Why face masks became political in the US Vox 2020-08-22 | How America screwed up its messaging on masks.Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjOThe message from public health experts is clear: Wearing a mask can help stop the spread of coronavirus. But that message hasn't completely gotten through; many Americans still simply don't believe it. It's a major failure of communication, one that has almost certainly cost lives.But the US government actually had a plan to prevent almost this exact situation from happening: A written set of rules to communicating in a public health crisis, including how to make sure that public health information doesn't get mixed up with politics. But then, when the biggest health crisis in a century arrived, they ignored it completely. Read the CERC for yourself: emergency.cdc.gov/cerc/manual/index.aspAnd read the full story of how masks became a political issue in the US:vox.com/2020/7/21/21331310/mask-masks-trump-covid19-rule-georgia-alabamaVox.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/IZONyEFollow Vox on Facebook: http://goo.gl/U2g06oOr Twitter: http://goo.gl/XFrZ5H
Why useless decongestants are still for sale Vox 2023-10-05 | Phenylephrine doesn’t 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/0bsAjOIf you’ve taken an over-the-counter decongestant in the past 20 years, you’ve 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 doesn’t work any better than a placebo. What happened?In the above video, Vox’s Phil Edwards chronicles the history of the FDA’s regulation of over-the-counter medicines. That process is the reason that, despite decades of evidence that phenylephrine doesn’t work (especially in typical OTC doses), it’s remained an option for consumers.Watch the above video to learn more.Further reading:Here’s the Congressional Research report on FDA regulation of over-the-counter drugs, if you want a rich primer: crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R46985/2This is the PowerPoint given before the FDA panel presentation and discussion on Phenylephrine, and it’s probably the most digestible way to get the full debate: fda.gov/media/171971/downloadHere’s Part II of the FDA’s Zoom meeting on Phenylephrine (including the vote and discussion): youtube.com/watch?v=aUyuzjjnGfAVox 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: http://www.vox.com/give-nowWatch our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyEFollow Vox on TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@voxdotcomCheck out our articles: vox.comListen to our podcasts: vox.com/podcasts
US politicians are really old and refusing to retire #shorts Vox 2023-10-02 | In the US, the share of lawmakers under the age of 40 is at an all-time low. Are we living in a gerontocracy?Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjOVox 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: http://www.vox.com/give-nowWatch our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyEFollow Vox on TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@voxdotcomCheck out our articles: vox.comListen to our podcasts: vox.com/podcasts
Solar’s land scarcity problem #shorts Vox 2023-09-29 | Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjOVox 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: http://www.vox.com/give-nowWatch our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyEFollow Vox on TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@voxdotcomCheck out our articles: vox.comListen to our podcasts: vox.com/podcasts
The anti-racist town in the American South, explained Vox 2023-09-29 | Soul City was meant to be an antiracist town in the American South.Help keep Vox free for everybody: http://www.vox.com/give-nowSubscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjOIn the 1960s, Floyd B. McKissick, a prolific civil rights activist, embarked on an ambitious idea: What if Black Americans could build and lead their own city? A place centered on the idea of racial equality and economic power, where everyone, especially people of color and the poor, could thrive? That idea turned into Soul City, North Carolina: the Black-led, capitalist utopia that almost came to be.At the time, the federal government was encouraging the idea of new cities. The US Department of Housing and Urban Development opened up a process to finance new towns built by private developers. McKissick took the opportunity to pitch his idea and hoped to secure federal funding to finally make his dream a reality. But to do it, he also made an unlikely ally: Republican President Richard Nixon. By 1972, Soul City was approved for funding, and McKissick broke ground on hundreds of acres of former tobacco plantation land in Warren County, North Carolina.Designs were drafted. Land was cleared. An electrical grid and water system were constructed. Infrastructure was built, like roads, a public pool, a health clinic, and a massive industrial building called “Soul Tech One” — meant to be a manufacturing hub. But within just seven years of breaking ground, McKissick’s dream of Soul City was cut short. In the piece above, we explore what happened to this experimental town. With the help