller's obituary from [----] before his files were released: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/21/obituaries/thomas-hofeller-republican-master-of-political-maps-dies-at-75.html And here's David Daley one of the leading experts on"
YouTube Link 2019-10-17T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 2.7M engagements
"Why so many people need glasses now Nearsightedness is on the rise worldwide. How did that happen Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Over the past few decades children around the world have been diagnosed with nearsightedness at increasingly high rates. Nearsightedness or myopia can stabilize over time but it doesnt get better meaning that myopes will rely on glasses contact lenses or corrective surgery to see for their entire lives. The blurriness associated with myopia is caused by eyeballs that have grown too long; in a stretched-out"
YouTube Link 2023-03-07T13:00Z 12.7M followers, 3.6M engagements
"China is erasing its border with Hong Kong The border has an expiration date. Follow Johnny on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/johnny.harris/ Follow the Vox Borders watch page: https://www.facebook.com/VoxBorders/ Become a Video Lab member http://bit.ly/video-lab Joining the Video Lab is the best way to help us make more of the videos you love like Vox Borders. And you get access to a ton of perks too Learn more: http://bit.ly/video-lab With original music by Tom Fox https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUIM14Vyndaq8MuDeW7BsIg When Britain handed Hong Kong back to China in [----] Chinese"
YouTube Link 2018-07-25T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 15M engagements
"A look inside Australias bat hospital #shorts A baby bat getting a bubble bath might be the cutest thing weve ever seen 🥹🦇 Thats just a normal day at Tolga Bat Hospital a treatment center for Australias injured and orphaned flying foxes. Voxs senior environmental correspondent Benji Jones recently visited the hospital and met some of its unbearably adorable patients. You can read about his experience and learn more about flying foxes here: https://www.vox.com/climate/478025/australia-flying-fox-tolga-bat-hospital Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any"
YouTube Link 2026-02-10T17:37Z 12.7M followers, 27.6K engagements
"Fireworks explained Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO If youre in the US this July 4th youll be seeing a ton of fireworks. But have you ever wondered how they make sure that each individual firework epxlodes into a distinct and creative shape In this video we explain how fireworks work Vox is on a mission is to help everyone regardless of income or status understand our complicated world so that we can all help shape it. Part of that mission is keeping our work free. You can help us do that by making a gift:"
YouTube Link 2024-07-04T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 211.9K engagements
"Why South Africa is still so segregated How centuries of division built one of the most unequal countries on earth. Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) http://goo.gl/0bsAjO For decades South Africa was under apartheid: a series of laws that divided people by race. Then in the 1990s those laws were dismantled. But many of the barriers they created continue to divide South Africans by skin color - which in turn determines their quality of life access to jobs and wealth. Racial division was built into the fabric of cities throughout South Africa and it still hasn't been"
YouTube Link 2021-04-12T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 13.9M engagements
"Something weird happens when you keep squeezing Under extreme pressures matter defies the rules of physics as we know it. Help keep Vox free for everybody: http://www.vox.com/give-now Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Physicists have a pretty good handle on how stuff behaves on the surface of the Earth. But a lot of matter in the universe exists outside this narrow band of relatively low temperatures and pressures. Inside planets and stars the crushing force of gravity begins to overwhelm the electromagnetic and nuclear"
YouTube Link 2023-11-13T13:00Z 12.7M followers, 16.4M engagements
"So what exactly is the New Right The Gray Area A loose movement of radical intellectuals is driving American politics. Theyre called the New Right and they share a basic hostility to American liberal democracy a real desire to fundamentally overhaul it and real influence in the White House. But why do they think that How much influence do they really have And what would a response to their rising prominence look like Todays guest is Laura Field a political theorist whos spent a lot of time in the conservative intellectual world cataloging the wild world of far-right thinking for her book"
YouTube Link 2025-08-18T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 87.4K engagements
"Why the era of cheap streaming is over Why were all paying so much more for Netflix and what we can do about it. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO When streaming first came onto the scene it seemingly came with a promise: the movies and TV that you love without ads for a much cheaper price than cable. Less than [--] years down the line it feels like that promise has been broken. Streaming is more expensive than ever and prices just keep going up. Password sharing has been cracked down on forcing more of us to pay to stream. And in the backdrop of all that advertising is back with a"
YouTube Link 2024-04-05T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 1.3M engagements
"The problem with gamifying life The Gray Area Games are fun. Arent they Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO When we play games board games video games any kind of game something magical happens. Games allow us to explore to create little worlds where we can be different versions of ourselves. But when we turn life into a game where we have to get the best grade or the most money or the most likes then games stop being fun. Why is that This week Sean speaks with philosopher C. Thi Nguyen about what a game really is the difference between playing for enjoyment and playing to win and"
YouTube Link 2026-02-09T13:00Z 12.7M followers, 25.8K engagements
"Poland is pushing the EU into crisis Polands far-right party is subverting democracy and setting the country on a collision course with the EU. Help us make more ambitious videos by joining the Vox Video Lab. It gets you exclusive perks like livestream Q&As with all the Vox creators a badge that levels up over time and video extras bringing you closer to our work Learn more at http://bit.ly/video-lab For more detail on the [----] Independence day march read this excellent piece by Christian Davies in the Guardian:"
YouTube Link 2018-09-13T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 6.2M engagements
"How America could lose its allies [----] Election What is NATO And why is it still around This video was part of our [----] US election series. Watch more at https://www.youtube.com/playlistlist=PLJ8cMiYb3G5eKjlXtsOo6SDi2ZvcHQ69q For [---] years the US avoided formal alliances. It occasionally went to war -- fighting the War of [----] the Spanish-American War and World War I -- but did so without entangling itself in promises to other countries. Then after World War II it abruptly changed course and began to build a network of alliances unlike anything that had come before. Over the next few decades"
YouTube Link 2020-10-20T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 4M engagements
"How close is America to civil conflict The Gray Area Is America at a tipping point Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Sean Illing talks with Barbara Walter one of the worlds leading experts on violent extremism and domestic terror. Shes the author of How Civil Wars Start about how democracies unravel from within and a professor at UC San Diegos School of Global Policy and Strategy. Walter talks to Sean about the warning signs shes seeing in the US why polarization and party identity become combustible and what lessons we can draw from other countries. They also discuss what an"
YouTube Link 2025-10-13T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 153.3K engagements
"AI art explained How programmers turned the internet into a paintbrush. DALL-E [--] Midjourney Imagen explained. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Beginning in January [----] advances in AI research have produced a plethora of deep-learning models capable of generating original images from simple text prompts effectively extending the human imagination. Researchers at OpenAI Google Facebook and others have developed text-to-image tools that they have not yet released to the public and similar models have proliferated online in the open-source"
YouTube Link 2022-06-01T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 2.7M engagements
"What New Zealand can teach us about reparations The Mori fight for justice leads the way on how to reckon with a dark past. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO When the British colonized New Zealand they left the countrys indigenous Mori population with nearly no land; war and new diseases they introduced to the islands nearly killed off all Mori. Nevertheless Mori managed to survive and for decades they protested against the British crowns pillaging. By the 1970s the crown could no longer ignore Moris mass uprisings rallying for justice;"
YouTube Link 2022-12-15T13:00Z 12.7M followers, 1.2M engagements
"The George H.W. Bush promise that changed the Republican Party Six words that changed conservatism and American politics. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Presidents give hundreds of speeches but for better or worse Americans tend to remember just a few one-liners. For George Herbert Walker Bush the 41st US president that line was his pledge at [----] Republican National Convention when he accepted the nomination. Read my lips. No. New. Taxes. The crowd roared in approval but their cheers were short lived. Thats because when Bush took over the Oval Office he inherited the"
YouTube Link 2018-05-04T13:11Z 12.7M followers, 2.8M engagements
"How wildlife trade is linked to coronavirus And why the disease first appeared in China. NOTE: As our expert Peter Li points out in the video The majority of the people in China do not eat wildlife animals. Those people who consume these wildlife animals are the rich and the powerful a small minority. This video explains how the people of China are themselves victims of the conditions that led to coronavirus. The virus is affecting many different countries and cultures and there is never justification for xenophobia or racism. You can find further reading on this on Vox:"
YouTube Link 2020-03-06T13:00Z 12.7M followers, 23.8M engagements
"Are headphones destroying our hearing Heres how to protect your ears. This video is presented by BetterHelp. Head to http://betterhelp.com/voxvideo for 10% off your first month. BetterHelp doesnt have a say in our editorial decisions but they make videos like this possible. Support our work. Become a Vox Member today: http://www.vox.com/memberships I wear headphones every day. And if Im at work I have those bad boys on for nearly [--] hours straight. In a perfect world Im listening at a reasonable volumebut in reality its hard to know if thats true. So when does loud become too loud The answer"
YouTube Link 2024-06-25T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 1.1M engagements
"Why most images of Neptune are the wrong color #shorts If you want to learn more about how scientists colorize space Vox producer Coleman Lowndes has a great explainer on our channel: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=WSG0MnmUsEY&t=253s Here is a link to the University of Oxford study which has some news about Uranus too: https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/527/4/11521/7511973login=false Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vox is on a mission is to help everyone regardless of income or status understand our complicated"
YouTube Link 2024-01-17T21:50Z 12.7M followers, 3.4M engagements
"How the US stole thousands of Native American children The long and brutal history of the US trying to kill the Indian and save the man. Help our reporting on hidden histories. Submit a story idea here: http://bit.ly/2RhjxMy Toward the end of the 19th century the US took thousands of Native American children and enrolled them in off-reservation boarding schools stripping them of their cultures and languages. Yet decades later as the US phased out the schools following years of indigenous activism it found a new way to assimilate Native American children: promoting their adoption into white"
YouTube Link 2019-10-14T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 4.4M engagements
"Why China is losing the microchip war And why the US and China are fighting over silicon in the first place. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO In October [----] the Biden administration placed a large-scale ban on the sale of advanced semiconductor chips to China. They also implemented a series of other rules that prevents China from making these chips on their own. These chips are used in everyday technology like our mobile phones and computers. Theyre also crucial to military and intelligence systems which is one of the main reasons"
YouTube Link 2023-02-07T13:00Z 12.7M followers, 6M engagements
"Why you still don't understand the Green New Deal Political news coverage tends to focus on strategy over substance and thats making it less likely that the public will agree on big policy ideas when we need them the most. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO The Green New Deal is an ambitious proposal that outlines how the U.S. might begin transitioning towards a green economy over the next ten years. It includes steps like upgrading our power grid and renovating our transportation infrastructure. But most people watching news coverage likely dont know whats in the Green New Deal."