of McKissick’s son, former Sen. Floyd McKissick Jr., and one of Soul City’s first residents, Jane Ball-Groom, we look at what got built, what remains today, and the forces that came together to cause its end. Sources: Jane Ball-Groom’s book on Soul City: abebooks.com/9781329821828/SALAD-PICKERS-JOURNEY-SOUTH-Ball-Groom-1329821823/plp Devin Fergus’s research on Soul City: cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-policy-history/article/abs/black-power-soft-power-floyd-mckissick-soul-city-and-the-death-of-moderate-black-republicanism/E74DBA176BD3C5A747B1805EC2178FD2Thomas Healy’s book on Soul City: goodreads.com/en/book/show/53138153Floyd B. McKissick Papers: https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/04930/ For further reading: charlottemagazine.com/the-derailed-dream-of-soul-city npr.org/2021/04/20/989108031/a-utopia-for-black-capitalism theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/02/lost-dream-soul-city/618012 Note: The headline on this piece has been updated.Previous headline: How Black Americans almost built a utopiaAnd if you want to read more about Warren County’s environmental justice history, here’s a link to a great piece on another reason why this place is so important: washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/interactive/2021/environmental-justice-race 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: http://www.vox.com/giveWatch our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyEFollow Vox on TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@voxdotcomCheck out our articles: vox.comListen to our podcasts: vox.com/podcasts
Why Jaws and Barbie were such blockbusters Vox 2023-09-28 | She’s Barbie. He’s just Jaws.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/0bsAjOThe summer of 2023 was the summer of Barbie. Everywhere you looked there was marketing — posters, ads, trailers. There were Barbie cafe’s, Barbie progressive commercials, everyone was wearing pink! It was a delightful wave of cinematic energy.But it was also completely overwhelming. At times it felt inescapable. Barbie’s marketing felt different. And in some ways it was — but it owes a lot to the blockbusters that came before. As promised, here are the links:I started listening to this podcast to learn more about Jaws, and then I listened to every episode in like a week. Life-changingly good podcast if you’re into movies: open.spotify.com/show/6nhQUF8rDmBaRjbZp9zgzv or getblockbuster.comGreat deep dive into Mattel's strategy behind making a Barbie movie, and getting Greta Gerwig to direct: nytimes.com/2023/07/21/podcasts/the-daily/barbie-film.htmlAnd to learn more, check out these awesome articles from other Vox authors:Barbie review: Greta Gerwig’s movie uses a surprising Biblical metaphor - Vox: vox.com/culture/23800753/barbie-review-bible-edenLessons from a Barbenheimer summer: vox.com/23818719/july-box-office-barbie-oppenheimer-sound-of-freedomA long history of kids doing weird stuff to Barbies: vox.com/culture/23800314/why-kids-murder-their-barbie-dollsBarbie movie marketing: The explosive success of the PR hype machine - Vox: vox.com/2023/7/21/23801727/barbie-movie-marketing-budget-pr-hype-mattelVox 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: http://www.vox.com/give-nowWatch our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyEFollow Vox on TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@voxdotcomCheck out our articles: vox.comListen to our podcasts: vox.com/podcasts
How to fight climate change with parking lots Vox 2023-09-27 | Why haven’t we covered them in solar panels?This episode is presented by Delta. Delta doesn’t have a say in our editorial, but they make videos like this possible. For more information, visit http://www.delta.com/sustainability.Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjOIn 2021, President Biden set an ambitious climate goal for the US to reach net-zero carbon emissions economy-wide by 2050. And as part of the transition to renewable energy, the country has drastically ramped up production of solar over the past few years. But that’s led to a new problem: finding enough land on which to put solar panels. The easiest and cheapest places to install solar panels are often large, undeveloped plots of land. It's why, in many places across the country, we've seen rural areas — including fragile desert ecosystems and valuable farmland — turned into solar farms. Many local residents and conservationists have protested these rural solar projects for a variety of reasons: Some want to keep natural views, others want to retain space for agriculture or aim to preserve biodiversity. Solar will likely play an important role in the country’s move away from fossil fuels — but is there a smarter way to do it that doesn’t require taking up so much rural land?In the video above, we explore one option that could help: parking lots. Solar photovoltaics researcher and professor Joshua Pearce goes into the data on how placing solar canopies over parking lots could be a worthwhile investment for many cities. And as more countries, like France, are moving toward retrofitting parking spaces with solar, we look at what it could mean in the US. SOURCES:Studies: https://digitalcommons.mtu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1177&context=materials_fp sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0960148121000756?via%3Dihub nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03957-7 eia.gov/electricity/data/state Further reading: https://e360.yale.edu/features/putting-solar-panels-atop-parking-lots-a-green-energy-solution washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2023/02/06/france-solar-parking-lots vox.com/2021/8/18/22556193/solar-energy-biodiversity-birds-pollinator-land 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.Watch our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyEFollow Vox on TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@voxdotcomCheck out our articles: vox.comListen to our podcasts: vox.com/podcasts
Why aren’t there more delivery bikes in the US? #shorts Vox 2023-09-23 | This video is presented by Delta. Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjOVox 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: http://www.vox.com/give-nowWatch our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyEFollow Vox on TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@voxdotcomCheck out our articles: vox.comListen to our podcasts: vox.com/podcasts
Reporting on ChatGPT in education Vox 2023-09-21 | Students, how are you using chatbots in your work, if at all? Teachers and professors, what are your AI policies and how do you enforce them?Drop Joss a line at joss@vox.com to let her know what you’re seeing in your classrooms.
Its time to replace urban delivery vans Vox 2023-09-20 | E-bikes are cleaner, and safer. So why aren’t we using them?This episode is presented by Delta. Delta doesn’t have a say in our editorial, but they make videos like this possible. For more information, visit http://www.delta.com/sustainability.Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjORemember during lockdown, how we all got obsessed with ordering everything online and having it delivered right to our doorsteps? Yeah, turns out that isn’t going away anytime soon, and we’re starting to understand the many downsides. The delivery vans that make our next-day shipping dreams come true are driving up C02 emissions while making our streets more crowded and less safe.Fortunately, there’s a hero waiting in the wings: the e-cargo bike. Not only can these bad boys deliver packages in urban environments just as quickly (and sometimes faster) than delivery vans, they take up far less space and are much less likely to cause pedestrian deaths. Companies like Amazon, DHL, and UPS are using them in several European cities, but American cities haven’t followed suit. In this video, we explore why that is, and lay out some of the big steps American cities would need to take to join the e-bike delivery revolution.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.Watch our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyEFollow Vox on TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@voxdotcomCheck out our articles: vox.comListen to our podcasts: vox.com/podcasts
How Republicans conquered Florida Vox 2023-09-18 | Florida was once the iconic swing state. What happened?Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Help keep Vox free for everybody: http://www.vox.com/give-now In 2022, before he began a campaign for the presidency, Ron DeSantis was reelected governor of Florida in a landslide. This was impressive and surprising because the 2022 elections were disappointing for Republicans almost everywhere else in the US. But DeSantis’s overwhelming victory was doubly impressive and surprising because when he had first been elected, just four years earlier, it was by just a tiny margin.For a long time, in fact, tiny election margins were the norm in Florida elections. Florida was a “swing state” — it sometimes voted for Democrats, sometimes for Republicans, and was a major prize up for grabs in presidential elections. But by 2022, something had changed: Florida Republicans up and down the ballot won their races by margins similar to DeSantis’s, and no one was calling Florida a swing state anymore.Florida seems to have undergone a political transformation. So what happened? In this video, we look at three possible explanations.Chapters: 0:00 What changed?1:49 Defining the question2:52 New Floridians4:10 Latino voters7:05 Florida Democrats8:26 The other reasons10:09 A requestRead “The United States of Florida,” a contributor-supported project from Vox: vox.com/culture/23864468/florida-man-invasive-species-republican-disney-publix-miamiWe looked at …. a lot of data for this video. Here are the main sources we used:County-by-county results in Florida elections from 2016-2022 came from the Florida Department of State’s Election Reporting System: results.elections.myflorida.comThe screenshotted US Census page showing that Miami-Dade is mostly Latino can be found here, under the “data tables” tab: census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/racial-and-ethnic-diversity-in-the-united-states-2010-and-2020-census.htmlOur map showing the “specific origin” of various