YouTube Link 2019-03-11T13:12Z 12.7M followers, 1.3M engagements
"Airplane black boxes explained Sometimes flight recorders are the only way the victims' families will know what happened to the plane. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Immediately following an airplane crash anywhere in US territory the National Transportation Safety Board dispatches a team of investigators to survey the wreckage gather information from the airline and from air traffic control and retrieve the plane's so-called "black boxes." These flight recorders one stores cockpit audio recordings the other stores airplane instrument data are sent to NTSB's lab in Washington"
YouTube Link 2016-06-16T13:35Z 12.7M followers, 3.3M engagements
"How tax brackets actually work There is a common misunderstanding about how tax brackets work in the US and its causing us to have uninformed debates about taxes. Become a member of the Vox Video Lab http://bit.ly/video-lab Watch our video on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's 70% tax plan here: https://youtu.be/bWRO-M47eCY Check out the podcast on this topic from Today Explained: https://bit.ly/2VEoEIC The TEx crew took a deep dive into Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's proposal for a marginal tax rate of 70% for top earners in America. A lot of people are upset and even more have no idea"
YouTube Link 2019-01-18T13:00Z 12.7M followers, 2.3M engagements
"The lies that sell fast fashion You deserve better than Shein. Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO There are countless articles and videos breaking down the abysmal labor practices horrifying environmental toll and overall mountain of waste produced by the fast fashion industry. Activists and even just large swaths of the general public have been raising the alarm about this for well over a decade but it hasnt stopped the rise of some of the worst offenders in the industry. For example the ultra-fast fashion brand Shein"
YouTube Link 2024-04-08T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 886K engagements
"Why every restaurant has the same desserts Desserts at restaurants have gotten boring heres why. This video is presented by Bluehost. Bluehost doesnt influence our editorial decisions but they make videos like this possible. When choosing a restaurant you probably look at a few things: What type of food do they serve How close is it Maybe if theyre allergen- or kid-friendly. Youre very likely looking at the list of entrees available to see if anything strikes you before even making a reservation. Its a pretty typical way to choose a restaurant. After all you want to enjoy your night out. But"
YouTube Link 2024-12-04T13:00Z 12.7M followers, 1.3M engagements
"Why Ethiopia is in a civil war The countrys leader won the Nobel Peace Prize. Then he went to war. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO In [----] after ending Ethiopias decades-long war with its neighbor Eritrea Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. It seemed like a new beginning for Ethiopia. After decades of dictatorships and oppressive regimes he appeared to finally be putting the country on a new path. But less than a year later Abiy had already launched a military attack on Tigray a regional state in his own country. When Abiy became prime minister in 2018"
YouTube Link 2021-05-28T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 1.6M engagements
"How IKEA gets you to impulsively buy more IKEA has mastered the Gruen effect. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Researchers estimate that [--] percent of purchases are unplanned. These purchases especially impulse buys present an opportunity for retailers who can entice consumers to deviate from their shopping lists. One of the most effective ways to influence this is through a stores architecture. In the 20th century the architect Victor Gruen who pioneered the first American shopping malls used light and space to dramatically stage goods in storefront windows. His designs were"
YouTube Link 2018-10-17T10:45Z 12.7M followers, 2.2M engagements
"Why scientists are so worried about this glacier It's at the heart of Antarctica and on the verge of collapse. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Man-made climate change is warming the planet's atmosphere and oceans and the effects are being felt the most at the poles. In Antarctica home to the largest chunk of ice on earth ice shelves and glaciers are beginning to collapse and one in particular could spell disaster. The Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica has retreated more than [--] kilometers in the last two decades as warm ocean water"
YouTube Link 2020-07-13T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 6M engagements
"How Wes Anderson uses miniatures In order to go big sometimes filmmakers go small. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Miniatures in movies are way more common than you may realize and one of the most stylish filmmakers keeping them alive is Wes Anderson. In this video we spoke to Simon Weisse prop maker and model marker for some of Wes Andersons recent projects like The Grand Budapest Hotel The French Dispatch and Asteroid City. Older movies like 1977s Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope had no choice but to use miniatures to make their"
YouTube Link 2023-06-23T15:41Z 12.7M followers, 2.6M engagements
"The Armenia and Azerbaijan war explained And where it leaves war-torn Nagorno-Karabakh. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Nagorno-Karabakh is a mountainous area in the Caucasus region between Europe and Asia. For more than [--] years it's been locked in a conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan. The fight between the two countries began in the early 20th century but became a frozen conflict for [--] years while the whole region was under the control of the Soviet Union. When the Soviet Union fell newfound independence sparked a brutal six-year war in the region where Armenia emerged"
YouTube Link 2020-12-03T13:00Z 12.7M followers, 4.1M engagements
"Were already using AI more than we realize How artificial intelligence hides in plain sight. Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO This video is sponsored by Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft [---]. Microsoft has no editorial influence on our videos but their support makes videos like these possible. We're living through an inflection point for artificial intelligence: From generated images and video to advanced personal assistants a new frontier of technologies promises to fundamentally change how we live work and play. And yet"
YouTube Link 2024-02-28T13:00Z 12.7M followers, 727.2K engagements
"From white supremacy to Barack Obama: The history of the Democratic Party The party completely flipped. Watch the history of the Republican Party: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=s8VOM8ET1WU Correction: A previous version of this video incorrectly indicated that the republican candidate in [----] was James K. Polk. It was William Taft. We regret the error. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO The Democratic Party is the longest-existing political party in the US and arguably the world. But in its over [---] year existence it's completed a remarkable ideological and geographic"
YouTube Link 2016-11-07T13:09Z 12.7M followers, 3.3M engagements
"Why useless decongestants are still for sale Phenylephrine doesnt work better than a placebo. So why is it still on shelves Help keep Vox free for everybody: http://www.vox.com/give-now Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO If youve taken an over-the-counter decongestant in the past [--] years youve probably taken something with phenylephrine as the main active ingredient. A Food and Drug Administration panel recently recommended that it be taken off shelves because it doesnt work any better than a placebo. What happened In"
YouTube Link 2023-10-05T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 935.6K engagements
"Why some cheese is yellow Cheese is yellow milk is white. Whats going on here Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO While making a grilled cheese the other day a question popped into my mind: Why is cheese often yellow even though milk is white Of course this isnt entirely true across the (cheese)board cheese comes in a remarkable range of colors from pale white to deep yellow-orange. Take cheddar for instance it can be found in both shades. So which color is the "real" cheese Vox is on a mission is to help everyone"
YouTube Link 2024-10-10T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 517.1K engagements
"Why this font is everywhere How Cooper Black became pop cultures favorite font. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Theres a typeface that has made a resurgence in the last couple of years. Its appeared on hip hop album covers food packaging and advertising. Perhaps you know it from the Garfield comics Tootsie Roll logo or the Pet Sounds album cover by the Beach Boys. It's called Cooper Black and its popularity and ubiquity has never waned in the hundred years since it was first designed. In the video above Steven Heller and Bethany Heck tell the story of Cooper Black and"
YouTube Link 2020-06-16T12:30Z 12.7M followers, 2.6M engagements
"Why children get so many vaccines Children get a lot of shots in the first few years of life. Heres why. For decades parents and pediatricians have followed the CDCs Childhood Immunization Schedule. Its a monthly schedule that lays out the age a child should be vaccinated for common infectious diseases. Its main goal is to protect one of our most vulnerable populations: children especially those under the age of one and its been wildly successful at doing just that. Diseases like polio or measles that at one time left children paralyzed brain damaged or even dead were eliminated in the United"
YouTube Link 2025-07-24T12:01Z 12.7M followers, 404.8K engagements
"Why does this forest look like a fingerprint We set out to solve why a forest in the middle of Uruguay looked like that and wound up finding something much bigger. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Deep in the geographic center of Uruguay theres a peculiar group of trees just a few kilometers down the road from the small town of San Gregorio de Polanco. From the ground it's not particularly notable. But from above the view is mind-boggling: Hundreds of trees are arranged in perfect concentric arcs all spiraling toward the center. Together they look remarkably like a human"
YouTube Link 2024-05-09T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 1.7M engagements
"How radical gardeners took back New York City Seed bombs the "tree lady of Brooklyn" and the roots of urban gardening. Subscribe and turn on notifications (🔔 ) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO New York City looked a lot different in the 1960s and 1970s. A sharp economic decline and white flight meant there was mass disinvestment and urban decay particularly in the citys lower-income neighborhoods. Its what Hattie Carthan and Liz Christy noticed in their communities when they each set out to revive their neighborhoods by making them greener. Ultimately their radical acts of"
YouTube Link 2021-06-07T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 1.8M engagements
"This plane could cross the Atlantic in [---] hours. Why did it fail The Concorde gave us supersonic transport. But why did this supersonic plane fail The answer is complicated. Follow Phil Edwards and Vox Almanac on Facebook for more: https://www.facebook.com/philedwardsinc1/ Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Check out http://www.vox.com Check out our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyE Follow Vox on Twitter: http://goo.gl/XFrZ5H Or on Facebook:"
YouTube Link 2016-07-19T12:50Z 12.7M followers, 18M engagements
"How Michigan explains American politics How Republicans won Michigan how they lost it and what it all tells us. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO The blue wall once referred to a group of Northeast Midwest and West Coast states that conventional wisdom said always vote for Democrats. Unfortunately for Democrats that was wrong and in [----] Donald Trump shockingly won three blue wall states including narrowly the state of Michigan. It maybe shouldnt have been such a shock though. All three of the blue states Trump won actually had a history"
YouTube Link 2024-01-11T13:00Z 12.7M followers, 2.4M engagements
"Why this red state made preschool free How Oklahomas universal pre-K program became a model for its progressive peers. Support our work. Become a Vox Member today: http://www.vox.com/memberships Universal pre-K an ambitious social program usually championed by progressives has been in place in one of the most conservative US states since [----]. Oklahomas universal pre-k program was just the second in the country (behind Georgia) and has since become a model for how these programs can boost school readiness economic well-being and community health. The story of how Oklahoma enacted this big"
YouTube Link 2025-05-08T12:01Z 12.7M followers, 576.7K engagements