states’ Latino populations was inspired by the University of Washington’s Great Migrations Project: https://depts.washington.edu/moving1/map_latinx_migration.shtmlThe data we used for that map came from the US Census via this very helpful tool: data.census.gov/table?q=B03001:+HISPANIC+OR+LATINO+ORIGIN+BY+SPECIFIC+ORIGINThe chart about Spanish-language ad spending in the 2022 Florida governor’s race came from a post-mortem of the 2022 election by the research firm Equis. You can find it on page 59: weareequis.us/api/docs/qV8T7OpIWxw54fYWr9F0M/d1ecc7309b286d6b7db60d7f140f3b4f/2022_Post-Mortem_June_14.pdfAnd now for the big red bars. The Florida state party expenditures came from Transparency USA, an organization that tracks state-level campaign finance data. That data for Florida Republicans is here: transparencyusa.org/fl/committee/republican-party-of-florida-4700-ptyAnd Democratic state party expenditures are here: transparencyusa.org/fl/committee/florida-democratic-party-1539-ptyThe data on the best-funded state parties is from OpenSecrets, another org that tracks campaign finance data: opensecrets.org/political-parties/top-committees?cycle=2022&party=A&type=RThe chart at the end, which compiles spending from the national Democratic Party, was also based on information from OpenSecrets: opensecrets.org/political-partiesAnd the data on how much the state parties raised came from Florida Department of State’s campaign finance database: dos.elections.myflorida.com/campaign-finance/contributionsThe line chart that shows total voter registrations for each party is based on data that Florida’s Division of Elections makes public: dos.myflorida.com/elections/data-statistics/voter-registration-statistics/voter-registration-reports/voter-registration-by-party-affiliationFinally, the data around voters who moved to a new state and new Florida registrations from 2020-2023 came from the data vendor L2: l2datamapping.comVox 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/givenowWatch our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyE Follow Vox on TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@voxdotcom Check out our articles: vox.comListen to our podcasts: vox.com/podcasts
How these dams made Libyas flood so deadly #shorts Vox 2023-09-15 | Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjOVox 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-nowWatch our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyEFollow Vox on TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@voxdotcomCheck out our articles: vox.comListen to our podcasts: vox.com/podcasts
How to take the global temperature #shorts Vox 2023-09-15 | 2023 is another record-breaking year for global warming. Joss Fong explains how they do the math. Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjOVox 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-nowWatch our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyEFollow Vox on TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@voxdotcomCheck out our articles: vox.comListen to our podcasts: vox.com/podcasts
Popular names aren’t as popular as they used to be #shorts Vox 2023-09-14 | Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjOVox 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-nowWatch our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyEFollow Vox on TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@voxdotcomCheck out our articles: vox.comListen to our podcasts: vox.com/podcasts
We have a request Vox 2023-09-12 | Help us make more videos, and keep them free for all! http://vox.com/give-nowSubscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO We believe that information should be free for everyone. That’s why we publish our work here on YouTube, and why Vox doesn’t have a paywall on the site. We rely on a lot of revenue streams to do this — ads alone aren't enough. By becoming a contributor, you can help us make more videos and keep them free! http://vox.com/give-nowBy the end of 2023, we’re trying to reach 85,000 contributions across all of Vox. This means that in September, we need to add 2,500 new contributors to stay on pace. That will help ensure that all of our coverage stays free for all in 2024, including all the special reporting we’ll be doing for the US election. And as a special thank you to those who make recurring contributions, you’ll get access to video tutorials, behind-the-scenes newsletters, and Q&As with Vox journalists from across our entire newsroom. Thanks so much for watching, and we can’t wait to do more. 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. Watch our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyE Follow Vox on TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@voxdotcom Check out our articles: vox.comListen to our podcasts: vox.com/podcasts
Why most tennis players struggle to make a living Vox 2023-09-11 | Tennis fails where other sports provide a living for their players.Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO During the US Open in New York, Vox video sat down with professional tennis players and the head of the Professional Tennis Players Association to explain the pay problem in the top-five global sport. Tennis is unique among other professional sports in how players are paid, what costs they are responsible for, and how they are categorized as independent contractors. The result is that — unless you are consistently among the very top-ranked players like Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray, Roger Federer, Serena Williams, and Naomi Osaka — it’s nearly impossible to make a living with income from tennis alone. Unlike other sports that provide support for people outside the very top performers, tennis leaves them high and dry. In 2021, Novak Djokovic and Vasek Pospisil co-founded a players organization in part to try to address these issues they believe pose an existential threat to the sport. It’s called the Professional Tennis Players Association, and Vox video worked with it to interview players and the organization’s president to shed light on the structural issues that cause such a pay disparity when compared with other global sports. The Professional Tennis Players Association site: ptpaplayers.comNew York Times magazine published a great magazine piece on this issue:nytimes.com/2021/06/29/magazine/tennis-players-association.html And a more recent ESPN piece on the issue: espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/35414286/the-stunning-financial-reality-high-cost-pro-tennisFor a profile on Taylor Townsend: nytimes.com/2023/01/18/sports/tennis/taylor-townsend-australian-open.htmlThe ATP will be trialing a minimum wage for players starting next year: reuters.com/sports/tennis/atp-trial-minimum-wage-initiative-2024-2023-08-23/#:~:text=For%202024%2C%20the%20levels%20are,players%20who%20meet%20the%20criteria.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/givenowWatch our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyE Follow Vox on TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@voxdotcom Check out our articles: vox.comListen to our podcasts: vox.com/podcasts
Why Silicon Valley is here Vox 2023-08-28 | One radio engineer had a plan. And it worked.Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Today, one of the hottest parts of the global economy is in Silicon Valley. And it’s thanks to, in large part, a radio engineer who had a plan.As the above video shows, Fred Terman was key in building a technological hub in an area best known for its prunes. Thanks to his work developing Stanford Research Park, a new cycle of business innovation began and has continued to this day.Watch the above video to learn more.Further reading:The Stanford Daily has extensive archives of early issues. It’s fun to peruse, and you can find an article about HP here: archives.stanforddaily.com/1956/02/02?page=1§ion=MODSMD_ARTICLE1Here’s a full 1969 interview with Terman:youtube.com/watch?v=Jwk2Y4mi87wRead Hoefler’s original article about Silicon Valley in which he coined the term:netvalley.com/silicon_valley/Don_Hoefler_coined_the_phrase_Silicon_Valley.htmlHere’s Palo Alto’s survey of Stanford Research Park:cityofpaloalto.org/files/assets/public/agendas-minutes-reports/agendas-minutes/historic-resources-board/2017/id8184-srp-framework-doc-presentation.pdfVox 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/givenowWatch our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyE Follow Vox on TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@voxdotcom Check out our articles: vox.comListen to our podcasts: vox.com/podcasts
The secret language of ships #shorts Vox 2023-08-25 | Decoding the symbols on some of the world’s largest ships. Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjOVox 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-nowWatch our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyEFollow Vox on TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@voxdotcomCheck out our articles: vox.comListen to our podcasts: vox.com/podcasts
The day women shut down Iceland Vox 2023-08-23 | The strike that helped close the gender pay gap in Iceland.Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Iceland has made significant progress with its gender pay gap in the past 50 years. In 1975, Icelandic women made around 40 percent less than what men made. Today, that number is around 10 percent, making Iceland one of the few countries in the world where women are paid almost as much as men.To understand how Iceland made so much progress, you have to take a look at what happened almost 50 years ago. In 1970, a radical feminist group called the Redstockings formed in response to outdated ideas in Iceland surrounding issues like violence against women, reproductive rights, and women’s labor. The Redstockings were known for their loud and public demonstrations, and in 1975 they proposed their biggest idea yet: a women’s strike. A day when women would collectively refuse to work at home and in the office to prove their economic worth to society.The idea was divisive at first, but slowly, women from different political backgrounds got on board. To make the idea more accessible, they changed the name to “Women’s Day Off,” or “Kvennafrí,” and planned the strike from the ground up. It was a massive success. An estimated 90 percent