"What your credit score actually means Its not just you. Credit scores are confusing as hell. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO This video is presented by Secret. Secret doesnt have a say in our editorial decisions but they make videos like this possible. When credit scores were invented just a few decades ago they were hailed as a way to democratize lending. Today theyve become so essential that not having one can essentially lock you out of daily life. Having a low score can make life challenging too. These scores have a long history and a lot of problems. In this video well show"
YouTube Link 2023-12-14T13:55Z 12.7M followers, 762.5K engagements
"Inside Rios favelas the city's neglected neighborhoods The Rio you wont see at the Olympics Watch part [--] "2016 Olympics: What Rio doesnt want the world to see" https://www.youtube.com/watchv=1W_zM7koJy8 Correction: The map at 1:23 had previously and incorrectly indicated Rio de Janeiro's location near the Ro de la Plata Basin. We have fixed this and apologize for the error. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Twenty-five percent of the residents of Rio de Janeiro live in informal communities called favelas. Not fully slums but not fully integrated into the city either these favelas"
YouTube Link 2016-08-01T11:58Z 12.7M followers, 5.6M engagements
"Kamala Harris explained in [--] moments The rise of Kamala Harris from San Francisco prosecutor to presidential nominee. Support our work. Become a Vox Member today: http://www.vox.com/memberships Vice President Kamala Harris is potentially on the verge of becoming one of the most powerful people on Earth. At the same time in part because her rapid ascent to the Democratic presidential nomination didnt involve the sustained public attention of a long presidential primary shes more of a cipher to many Americans than major party presidential nominees typically are. So who is Kamala Harris In this"
YouTube Link 2024-08-09T21:45Z 12.7M followers, 2.7M engagements
"The big problem with how we pick juries A legal loophole makes juries less diverse. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Four years after the shooting death of Laquan McDonald the police officer Jason Van Dyke faced his day in court. But in a trial where race became central to the case theres only one black person on the jury. And thats in a county where nearly a quarter of people are black. How did this happen In jury selection racial discrimination has historically been tricky. Discrimination isnt allowed in jury selection thanks to whats called a Batson challenge. But the problem"
YouTube Link 2018-10-12T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 2.5M engagements
"Why the US and Iran are fighting over this tiny waterway The Strait of Hormuz the jugular of the global economy" has become a useful bargaining chip for Iran. Become a Video Lab member http://bit.ly/video-lab The Strait of Hormuz is a narrow waterway that lies between Iran and Oman. This [--] mile-wide passage supports 20% of the worlds oil supply. A closure of this waterway could send the global economy into a tailspin. In recent months several oil tankers have been seized attacked and harassed. These oil tankers and this narrow water passage are at the center of the conflict between the US"
YouTube Link 2019-08-22T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 3.4M engagements
"A brief history of America and Cuba [---] years of tension may be coming to an end. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Check out http://www.vox.com to get up to speed on everything from Kurdistan to the Kim Kardashian app. Check out our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyE Follow Vox on Twitter: http://goo.gl/XFrZ5H Or on Facebook: http://goo.gl/U2g06o Cuba international relations map Cuba international relations map"
YouTube Link 2016-04-12T13:06Z 12.7M followers, 3.5M engagements
"Color film was built for white people. Here's what it did to dark skin. The unfortunate history of racial bias in photography. Subscribe today: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO For decades the color film available to consumers was built for white people. The chemicals coating the film simply weren't adequate to capture a diversity of darker skin tones. And the photo labs established in the 1940s and 50s even used an image of a white woman called a Shirley card to calibrate the colors for printing. Concordia University professor Lorna Roth has researched the evolution of skin tone imaging. She explained"
YouTube Link 2015-09-18T14:56Z 12.7M followers, 5.8M engagements
"How Southern socialites rewrote Civil War history The United Daughters of the Confederacy altered the South's memory of the Civil War. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO The United Daughters of the Confederacy was a significant leader of the Lost Cause an intellectual movement that revised history to look more favorably on the South after the American Civil War. They were women from elite antebellum families that used their social and political clout to fundraise and pressure local governments to erect monuments that memorialized Confederate heroes. They also formed textbook review"
YouTube Link 2017-10-25T12:03Z 12.7M followers, 4.8M engagements
"Who's really using up the water in the American West Hint: water scarcity in the Western US has more to do with our diets than our lawns. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO The Western United States is currently battling the most severe drought in thousands of years. A mix of bad water management policies and manmade climate change has created a situation where water supplies in Western reservoirs are so low states are being forced to cut their water use. Its not hard to find media coverage that focuses on the excesses of residential"
YouTube Link 2022-09-26T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 1.5M engagements
"Why Mad Men is a show like no other Here's everything you need to know to start watching Mad Men today: http://www.vox.com/cards/mad-men/what-is-mad-men Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Check out http://www.vox.com to get up to speed on everything from Kurdistan to the Kim Kardashian app. Check out our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyE Follow Vox on Twitter: http://goo.gl/XFrZ5H Or on Facebook: http://goo.gl/U2g06o vox news current events world"
YouTube Link 2015-04-03T18:43Z 12.7M followers, 966.6K engagements
"How sperm got all the credit in the fertilization story The school system probably failed you. Heres how fertilization really happens. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO The fertilization story most of us know is skewed. In the textbooks we read in middle school and high school its presented like a sort of fairytale: The strong sperm go on a journey where they have to defeat and overcome obstacles to reach the egg. Meanwhile the egg just sits around waiting to be fertilized. The story inherently carries a lot of gender bias and whats worse is that its not entirely true. The sperm"
YouTube Link 2021-07-02T16:15Z 12.7M followers, 555.8K engagements
"How Trumps second term will be different What Donald Trumps win means for abortion immigration foreign policy and more. Support our work. Become a Vox Member today: http://www.vox.com/memberships Donald Trump the 45th president of the United States will also be its 47th president. After voting him out of office in [----] American voters changed their minds opting for a return to his policies and his politics. But the second Trump presidency will look very little like the first. His policies have evolved his circumstances have changed and he will be returning to office with a much more focused"
YouTube Link 2024-11-06T13:35Z 12.7M followers, 5.7M engagements
"The surprising pattern behind color names around the world Why so many languages invented words for colors in the same order. Help us make more ambitious videos by joining the Vox Video Lab. It gets you exclusive perks like livestream Q&As with all the Vox creators a badge that levels up over time and video extras bringing you closer to our work Learn more at http://bit.ly/video-lab In [----] two Berkeley researchers Paul Kay and Brent Berlin published a book on a pretty groundbreaking idea: that every culture in history when they developed their languages invented words for colors in the exact"
YouTube Link 2017-05-16T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 8.6M engagements
"Why does the US have [---] military bases around the world It costs taxpayers billions to keep US bases around the globe running. Why are they there in the first place Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO The US has around [---] military bases in other countries which costs an estimated $100 billion annually a number that could be much higher depending on whether you count the bases still open in Iraq and Afghanistan. This is according to American University professor David Vine in his book Base Nation in which he seeks to quantify the financial environmental and human costs of keeping"
YouTube Link 2015-05-18T14:24Z 12.7M followers, 4.1M engagements
"Three takeaways from a conversation with Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker #shorts Voxs Astead Herndon is back in his hometown of Chicago to speak with Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker about why the Democrats lost in [----] Pritzkers own weight-loss journey and everything in between. You can watch their full interview here on YouTube. Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Check out http://www.vox.com. Watch our"
YouTube Link 2026-02-14T13:01Z 12.7M followers, 21K engagements
"The British Museum is full of stolen artifacts And so far it isn't giving them back. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Some of the worlds greatest cultural and historical treasures are housed in Londons British Museum and a significant number of them were taken during Britains centuries-long imperial rule. In recent years many of the countries missing their cultural heritage have been asking for some of these items back. Benin City in Nigeria is one of those places. They've been calling for the return of the Benin Bronzes hundreds of artifacts looted in [----] when British soldiers"
YouTube Link 2020-08-05T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 6.7M engagements
"How figure skating scoring rewards risk over artistry The new figure skating scoring system is complicated and controversial. Here's how it works. Learn why the triple axel is such a big deal: http://bit.ly/2oGrA7N Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO At the Pyeongchang [----] Winter Olympics Mirai Nagasu became the first American woman to land a triple axel in an Olympic event just the third woman ever to accomplish this feat. She failed to cleanly land the same jump at the [----] US Figure Skating Championship in San Jose California but she still received [----] points for the jump"
YouTube Link 2018-02-13T14:18Z 12.7M followers, 1.1M engagements
"Why Germany is hooked on Russian gas How Germany got stuck paying for Russia's war. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Since Russias invasion of Ukraine the EU has sanctioned much of Russias economy but Russias natural gas trade remains untouched. The EU gets nearly a quarter of its energy from natural gas and almost half of that comes from Russia the worlds largest gas exporter. As the EUs largest economy Germany is Russias biggest customer paying Russias state-owned gas company [---] million euros. So while Germany has even sent Ukraine"
YouTube Link 2022-05-18T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 2.9M engagements
"The Israel-Palestine conflict: a brief simple history The conflict is really only [---] years old. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO One of the biggest myths about the Israel-Palestine conflict is that it's been going on for centuries that this is all about ancient religious hatreds. In fact while religion is involved the conflict is mostly about two groups of people who claim the same land. And it really only goes back about a century to the early 1900s. At its heart it is a conflict between two self-determination movements the Jewish Zionist project and the Palestinian nationalist"
YouTube Link 2016-01-20T18:05Z 12.7M followers, 27.7M engagements
"Why all world maps are wrong Making accurate world maps is mathematically impossible. Follow Johnny on Instagram www.instagram.com/johnny.harris/ Help us make more ambitious videos by joining the Vox Video Lab: http://bit.ly/video-lab Maps are flat representations of our spherical planet. Johnny Harris cut open a plastic globe to understand just what it takes to turn a sphere into something flat. His struggle to make a flat map out of the plastic globe is indicative of a challenge mapmakers have faced for centuries: It is mathematically impossible to translate the surface of a sphere onto a"
YouTube Link 2016-12-02T12:15Z 12.7M followers, 23.7M engagements
"Why building things in America has become so hard The Gray Area Why is it so hard for America to build things Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Bridges take years to construct. Housing costs are soaring. Transit systems are crumbling. And were struggling to update our infrastructure to prepare for the climate crisis. Even when theres broad agreement that something needs to be done collective action feels impossible. Why is that Todays guest is Marc Dunkelman author of Why Nothing Works a book about the modern American"
YouTube Link 2026-01-12T13:01Z 12.7M followers, 31.6K engagements
"How "Spider-Verse" forced animation to evolve Non-photorealistic rendering has opened up an alternative to the ubiquitous Pixar look. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO When you think of CGI animated films you likely think of Pixar. The studio practically invented the genre with 1995s Toy Story the first CGI animated feature film. After Toy Story almost all animation studios wanted to follow in Pixars successful footsteps straight down to their style. Many studios sought out The Pixar Look: extremely high quality physically based and in"
YouTube Link 2022-09-10T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 3.8M engagements
"How to make a movie look like one long shot The trick to spotting cuts in a one-take film. Become a Video Lab member http://bit.ly/video-lab The Best Picture nominee [----] tells a pretty simple story: two British soldiers cross the no mans land of World War I to warn a battalion of an impending ambush. What really makes the movie stand out is how director Sam Mendes and cinematographer Roger Deakins made the movie look like it was filmed in one continuous take. The techniques required to pull off hidden cuts have their roots in Alfred Hitchcock's movie Rope and if you look closely you can"
YouTube Link 2020-02-06T13:00Z 12.7M followers, 1.7M engagements
"Why the US has so many tornadoes Tornado Alley experiences more tornadoes than anywhere else in the world why This video is presented by CuriosityStream: https://www.curiositystream.com/Vox Become a Video Lab member http://bit.ly/video-lab The United States experiences more tornadoes than any other country averaging over [----] per year. Most of those twisters are touching down in the central part of the country in an area called Tornado Alley. While the boundaries of this tornado hotbed are disputed theres no denying that something is going on here and it all has to do with geography. The map"
YouTube Link 2019-07-30T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 2.2M engagements
"From spy to president: The rise of Vladimir Putin Putins intent on pushing back against the Western world order. and it appears to be working. Follow Vox for the latest: https://bit.ly/3Kcg9Nb Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vladimir Putin has been ruling Russia since [----]. In that time he has shaped the country into an authoritarian and militaristic society. The Soviet Union dissolved into [--] new countries including the new Russian Federation. In Putins eyes Russia had just lost [--] million square miles of territory. But Putins regime"
YouTube Link 2017-03-23T12:02Z 12.7M followers, 20.1M engagements
"The real reason cheese is yellow Cheese is yellow milk is white. Whats going on here Support our work. Become a Vox Member today: http://www.vox.com/memberships While making a grilled cheese the other day a question popped into my mind: Why is cheese often yellow even though milk is white Of course this isnt entirely true across the (cheese)board cheese comes in a remarkable range of colors from pale white to deep yellow-orange. Take cheddar for instance it can be found in both shades. So which color is the "real" cheese To unravel this mystery I sat down with Paul Kindstedt former president"
YouTube Link 2024-10-08T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 760.4K engagements
"Why the US government murdered Fred Hampton What we aren't taught about the Black Panther Party. Subscribe and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO On December 4th [----] the Black Panther Partys Illinois Chairman Fred Hampton was murdered by police. But his story is about much more than the raid that took his life. The movement Hampton helped create was unique and revolutionary. In the late 1960s Fred Hampton helped lead a coalition of activists working across racial lines against a corrupt city government that threatened their communities. At the core"
YouTube Link 2021-06-02T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 4.2M engagements
"Why obvious lies make great propaganda For leaders like Trump and Putin telling big lies isn't about persuasion -- it's about power. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO At first glance US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin seem to have wildly different communication styles. But what they share is a tendency to repeat big obvious lies -- a tactic researchers have dubbed the firehose of falsehood. Whether its lying about Russian troops in Crimea or falsely claiming millions of people voted illegally during the [----] election both leaders demonstrate a kind of"
YouTube Link 2018-08-31T14:17Z 12.7M followers, 3.9M engagements
"Why the US is always hitting a "debt ceiling" Is the huge US national debt a problem Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Nearly every year America seems to teeter on the edge of a crisis as the national debt comes dangerously close to hitting the debt ceiling and the President and Congress fight over raising it. The debt ceiling is really just a limit on how much debt the country can take on. While the US isnt the only country to have one it is the only country to have legislation that regularly puts it on the brink of economic disaster."
YouTube Link 2021-10-20T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 2.2M engagements
"How the US created an ambulance crisis And what can be done about it. Thanks to our sponsor T-Mobile: http://t-mobile.com/FirstResponders Here's a pretty obvious statement: In the more rural spread-out parts of the US an ambulance will typically take a while to get to you. Makes sense. Driving a longer distance takes longer. Here's the catch: other emergency services like police and fire don't actually have this same problem; it's relatively unique to ambulances. It turns out that emergency response time is about a little more than distance. Something is different about ambulances that is"
YouTube Link 2025-06-03T12:01Z 12.7M followers, 868.9K engagements
"The Taliban explained How theyve taken over Afghanistan again. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO The roots of the Taliban movement go back to [----] when the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan. They were there to prop up a communist Afghan government that was supported by a minority of urban residents. But the vast majority of Afghans lived in rural areas. Here authority came from tribal and ethnic groups and life revolved around conservative practices of Islam. Rural Afghans formed militias called mujahideen and drove out the Soviets. But"
YouTube Link 2021-11-10T13:00Z 12.7M followers, 3.4M engagements
"The formula for selling a million-dollar work of art Some dead sharks are worth $12 million. The biggest factor in the price of art often isn't quality or effort it's branding. But when a new artist steps into the art market he or she has no reputation no branding. That's where art dealers come in. They promote educate and help artists to gain fame and success. To learn more about the economics of the art market you can get Don Thompson's "The $12 Million Stuff Shark" here: https://www.amazon.com/Million-Stuffed-Shark-Economics-Contemporary/dp/0230620590 Vox.com is a news website that helps"
YouTube Link 2016-10-05T12:27Z 12.7M followers, 1.4M engagements
"Proof of evolution that you can find on your body You have your mom's smile your dad's eyes and the ear muscles of a Triassic mammal. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vestigial structures are evolution's leftovers body parts that through inheritance have outlived the context in which they arose. Some of the most delightful reminders of the common ancestry we share with other animals they show that the building blocks of the human body predate our species by hundreds of millions of years. Forty-two percent of Americans say that humans"
YouTube Link 2016-03-17T13:48Z 12.7M followers, 38.5M engagements
"Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker speaks about his weight loss #shorts Does Illinois Gov. JB Pritzkers recent weight loss point to a potential [----] presidential run 👀 He sets the record straight in a conversation with Voxs Astead Herndon. You can watch their full interview on Saturday wherever you get your podcasts or here on YouTube. Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Check out http://www.vox.com."
YouTube Link 2026-02-13T19:59Z 12.7M followers, 35.2K engagements
"2023 in [--] minutes The years already over Lets look back. Help keep Vox free for everybody: http://www.vox.com/give-now Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO [----] was dominated by a few big stories: climate change making everything hotter; the Israel-Hamas war; blockbuster movies and concert tours. And during all the massive global shifts celebrations and devastation life happened. Watch this video to remember the major events from this turbulent year. Read more about this year on Vox.com. Vox.com is a news website that helps"
YouTube Link 2023-12-26T13:00Z 12.7M followers, 6.1M engagements
"America's presidential primaries explained Why does America's system for picking the president start in Iowa Before Americans vote on the next president in November both major political parties have to settle on a nominee. That process is called the primary and in [----] it consists of [--] different contests held on [--] different days over several months. And for some reason it all starts in the midwestern state of Iowa. So how did America's political parties come up with this system And is there a better way to do it Read more from Li on the future of Iowa:"
YouTube Link 2020-02-21T13:00Z 12.7M followers, 2.2M engagements
"America's cocaine habit fueled its migrant crisis And it's destroying Guatemala and Honduras. Help us make more ambitious series like Vox Atlas by joining the Vox Video Lab. It brings you closer to our work and gets you exclusive perks like livestream Q&As with your favorite Vox creators. Learn more at http://bit.ly/video-lab Today the US is facing a migration crisis on its southern border with Mexico. Thousands of people from Central America especially Guatemala and Honduras are fleeing their home countries taking a dangerous journey north through Mexico and claiming asylum in the US. How"
YouTube Link 2019-02-08T13:00Z 12.7M followers, 1.5M engagements
"Who made these circles in the Sahara Someone left these marks in the sand. We had to find out who. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Deep in the Sahara far from any towns roads or other signs of life is a row of markings in the sand. There are dozens of them stretching for miles in a straight line in central Algeria each consisting of a central point surrounded by a circle of [--] nodes like numbers on a clock. And when we started making this video no one seemed to know what they were. We first saw the circles back in September [----] after"
YouTube Link 2022-05-10T14:00Z 12.7M followers, 9.5M engagements
"Magic Eye: The optical illusion explained The science behind the stereogram craze of the 1990s. You might have remembered when sterograms appeared on Seinfeld. Learn about how these images trick the brain. Sources: MagicEye.com http://www.magiceye.com/ MagicEye.js http://peeinears.github.io/MagicEye.js/ EasyStereogramBuilder.com http://www.easystereogrambuilder.com/3d-stereogram-maker.aspx Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Check out http://www.vox.com to"
YouTube Link 2016-10-21T14:06Z 12.7M followers, 2.8M engagements
"Bernie Sanders' accent explained Bernie Sanders' accent explained Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump both speak with a New York City accent. And Queens College linguist Michael Newman thinks it might be good for their brand. Writing in the New York Times he said: "Americans have come to associate New Yorkers and so New York accents with saying what you mean intense emotional talk and not worrying too much about whom you offend." But the larger pattern outside this year's presidential race is that the New York City accent is stigmatized and its most"
YouTube Link 2016-02-18T16:20Z 12.7M followers, 4.2M engagements
"JB Pritzker wants to take down Trump Today Explained Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has a playbook for fighting back against the Trump administration and he says its working. Few Democratic politicians have leaned into the fight against the Trump administration as aggressively as he has. While some blue-state leaders have tried to find a lane of compromise or quiet resistance Pritzker has gone the other direction: signing laws to limit ICE operations in Illinois creating an accountability commission staffed by retired federal judges suing the federal government and successfully blocking the"
YouTube Link 2026-02-14T13:01Z 12.7M followers, 13.3K engagements