of Icelandic women refused to work that day, and it shut down the country. Flights were canceled without flight attendants, and schools were closed without teachers. Men had to bring children to work because there was no child care at home.The effects of Kvennafrí were felt across the country. Iceland quickly passed its first Gender Equality Act and soon after elected its first female president — and the world's first woman to be elected democratically. In this episode of Missing Chapter, we walk through how Icelandic women shut down their country, and talk to one of the women who helped do it.Disclaimer: The views in the video above are not those of the United Nations. Sources:Read about Kvennafrí, and other Icelandic women’s history, at the Women’s History Archive:https://kvennasogusafn.is/index.php?page=englishFor our data on the gender pay gap, we relied on a few sources:data.oecd.org/earnwage/gender-wage-gap.htmhttps://hagstofa.is/utgafur/utgafur-kjararannsoknarnefndar/weforum.org/reports/global-gender-gap-report-2023/in-full/benchmarking-gender-gaps-2023This reporting about the Day Off was used too:jacobin.com/2019/10/iceland-redstockings-womens-strike-feminismListen to songs from Kvennafrí on Spotify:open.spotify.com/album/790po7WG1AzdIIPKrERMUhVox 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/givenowWatch our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyE Follow Vox on TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@voxdotcom Check out our articles: vox.comListen to our podcasts: vox.com/podcasts
Why airplane legroom isn’t regulated… yet #shorts Vox 2023-08-21 | Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjOVox 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-nowWatch our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyEFollow Vox on TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@voxdotcomCheck out our articles: vox.comListen to our podcasts: vox.com/podcasts
Why this is the Trump indictment you should care about #shorts Vox 2023-08-19 | It seems like the former president is getting indicted every other day. But this latest one could be the most important. From producer Liz Scheltens.Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjOVox 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-nowWatch our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyEFollow Vox on TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@voxdotcomCheck out our articles: vox.comListen to our podcasts: vox.com/podcasts
What we get wrong about saving the bees Vox 2023-08-14 | Honeybees get a ton of attention, but they’re not the ones who need help.Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjOEvery year there are alarming headlines about honeybees in the US. Each one highlights some grim facts about the fate of these insects and the subsequent fallout: Colonies are collapsing, beekeepers are struggling, and farming is at risk. The stakes are high. Honeybees are estimated to pollinate up to $15 billion worth of food in the US. It’s safe to say that without them our plates and farms would look very different. Naturally, they’ve become the face of a larger movement to “save the bees,” but the truth is … they’ll be fine. Honeybees are domesticated animals being cared for by a billion-dollar agriculture industry. They’re so ingrained into American life that it might surprise you that they’re not even from the US — they were brought here by settlers in the 1600s. We give them a ton of attention, and the species as a whole isn’t threatened or even at risk — but other species are.There are 20,000 other species of bees in the world — over 4,000 in the United States. They’re incredibly diverse, unique, and also important for pollination. Unfortunately, hundreds of these bee species are at risk of being lost forever, but you rarely see those headlines. Watch the video above to learn more. Read our original article by Benji Jones here: vox.com/down-to-earth/2023/1/19/23552518/honey-bees-native-bees-declineYou can find Krystle Hickman’s website and Instagram here:beesip.cominstagram.com/beesip/?hl=enIf, after all this, you still want more information on honeybees (I get it), you can read more about colony collapse and other facts here:epa.gov/pollinator-protection/colony-collapse-disorderusgs.gov/faqs/are-honey-bees-native-north-americaFor more on native bees, I highly recommend the US Geological Survey — they have stunning imagery:usgs.gov/faqs/how-many-species-native-bees-are-united-statesusgs.gov/centers/eesc/science/native-bee-inventory-and-monitoring-labThese articles highlight some of the problems honeybees, hobby beekeeping, and more:scientificamerican.com/article/the-problem-with-honey-beesnwf.org/Home/Magazines/National-Wildlife/2021/June-July/Gardening/Honey-Beeshttps://pollinators.ie/too-many-honey-bees-can-threaten-wild-bees/biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/legal-petition-urges-us-forest-service-protect-native-bees-stop-rubber-stamping-commercial-beehives-federal-lands-2020-07-29And finally, you can find some amazing footage of Buzz pollination from PBS and the Smithsonian Channel:youtu.be/J7q9Kn1rhRcyoutu.be/SZrTndD1H10Vox 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/givenowWatch our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyE Follow Vox on TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@voxdotcom Check out our articles: vox.comListen to our podcasts: vox.com/podcasts