"MAGA successfully bullied Trump into releasing the Epstein files #shorts The Epstein files have united the left and right forcing President Donald Trump to reverse course and release the documents after months of calling the demands a hoax. Host and editorial director Astead Herndon cuts through the noise to make sense of what led to this U-turn from Trump. #MAGA #Trump #Epstein Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events"
YouTube Link 2025-11-21T23:12Z 12.7M followers, 49.1K engagements
"Who actually pays for your credit card rewards Heres why youre paying for credit card rewards even if you use cash. Help us make more ambitious videos by joining the Vox Video Lab. It gets you exclusive perks like livestream Q&As with all the Vox creators a badge that levels up over time and video extras bringing you closer to our work Learn more at http://bit.ly/video-lab Shoppers love credit card rewards. Banks promise offers of cash back bonus miles and cash bonuses to get you to sign up and spend. In [----] 92% of all credit card spending was made on a rewards card. Some people like Brian"
YouTube Link 2019-02-15T13:00Z 12.7M followers, 1.9M engagements
"It's not you. Bad doors are everywhere. This video is about doors. Joe Posner investigates with some help from 99% invisible a wonderful podcast. Check them out here: http://www.99pi.org Subscribe to our channel here: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO There's a door on the 10th floor in the Vox Media office I hate so much. You probably know one of these too. But it's not our fault. And luckily Roman Mars of 99% Invisible magically arrived in my cellphone to send me on a cross-country journey to find out the incredible surprises behind this common complaint: Don Norman started complaining about doors over"
YouTube Link 2016-02-26T15:26Z 12.7M followers, 10.7M engagements
"Why we say OK How a cheesy joke from the 1830s became the most widely spoken word in the world. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO OK is thought to be the most widely recognized word on the planet. We use it to communicate with each other as well as our technology. But it actually started out as a language fad in the 1830s of abbreviating words incorrectly. Young intellectuals in Boston came up with several of these abbreviations including KC for knuff ced OW for oll wright and KY for know yuse. But thanks to its appearance in Martin Van Burens [----] presidential re-election"
YouTube Link 2018-09-12T11:59Z 12.7M followers, 11.9M engagements
"How the US created a disaster in Afghanistan What was the purpose of America's longest war Subscribe and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO On August [--] [----] the Taliban took over Afghanistans capital Kabul. The Afghan president fled the country. Almost all of Afghanistan is now under Taliban control. It marks the end of an era: Americas longest war is now over and it lost. And it happened fast stunning the world and leaving many in the country racing to find an exit. But even among those surprised by the way the end played out many knew the war was"
YouTube Link 2021-08-25T22:46Z 12.7M followers, 1.9M engagements
"Where Maos famous suit actually came from #shorts Mao made the suit iconic but its origin predates his rise. vox.com vox explain mao mao suit mao zedong mao tse-tung xi jinping jiang zemin deng xiaoping sun yat-sen zhongshan suit fashion design history communism chinese communist party republic of china people's republic of china vox.com vox explain mao mao suit mao zedong mao tse-tung xi jinping jiang zemin deng xiaoping sun yat-sen zhongshan suit fashion design history communism chinese communist party republic of china people's republic of china"
YouTube Link 2024-01-26T22:14Z 12.7M followers, 1.5M engagements
"Why cartoon characters wear gloves Animators had a few tricks up their slee.err gloves. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Check out http://www.vox.com to get up to speed on everything from Kurdistan to the Kim Kardashian app. Check out our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyE Follow Vox on Twitter: http://goo.gl/XFrZ5H Or on Facebook: http://goo.gl/U2g06o vox current news cartoons estelle caswell mickey mouse bugs bunny looney tunes blackface"
YouTube Link 2017-02-02T12:59Z 12.7M followers, 13.7M engagements
"How [--] companies control the beef industry Corporate consolidation is making it impossible for cattle ranchers to stay afloat. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Cattle auctions happen every day throughout the US; they serve a crucial purpose for the cattle markets. Inside one of these auctions like the one we profile in St. Onge South Dakota you can see how a competitive market functions. There are multiple producers and buyers competing for a commodity which results in a value or price for that commodity. But over the past [--] years the"
YouTube Link 2021-09-29T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 4.1M engagements
"How Norway designed a more humane prison Theres a better way to design prison architecture. Become a Video Lab member http://bit.ly/video-lab Halden Prison in Norway looks sort of like a fancy dorm room or a hotel much different than the barbed wire and cramped cells we often associate with prison design. Its look is all part of a plan to create a more humane prison one where the architecture isnt part of the punishment. Most prisons around the world are consolidated into one single building. This style makes it easy and efficient for inmates to move around but the design is monotonous and"
YouTube Link 2019-04-12T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 5.5M engagements
"Russias private military force explained Inside the Wagner Groups playbook. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO On January [--] [----] the Ukrainian town of Soledar was reportedly captured. But it wasnt captured by the Russian army under Vladimir Putins command. The announcement came from a relatively unknown man Yevgeny Prigozhin who said his troops now controlled the town. The troops are part of the Wagner Group a private army that has become a prominent force alongside Russian troops in the war against Ukraine. But they arent new. They've"
YouTube Link 2023-02-14T13:00Z 12.7M followers, 2.8M engagements
"How an opera gets made Vox gets a peek behind the scenes at the Metropolitan Opera. Become a Video Lab member http://bit.ly/video-lab Akhnaten is a modern opera by Philip Glass first performed in [----]. It tells the story through a minimalist and mesmerizing score of the Egyptian pharaoh who is considered the first monotheist. Estelle follows the opera's lead Anthony Roth Costanzo through the various phases of rehearsal from working with his vocal coach in a Manhattan apartment to taking the stage in a dress covered in doll heads surrounded by jugglers. Subscribe to our channel"
YouTube Link 2019-12-04T13:30Z 12.7M followers, 615.7K engagements
"The incredible sport of cup stacking explained Sport stacking cup stacking speed stacking whatever you call it this sport is mesmerizing to watch. Follow Phil Edwards and Vox Almanac on Facebook for more: https://www.facebook.com/philedwardsinc1/ Thanks to Zhewei Wu. Here's his channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/Purperxo Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Check out http://www.vox.com to get up to speed on everything from Kurdistan to the Kim Kardashian"
YouTube Link 2017-01-25T13:49Z 12.7M followers, 2.2M engagements
"How Olympic divers make the perfect tiny splash We talked to Team USAs head coach to find out. Subscribe and turn on notifications (🔔 ) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Elegant Olympic dives fly by in a matter of seconds. Because of that its hard to know what to look for when you try to judge the sport from your couch. One thing thats easy to see though The splash. If youve watched any Olympics diving coverage you may have noticed that the splashes athletes make are tiny. Divers spend years training to perform with minimal splash in the same way that gymnasts train to stick"
YouTube Link 2021-08-05T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 21.4M engagements
"Why Yankee Doodle called it "macaroni" What's the deal with Yankee Doodle Dandy and macaroni Vox's Phil Edwards explains. Follow Phil Edwards and Vox Almanac on Facebook for more: https://www.facebook.com/philedwardsinc1/ More background here: http://www.vox.com/2015/9/13/9312147/macaronis-yankee-doodle We've all heard the Yankee Doodle Dandy lyrics and wondered what they meant. But the Yankee Doodle song turns out to have a surprisingly logical explanation. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's"
YouTube Link 2016-01-26T15:41Z 12.7M followers, 586.2K engagements
"Why these all-white paintings are in museums and mine aren't Why do all-white paintings sell for millions of dollars and end up in museums Help us make more ambitious videos by joining the Vox Video Lab. It gets you exclusive perks like livestream Q&As with all the Vox creators a badge that levels up over time and video extras bringing you closer to our work Learn more at http://bit.ly/video-lab So-called "white paintings" are in museums all across the world and Robert Ryman's all-white painting "Bridge" sold for a record $20.6 million at a Christie's auction in [----]. How are these seemingly"
YouTube Link 2017-09-08T11:00Z 12.7M followers, 7.9M engagements
"How FIFA corrupted the World Cup And how Russia and Qatar took advantage of it. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO On December [--] [----] FIFA announced the [----] World Cup would take place in a surprising country Qatar. At that same meeting they also announced that the [----] World Cup would take place in Russia. These selections set off a new chapter in FIFAs history one where the public would have a greater sense on how bribery and corruption have a huge role in who gets to host this international sporting event. The last [--] World Cup locations were decided by a group of [--] powerful"
YouTube Link 2022-11-23T13:00Z 12.7M followers, 3.9M engagements
"False Positive: When forensic science fails Full version How science and justice failed Robert Lee Stinson. Join the video lab to support more ambitious projects like this one: https://www.vox.com/join False Positive is a documentary produced by Vox Senior Producer Joss Fong about the conviction of Robert Lee Stinson.Stinson spent [--] years in a Wisconsin prison for murder after two forensic odontologists concluded that his teeth matched bite marks found on the body of the victim. False Positive looks at the structural and cultural factors that have made the U.S. criminal justice system"
YouTube Link 2019-02-13T14:40Z 12.7M followers, 1.2M engagements
"Asian flush explained It's not because they're drunker than you are. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Asian flush also widely known as Asian glow is when Chinese Japanese and Korean people turn red after drinking alcohol. What causes Asian glow Genetics basically. Around 36% of Northeast Asians are deficient in one of the enzymes that metabolizes alcohol due to a gene mutation called ALDH2*2. This leads to a buildup of a toxic substance called acetaldehyde which causes Asian flush and can also cause cancer especially esophageal cancer. /// Vox.com is a news website that helps you"
YouTube Link 2015-08-12T16:21Z 12.7M followers, 3.8M engagements
"The Green New Deal explained What's actually in the Green New Deal Become a Video Lab member http://bit.ly/video-lab The Green New Deal is an ambitious plan to fight the effects of climate change. Its the only American plan that actually acknowledges the size of the impending crisis. And it contains some difficult truths that we might not want to hear. Read the Green New Deal resolution here: https://ocasio-cortez.house.gov/sites/ocasio-cortez.house.gov/files/Resolution%20on%20a%20Green%20New%20Deal.pdf For additional context I recommend this piece by Voxs Umair Irfan on the United Nations"
YouTube Link 2019-06-12T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 2.4M engagements
"What "defund the police" really means It's not as radical as it sounds. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Among those protesting police brutality in the US there is a slogan thats taken hold: defund the police. The key idea is a push to move the billions of dollars we spend on police in the US to social services and other public spending. The disparities between policing budgets and those of other city agencies are massive. And while defunding the police might sound radical its a policy activists have been talking about for decades. For some it can mean reforms that simply lessen"
YouTube Link 2020-06-26T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 1.6M engagements
"How dementia villages work Can miniature towns make dementia care more humane Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO On any given day at the Hogeweyk you can see locals wandering the streets going out for coffee folding laundry and tending gardens all surrounded by lush outdoor space. Located in Weesp a Dutch city just outside Amsterdam the Hogeweyk is a planned village intentionally designed for one purpose: maximizing quality of life for its [---] residents all of whom have severe dementia. Inside nurses and doctors dont wear uniforms meals"
YouTube Link 2022-08-18T15:11Z 12.7M followers, 4.1M engagements
"When white supremacists overthrew a government The hidden history of an American coup. Help our reporting on hidden histories. Submit a story idea here: http://bit.ly/2RhjxMy Correction at 7:23: Cynthia's ancestors lived in Wilmington not her descendants. In November [----] in Wilmington North Carolina a mob of [----] white men expelled black and white political leaders destroyed the property of the citys black residents and killed dozens--if not hundreds--of people. How did such a turn of events change the course of the city For decades the story of this violence was buried while the"
YouTube Link 2019-06-20T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 4.7M engagements
"The boxing film that was banned around the world In [----] boxing heavyweight champion Jack Johnson defeated Jim Jeffries in the "Battle of the Century" and the nation erupted. Subscribe to Vox and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO On December [--] [----] American boxer Jack Johnson became the first Black heavyweight champion of the world after defeating defending champion Tommy Burns in a title fight in Sydney Australia. Black fighters were typically denied the chance to win the heavyweight title a de-facto line of segregation that was known as the color"
YouTube Link 2021-02-24T13:00Z 12.7M followers, 2.5M engagements
"The [---] images NASA wants aliens to see Here are all the photos flying through interstellar space on Voyager's Golden Record. http://www.vox.com/2015/11/11/9702090/voyager-golden-record-pictures Help us make more ambitious videos by joining the Vox Video Lab. It gets you exclusive perks like livestream Q&As with all the Vox creators a badge that levels up over time and video extras bringing you closer to our work Learn more at http://bit.ly/video-lab Sources: http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/spacecraft/scenes.html http://www.amazon.com/Pale-Blue-Dot-Vision-Future/dp/0345376595"
YouTube Link 2015-11-11T16:01Z 12.7M followers, 16.2M engagements
"How the British failed India and Pakistan The two nations were born at war which can be traced back to this British strategy. Join the Video Lab http://bit.ly/video-lab For nearly [---] years India was ruled by the British. The large nation was home to three dominant religious groups Hindus Muslims and Sikhs. In order to discourage unified Indian campaigns for independence the British reinforced divisions along religious lines. By [----] the British were finally ready to turn India over to Indian rule. But the seeds of discontent had been sowed. And the handover of power would be more bloody than"
YouTube Link 2019-03-22T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 1.7M engagements
"The biggest Easter eggs in Bad Bunnys Super Bowl halftime show #shorts Did you catch these nods to Puerto Rican culture and history during Bad Bunnys Super Bowl halftime show 👀 Voxs deputy editor and Benito aficionado Izzie Ramirez breaks down some of the most important moments. You can read the full analysis here: https://www.vox.com/culture/478480/bad-bunny-puerto-rico-halftime-show-super-bowl-lx Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's"
YouTube Link 2026-02-09T18:36Z 12.7M followers, 510.9K engagements
"Meet the designer cats with wild blood Bengals Savannahs and Toygers explained. Help us make more ambitious videos by joining the Vox Video Lab. It gets you exclusive perks like livestream Q&As with all the Vox creators a badge that levels up over time and video extras bringing you closer to our work Learn more at http://bit.ly/video-lab Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Check out http://www.vox.com to get up to speed on everything from Kurdistan to the Kim Kardashian app. By breeding house cats"
YouTube Link 2017-03-13T12:01Z 12.7M followers, 7.6M engagements
"What makes a truly great logo Here's how a simple mark ends up meaning something big as a great logo. Joe Posner and Michael Bierut (designer of the Hillary Clinton logo) explain. For more from Michael Bierut on graphic design check out his book "How to use graphic design to sell things explain things make things look better make people laugh cry and (every once in a while) change the world": http://www.amazon.com/How-Michael-Bierut/dp/0062413902 Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO About once a month there's a new logo to fight about on the internet. The biggest one in recent memory"
YouTube Link 2015-12-28T14:12Z 12.7M followers, 4.6M engagements
"The collapse of Venezuela explained Venezuela is in chaos. How did we get here Correction at 1:58: The Supreme Court tried to strip the countrys National Assembly of its powers in March [----] and not [----]. We regret the error. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Venezuela was once the richest country in Latin America. It has the largest known oil reserves in the world and its democratic government was once praised world wide. But today Venezuelas democratic institutions and its economy are in shambles.The country has the highest inflation in the world making food and medicine"
YouTube Link 2017-08-25T11:50Z 12.7M followers, 9.1M engagements
"How these buildings made Turkey-Syrias earthquake so deadly And can the buildings be fixed Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO On the morning of February [--] a pair of powerful earthquakes [---] and [---] hit Turkey and Syria. On top of that the region was hit with strong aftershocks which made the destruction even worse. The death toll is already in the tens of thousands with many victims still lying beneath the rubble. Multiple factors led to this earthquake being so devastating like fault lines neighborhoods still reeling from war and delayed"
YouTube Link 2023-02-14T23:33Z 12.7M followers, 5.9M engagements
"Why we all need subtitles now It's not you the dialogue in TV and movies has gotten harder to hear. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Have you ever been watching a show or movie and then a character delivers a line so unintelligible you have to scramble to find the remote and rewind For me this moment came during the climax of the Pete Davidson film The King of Staten Island where his most important line was impossible to understand. I had to rewind three times and eventually put subtitles on to finally pick up what he was saying. This"
YouTube Link 2023-01-20T17:38Z 12.7M followers, 17.3M engagements
"Why Trumps MAGA is experiencing so much infighting Just a year after Donald Trumps return to power cracks are forming inside MAGA. The movement that once felt unstoppable is now plagued by infighting disillusionment and growing criticism of Trump himself. In this Reporter Extra Vox senior correspondent Andrew Prokop who recently reported a story on the fractures within the MAGA movement goes deeper and explores how the defeat of wokeness has left MAGA without a common enemy and why that victory may be accelerating internal conflict and threatening the future of the coalition. Check out the"
YouTube Link 2025-12-24T18:16Z 12.7M followers, 97.8K engagements
"What 'Orwellian' really means The Gray Area We use Orwellian to describe everything from campus dust-ups to authoritarian crackdowns. But what did George Orwell actually stand for what did he get wrong and what can we learn from him about our age of surveillance capitalism and distraction Seans guest is Laura Beers historian at American University and author of Orwells Ghosts: Wisdom and Warnings for the 21st Century. They dig into Orwells defense of truth over ideology his crusade against euphemism his experience with propaganda and persecution in Spain and why [----] and Animal Farm only"
YouTube Link 2025-11-10T13:01Z 12.7M followers, 31.3K engagements
"Youre not awkward the world is The Gray Area We all know what awkwardness feels like. It's that jolt of discomfort when the social script breaks down and no one knows what to do next. But what if awkwardness isnt a flaw to fix but a window into how we live together Seans guest today is Alexandra Plakias associate professor of philosophy at Hamilton College and author of Awkwardness: A Theory. They talk about why awkwardness isnt a personal problem but a social one how power and privilege shape who gets to be awkward and why our fear of discomfort often keeps us from saying what really"
YouTube Link 2025-11-18T13:01Z 12.7M followers, 42.6K engagements
"Why its hard for Americans to retire Theres a reason so many of us dont have enough retirement savings. Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO This video is presented by Metro by T-Mobile. Metro has no editorial influence on our videos but their support makes videos like this possible. Vox sat down with people in our New York City studio to talk to them about the state of their retirement savings. By the standards of most financial experts Americans are woefully behind on saving for retirement. The reason why is rooted in"
YouTube Link 2024-03-21T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 947.2K engagements
"How cruise ships got so big Todays cruise ships are several times as big as the Titanic. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Cruise ships are freaking big. Theyre the biggest passenger vessels humans have ever built. In size and appearance they look nothing like almost any other boat. So how did they get that way The predecessor of todays cruise ships was the ocean liner: big beautiful ships that sailed across the Atlantic. But ocean liners had a totally different purpose from cruise ships: They were for transportation. Everything about"
YouTube Link 2023-08-01T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 3M engagements
"How to understand the Air Quality Index #shorts How to understand the Air Quality Index where you live explained by Coleman Lowndes. Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vox is an explanatory newsroom on a mission to help everyone understand our weird wonderful complicated world so that we can all help shape it. Part of that mission is keeping our work free. You can help us do that by making a gift: http://www.vox.com/contribute-now Watch our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyE Follow Vox on TikTok:"
YouTube Link 2023-06-07T22:00Z 12.7M followers, 291.7K engagements
"The real story of the Green Book Until the Civil Rights Act passed in [----] the Green Book was critical for black Americans wanting to travel across the country. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Road tripping in the 20th century became an iconic American obsession and the rising middle class was eager to travel the country on the new interstate highway system. The Green Book was a unique travel guide during this time when segregation was practiced all over the country. The book which grew to cover locations in all [--] states listed hotels restaurants gas stations beauty salons and"
YouTube Link 2018-03-15T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 1.4M engagements
"What makes Delhi's air so deadly The policy behind the pollution. Become a Video Lab memberhttp://bit.ly/video-lab Every November Northern India experiences some of the most dangerous air pollution levels in the world. Typical pollution sources like car exhaust construction dust and industry emissions are partially responsible but there is another factor that makes Delhi's air deadly. A policy was enacted in [----] and it is wreaking havoc on the lungs of residents in India's capital city. To learn what it is and what's being done to stop it make sure to watch the video above. To learn more"
YouTube Link 2019-12-16T13:00Z 12.7M followers, 5.9M engagements
"How changes to the H-1B visa program will likely leave American workers worse off #shorts The H-1B visa program isnt perfect. While it does allow US companies to hire foreign workers who legitimately contribute rare intellectual skills organizations often abuse the program as a way to acquire cheap labor. But President Donald Trumps $100000 fee on new visa applications isnt the be-all and end-all solution he thinks it is. Heres why. #h1bvisa #immigration Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vox.com is a news website that"
YouTube Link 2025-09-24T22:31Z 12.7M followers, 54.3K engagements
"The science is in: Exercise isnt the best way to lose weight Why working out is great for health but not for weight loss explained in five minutes. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Check out http://www.vox.com to get up to speed on everything from Kurdistan to the Kim Kardashian app. Check out our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyE Follow Vox on Twitter: http://goo.gl/XFrZ5H Or on Facebook: http://goo.gl/U2g06o lose weight losing weight weight"
YouTube Link 2016-06-29T12:58Z 12.7M followers, 13.6M engagements
"How the Kurds became a key player in Syria's war Its an unlikely place for a democratic revolution. The headline for this video has been updated. The previous version was: How Syrias Kurds are trying to create a democracy. Watch more Vox Atlas: http://bit.ly/2DeS9Gk Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Since the start of the Syrian civil war Kurdish people in the North have carved out an autonomous region of their own Rojava by fighting the Islamic State. Their militias which form the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have emerged as the most effective fighters against ISIS and won them"
YouTube Link 2018-03-12T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 2.6M engagements
"Why everything on the internet is getting worse The Gray Area Open a browser and you can feel it instantly: everything online just feels worse. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Search results that look like ads. Social feeds that you dont control. Streaming platforms that are packed with ads. Services that used to be free but are now behind paywalls. Its not your imagination its enshittification the process by which good platforms turn bad and its starting to happen outside the internet as well. Seans guest today is Cory Doctorow author of Enshittification: Why Everything"
YouTube Link 2025-10-20T12:01Z 12.7M followers, 115.7K engagements
"The real reason Egypt is moving its capital Cairo isnt the problem. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO In [----] Egypts government announced it would build a new capital city [--] kilometers outside of Cairo the current capital. It was a shocking announcement since Cairo a city of more than [--------] people has been the capital of Egypt for decades. The government claims that Cairo has become too overcrowded and that moving the capital will give both Cairos residents and government workers more space. But this excuse is not new. For decades"
YouTube Link 2022-09-07T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 3.6M engagements
"What it means to be Black in Brazil Racism rooted in slavery has not gone away in Brazil and it took time until its existence was even acknowledged. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Brazil imported more African slaves than any other country in the world: over [--] million people. Despite the ancestry forming a big part of the population the development of a national Black identity was hindered after the countrys abolition of slavery in [----]. Brazil didnt have an apartheid system like South Africas or Jim Crow laws like the United States and its mixed population was seen as a symbol"
YouTube Link 2020-09-23T12:51Z 12.7M followers, 1.8M engagements
"How Finland defeated fascism In the 1930s a radical conservative faction almost pushed Finland into full authoritarianism. Called the Lapua movement it was a far-right group of Finns who sought to overthrow the republic marginalize communists and install an authoritarian government. They managed to disrupt Finlands political order through threats of violence and symbolic kidnappings in which they would capture political rivals and drive them to the Soviet border. They earned the support of center-right and moderate politicians who believed they could harness the passion and support of this"
YouTube Link 2026-01-30T13:01Z 12.7M followers, 497.5K engagements
"Walking while black Jacksonvilles enforcement of pedestrian violations raises concerns about another example of racial profiling: http://propub.li/2hCCBaE After watching a viral video of a Jacksonville cop stopping a young black man for jaywalking reporters Ben Conarck and Topher Sanders examine how walking while black can come at a high price. In this second piece of the Vox + ProPublica collaboration they dig into how police citations for pedestrian violations often fall along the lines of race and poverty and introduce us to some of the people fighting these tickets. Check out the full"
YouTube Link 2017-11-16T12:55Z 12.7M followers, 6.5M engagements
"Why red means Republican and blue means Democrat The major party color schemes and the terms red state and "blue state" are actually a recent phenomenon. Subscribe to our channel https://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Check out http://www.vox.com to get up to speed on everything from Kurdistan to the Kim Kardashian app. Check out our full video catalog: https://goo.gl/IZONyE Follow Vox on Twitter: https://goo.gl/XFrZ5H Or on Facebook: https://goo.gl/U2g06o [----] election nbc cbs abc"
YouTube Link 2016-09-15T14:45Z 12.7M followers, 2.5M engagements
"Why Americans love big cars Its not just a consumer choice; its a policy choice. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Its no secret that big cars dominate American roads. But even so some of the stats are staggering: Last year [--] percent of all new cars sold in the US were SUVs and trucks. Thats compared to just [--] percent in [----]. Meanwhile many automakers are phasing out passenger cars as consumer demand for them has disappeared. Not all of this is a result of consumer choice though. A huge factor in why SUVs and trucks are so popular in"
YouTube Link 2023-07-25T20:00Z 12.7M followers, 2.6M engagements
"Expensive wine is for suckers You don't have to spend a lot of money on a bottle of wine. Few wine experts and regular people can tell the difference between expensive wine and cheap wine. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Check out http://www.vox.com to get up to speed on everything from Kurdistan to the Kim Kardashian app. Check out our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyE Follow Vox on Twitter: http://goo.gl/XFrZ5H Or on Facebook:"
YouTube Link 2015-05-20T18:29Z 12.7M followers, 6M engagements
"Why GLP-1 drugs are a solution for some and a problem for others #shorts GLP-1 drugs seem to be everywhere these days. One in eight adults say theyre taking the drugs. And brands like Wegovy and Ro even ran commercials during the Super Bowl. But are GLP-1s a one-size-fits-all solution Not exactly. Clinical psychologist Dr. Sera Lavelle spoke to Today Explained guest host Jonquilyn Hill about whether GLP-1 drugs are harmful or hurtful and why the answer to that question is nuanced and dependent on a patients history. You can listen to the full episode of Today Explained wherever you get your"
YouTube Link 2026-02-13T14:01Z 12.7M followers, 14.5K engagements
"America's lawyers vs. China's engineers The Gray Area America has a hard time building stuff. Roads. Trains. Bridges. Housing. Everything takes seemingly forever. Meanwhile China seems to have no trouble at all: high-speed rails solar panels electric cars bridges ports all churned out at breakneck speed. Why is that Sean's guest is Dan Wang author of the new book Breakneck: Chinas Quest to Engineer the Future. They discuss the policies and mindset that allow China to tackle remarkable feats of engineering the advantages and drawbacks of Americas "lawyerly society" and what China and America"
YouTube Link 2025-08-25T12:01Z 12.7M followers, 127.8K engagements
"The rise of ISIS explained in [--] minutes Its history goes back way before the group ever existed. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO In the few short years since the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria formed it has done the seemingly impossible seizing vast areas of the Middle East to form a mini-state it calls a reincarnation of the ancient Caliphate. It is at war with all its neighbors and virtually the entire world yet someone remains and is launching increasingly deadly terror attacks abroad. To understand how this terrible group came about and how it has grown so powerful you need"
YouTube Link 2015-12-16T15:30Z 12.7M followers, 9.9M engagements
"Inside North Korea's bubble in Japan Why North Korea has childrens schools in Japan Follow Johnny to stay up to date on Vox Borders: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/johnnywharris Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/johnnyharrisvox My dispatch about Japan's rising right-wing nationalism: https://youtu.be/IHJsoCAREsg Original Music by Rare Henderson: https://www.rarehenderson.com/audio Vox Borders Episodes: [--]. Haiti and the Dominican Republic ( https://youtu.be/4WvKeYuwifc) [--]. The Arctic & Russia (https://youtu.be/Wx_2SVm9Jgo) [--]. Japan & North Korea (https://youtu.be/qBfyIQbxXPs) [--]. Mexico"
YouTube Link 2017-10-31T12:01Z 12.7M followers, 7.4M engagements
"Why China is winning the EV war And what it means for US climate goals. Support our work. Become a Vox Member today: http://www.vox.com/memberships The Biden administration set a climate goal that [--] percent of all new car sales in the US would be electric by [----]. Meanwhile China reached that milestone this year in [----]. This video explains how China was able to fast-track EV adoption and develop an EV battery that rivals what any other country has been able to do so far. Its been a decade of government strategies that have created some of the biggest battery companies in the world like CATL"
YouTube Link 2024-06-07T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 3.2M engagements
"2021 in [--] minutes Year two of the coronavirus pandemic was filled with vaccines and variants summer Olympics joys and sorrows. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO [----] was a year like no other. Vox looks back on the biggest moments that defined an unpredictable year. Make sure you never miss behind-the-scenes content in the Vox Video newsletter. Sign up here: http://vox.com/video-newsletter Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Check out"
YouTube Link 2021-12-29T13:00Z 12.7M followers, 3.3M engagements
"How San Francisco erased a neighborhood A hotel at the heart of San Franciscos housing wars Help our reporting on hidden histories. Submit a story idea here: http://bit.ly/2RhjxMy With an explosion of tech companies and startups in recent decades San Francisco has struggled with a massive affordable housing crisis. But the beginnings of that crisis go back much further than Silicon Valley. In [----] a group of predominantly Filipino elders in San Francisco launched a battle to protect their home from eviction. Called the International Hotel their home ended up in the crossroads of a city"
YouTube Link 2020-03-10T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 1.8M engagements
"The dark history of "gasoline baths" at the border An alarming US border policy forced fumigations on migrants at the US-Mexico border. Help our reporting on hidden histories. Submit a story idea here: http://bit.ly/2RhjxMy In [----] American health officials launched a campaign to use noxious often toxic chemicals to delouse immigrants seeking to enter at the US-Mexico border. The same practice had caused a fire in an El Paso jail the year before and killed [--] people. 17-year-old Jurez maid Carmelita Torres refused to go through it sparking a protest of thousands of Mexicans at the El Paso"
YouTube Link 2019-07-29T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 3.9M engagements
"El Chapo's drug tunnels explained How El Chapo dug his way to the top of the drug trade. Check out the Today Explained podcast episode on El Chapo here: https://bit.ly/2DaFZS8 Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Throughout his career as a drug trafficker tunnels have been the common theme in El Chapos story. When he gained control of a major drug trafficking corridor in the late 1980s Joaquin Guzman Loera then known as el Rapido was the first to create super tunnels for transporting drugs across the border. At the time a crackdown by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) meant"
YouTube Link 2019-01-29T13:00Z 12.7M followers, 11.6M engagements
"The bridge design that helped win World War II Its a simple innovation that helped win a war. The Bailey bridge was Donald Baileys innovative solution to a number of wartime obstacles. The allies needed a way to cross bodies of water quickly but bombed-out bridges or an absence of crossings entirely made that incredibly difficult. That was only compounded by new heavy tanks that needed incredibly strong support. Baileys innovation a modular moveable panel bridge solved those problems and gave the allies a huge advantage. The 570-pound steel panel could be lifted by just six men and the"
YouTube Link 2021-03-12T13:00Z 12.7M followers, 1.2M engagements
"Why Disney World is in Florida Disney World really is a kingdom. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Have you ever wondered why Disney World is located where it is Or how it came to be such a massive self-contained universe Its a story that involves secret land deals special districts and now a corporation and a government locked in a feud. The story of why Disney World is in Florida marries business and governmental concerns about the creation of the massive property. The engineering ranges from unique physical construction (like the"
YouTube Link 2023-06-09T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 1.9M engagements
"Why Poland is having huge protests The countrys women are furious at their government. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO In October and November of [----] Poland saw its biggest protests since the fall of its communist regime [--] years ago. Hundreds of thousands of women marched in defiance of a new court ruling that would outlaw abortions under almost any circumstance. Poland has long had some of the strictest abortion laws in Europe. But in [----] the right-wing party Law and Justice (PiS) came to power in Poland and promptly started trying to narrow abortion access in the country"
YouTube Link 2020-12-08T13:00Z 12.7M followers, 1.7M engagements
"What BMI doesn't tell you about your health The way we define obesity is flawed. Read more about Body Mass Index's flaws on Vox.com: http://bit.ly/2nxeQ2U The body mass index better known as BMI is a measure of obesity that has been in use for over [---] years. It was a formula created by Belgian mathematician Adolphe Quetelet. It takes your weight (sorry my fellow Americans everyone else is on the metric system) in kilograms divides and divides it by height in meters squared. And from this you get a number that represent your total body mass relative to your height and weight. The ranges go"
YouTube Link 2018-02-01T14:30Z 12.7M followers, 3.7M engagements
"The business of independent movie theaters explained How do theater owners stay alive in a business thats constantly dying This video is presented by Verizon Business. Verizon Business has no editorial influence on our videos but their support makes videos like these possible. SMB Days promotion only valid until 8/17/2025. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Every few years someone declares the end of moviegoing. First it was cable then VHS then DVDs streaming and even COVID. And yet the big screen persists. Sure the landscape has changed. Since [----] the U.S. has lost nearly 5000"
YouTube Link 2025-08-05T11:45Z 12.7M followers, 234K engagements
"Over 60% of men under [--] are single #shorts Despite stereotypes painting single women as desperate for romantic partnership and men as content eternal bachelors reticent to be tied down a study showed that single women are overall more satisfied with their lives than single men. And according to the Pew Research Center [--] percent of men under [--] are single compared to [--] percent of women. #Single #SingleMen #Men #Intimacy #Masculinity Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through"
YouTube Link 2025-09-04T22:00Z 12.7M followers, 91.3K engagements
"Barbies past life as a German sex worker #shorts Before she was a surgeon an astronaut or a marine biologist Barbie was a German sex worker named Lilli. Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vox is an explanatory newsroom on a mission to help everyone understand our weird wonderful complicated world so that we can all help shape it. Part of that mission is keeping our work free. You can help us do that by making a gift: http://www.vox.com/contribute-now Watch our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyE Follow Vox on TikTok:"
YouTube Link 2023-07-31T20:20Z 12.7M followers, 2.8M engagements
"The real experiments that inspired Frankenstein When Mary Shelley published her iconic novel in [----] raising the dead seemed to be the near-future. Join the Video Lab http://bit.ly/video-lab Mary Shelleys Frankenstein has been reimagined onscreen hundreds of times and is a staple of pop culture. The prevailing takeaway is science-gone-wrong and the dangers of pursuing the unnatural. But contemporary readers surrounded by Enlightenment-era scientific breakthroughs that were beginning to shift the definition of death would have read the story as frighteningly plausible. Electricity was being"
YouTube Link 2019-05-10T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 3.3M engagements
"The [----] World Cup has a huge math problem #shorts FIFA has decided the next World Cup finals will include [--] teams instead of [--]. This expansion is being done for a variety of reasons but it's created a big problem. It's unclear how to fairly divide up the teams in the group stage. Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Check out http://www.vox.com Make sure you never miss behind the scenes content"
YouTube Link 2022-12-21T17:23Z 12.7M followers, 4.3M engagements
"How to help others see the America were living in #shorts You feel deeply disturbed by whats happening in Minnesota but your friends are unbothered. You want them to know that whats happening is not just business as usual but you dont know how to approach the topic. So what should you do Sigal Samuel provides insight in Voxs advice column Your Mileage May Vary: https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/476702/minnesota-minneapolis-ice-ethics-how-to-help Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vox.com is a news website that helps you"
YouTube Link 2026-01-29T23:18Z 12.7M followers, 23.5K engagements
"How do we fix the zoo Do the benefits of zoos justify the fact that some animals are clearly stressed out Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Many of us have fond memories of visiting the zoo as a child (or at any age) and more than a few of us probably credit those visits with turning us into animal-lovers. So how should we square those warm fuzzy feelings with research that shows the psychological harms of captivity for some animals Thats what Vox subscriber Gaurav Patil wanted to know so producer Liz Scheltens started digging in. One"
YouTube Link 2022-10-20T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 875.1K engagements
"Trump is forcibly removing homeless encampments in DC #shorts Meanwhile DC has one of the most expensive housing markets in the country. #trump #dc #homeless Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Check out http://www.vox.com. Watch our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyE Follow Vox on TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@voxdotcom Check out our articles: https://www.vox.com/ Listen to our podcasts:"
YouTube Link 2025-08-12T23:00Z 12.7M followers, 127.4K engagements
"The golf ball that made golfers too good Golf's distance debate explained. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO These days pro golfers are hitting the ball far. Really far. And it's creating a problem: because modern golfers can reach the hole with fewer shots than before older courses -- like Augusta National Golf Club Oakmont Country Club and others -- are becoming obsolete. Now professional organizations like the United States Golf Association are struggling to find a solution for big powerful golfers like Dustin Johnson Bubba Watson and"
YouTube Link 2019-03-15T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 8.9M engagements
"Why financial literacy education in the US sucks Blame the Space Race (kind of). Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO This video is presented by Metro by T-Mobile. Metro has no editorial influence on our videos but their support makes videos like these possible. Its a common refrain: school is full of useless (if interesting) lessons but we learn next to nothing about how to manage our finances. Its true that many Americans still lack basic financial knowledge which is a contributing factor to the money challenges high"
YouTube Link 2024-03-07T13:00Z 12.7M followers, 538.9K engagements
"Is it time to worry about bird flu A practical guide to your bird flu fears. In [----] at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic avian flu began aggressively circulating in wildlife. Dead and sick birds began showing up on shorelines. Poultry farms were forced to cull millions of animals often in horrific ways to help stop the spread. Egg prices skyrocketed. Farmers lost millions of dollars. The problem doesnt stop with birds; avian flu has also been found in a wide range of mammals. More than [-----] sea lions in South America have reportedly died from it. Then on January [--] [----] the US reported the"
YouTube Link 2025-02-11T13:00Z 12.7M followers, 623K engagements
"What people miss about the gender wage gap It's more complex than women earning [--] cents for every dollar a man makes. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Read the full article by Sarah Kliff: http://www.vox.com/2016/8/1/12108126/gender-wage-gap-explained-real Check out the studies: http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/goldin/files/dynamics_of_the_gender_gap_for_young_professionals_in_the_financial_and_corporate_sectors.pdf When there is talk about the gender wage gap often the statistic heard is Women earn [--] cents for every dollar a man makes. While this is factually correct it does"
YouTube Link 2016-09-07T12:28Z 12.7M followers, 3.6M engagements
"Shut up about the y-axis. It shouldnt always start at zero. What commenters get wrong about charts. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO If you write things on the internet angry email is inevitable. If you make charts on the internet angry email about those charts is inevitable. Especially if your charts sometimes use a y-axis that starts at a number other than zero. You see an old book called How to Lie With Statistics has convinced people that truncated axes are a devilish tool of deception. The truth is that you certainly can use truncated axes to deceive. But you can also use"
YouTube Link 2015-11-19T13:35Z 12.7M followers, 1.1M engagements
"What Russia's war means for the International Space Station Can the US and Russia still collaborate in space Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO The International Space Station has been orbiting above us for the last [--] years. Its been home to astronauts from more than a dozen different countries but mostly Americans and Russians. The two former Space Race countries control the main parts of the station. The science done there has required close collaboration and so its been largely insulated from politics on Earth. But Russias invasion of"
YouTube Link 2022-04-13T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 3.6M engagements
"2016 Olympics: What Rio doesnt want the world to see Rio is hiding poor people. See Part II: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=c3BRTlHFpBU Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/0bsAjO The [----] Olympics are set to begin in just over a month in Rio de Janeiro. As the city prepares to receive an influx of international visitors it is building new infrastructure and transportation systems to accommodate the surge. But the city is also undergoing another major project: hiding and removing poor people from view of foreign onlookers. I went to Rio to see how the city is transforming to make way for"
YouTube Link 2016-06-27T12:07Z 12.7M followers, 9.7M engagements
"How colorized photos helped introduce Japan to the world The best hand-colored photos of the 19th century came from Japan. Become a Video Lab member http://bit.ly/video-lab For over [---] years Japan isolated itself from the outside world by forbidding most foreigners from entering the country. But in [----] a US naval expedition of warships forced Japan to open its port cities resulting in a flood of curious travelers from Europe and North America who established businesses there. Photography became a leading industry in newly opened Japan to satisfy a market of curious outsiders who wanted to"
YouTube Link 2020-10-05T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 872.5K engagements
"How the US outsourced border security to Mexico Mexico is doing America's immigration dirty work. Follow Johnny to stay up to date: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/johnnywharris Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/johnnyharrisvox My dispatch about how US border security does its job: https://youtu.be/VIY0FF3TE_E Vox Borders Episodes: [--]. Haiti and the Dominican Republic ( https://youtu.be/4WvKeYuwifc) [--]. The Arctic & Russia (https://youtu.be/Wx_2SVm9Jgo) [--]. Japan & North Korea (https://youtu.be/qBfyIQbxXPs) [--]. Mexico & Guatemala (https://youtu.be/1xbt0ACMbiA) [--]. Nepal & The Himalaya"
YouTube Link 2017-11-21T13:00Z 12.7M followers, 3.7M engagements
"President Trumps war on birthright citizenship reaches the Supreme Court #shorts After returning to the White House President Trump signed an executive order stripping birthright citizenship away from the children of undocumented parents and temporary visa holders which set in motion a series of lawsuits blocking its enforcement. And now its headed to the Supreme Court in a case called Trump v. Barbara. For well over [---] years birthright citizenship has been enshrined in the Constitutionwith the understanding that anyone born on US soil is granted citizenship. But in Trump v. Barbara the"
YouTube Link 2026-01-23T20:47Z 12.7M followers, 38.6K engagements
"Why AI art struggles with hands And how can it get better Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Make sure you never miss behind-the-scenes content in the Vox Video newsletter sign up here: http://vox.com/video-newsletter Hands drawn by robots often just dont look right. Why is that and what will it take to get better Producer Phil Edwards is exploring five different aspects of AI that help explain everything from large language models to where unusual training data comes from. In this first video he digs into why AI art struggles with hands."
YouTube Link 2023-04-04T12:00Z 12.7M followers, 2.9M engagements
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