The surprising factor making Mauis wildfires worse #maui #hawaii #wildfire Vox 2023-08-11 | Hurricane winds, drought conditions, and...cow fodder?Be sure to check out this super informative piece from Hawaii Business Magazine. They get into way more detail about the role of invasive grasses in Hawaii's increasingly frequent wildfireshawaiibusiness.com/wildfires-hawaii-invasive-plants-environmental-community-action Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjOVox 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-nowWatch our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyEFollow Vox on TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@voxdotcomCheck out our articles: vox.comListen to our podcasts: vox.com/podcasts
How airplane legroom got so tight Vox 2023-08-08 | And why it isn’t regulated — yet.Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO When you’re flying, there’s one thing you want to be above all else — comfortable. (Well, besides safe, of course!) Whether or not you’re comfortable is determined by a slew of factors, but none draw more ire than seat pitch — the fancy term used to describe the distance between where your seat begins and the seat in front of you ends. You probably know it as legroom. Legroom is a precious commodity, and airlines are aware of this. After all, there is a finite amount of space on planes. In order to get the maximum number of people onboard, you have to either innovate — like by designing slimmer seats — or you have to shrink the seat pitch. Airlines have done both. Plus, they now give you the option to spend some more money to upgrade for more legroom, allowing you (and your wallet) to choose how comfortable you want to be. If you want the cheapest flight, then you have to be willing to endure the slimmest seat pitch. If you’re willing and able to pay more, then you can feel the comfort of yesteryear, when seat pitch was way more luxurious.Though there have been legal efforts to come up with minimum seat dimensions, there are no current regulations on seat pitch. For now, it’s still up to airlines to decide their own minimums, while hopefully enticing you to upgrade. Check out Vox video team's latest to learn more!LINKS:FAA Study on how seat dimensions impact safety - faa.gov/sites/faa.gov/files/2022-04/Effects_of_Airplane_Cabin_Interiors_on_Egress_I.pdf History on the DC3, aka “the first airplane in the world that can make money just by hauling passengers” - https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/douglas-dc-3/nasm_A19530075000Nick Rupps paper on airplane amenities - papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2869213 Research on how and why airlines unbundled - link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41272-022-00388-5See how much the average flight from your city cost years ago with the Bureau of Transportations historical statistics - transtats.bts.gov/AverageFare Read the reasoning behind the court's decision not to regulate seat sizes based on safety - cadc.uscourts.gov/internet/opinions.nsf/94CF12990EC124EB852589670055B8A1/$file/22-1004-1988409.pdf#page=5The Washington Post breaks down Sen. Tammy Duckworth’s bill, and why she hopes for a redo of emergency evacuation procedures - washingtonpost.com/transportation/2023/05/31/airplane-evacuations-safety Travel is back in a big way this summer. Vox’s first-ever travel guide is answering some of your most pressing questions about travel: vox.com/e/23499975 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/givenowWatch our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyE Follow Vox on TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@voxdotcom Check out our articles: vox.comListen to our podcasts: vox.com/podcasts
The biggest reason SUVs dominate US roads #shorts Vox 2023-08-04 | There’s a reason why it seems like every car on the road is a truck or SUV, and it’s not (just) because people like driving them.Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjOVox 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-nowWatch our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyEFollow Vox on TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@voxdotcomCheck out our articles: vox.comListen to our podcasts: vox.com/podcasts
Rental Scams Are On The Rise: Check Your FOMO At The Door [Ad content from Zelle] Vox 2023-08-03 | Don’t pay for the dream apartment before you actually get to see it.Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjOVox 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-nowWatch our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyEFollow Vox on TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@voxdotcomCheck out our articles: vox.comListen to our podcasts: vox.com/podcasts
High female employment rates in Europe mean more babies #shorts Vox 2023-08-02 | In the EU high fertility rates go hand in hand with higher female participation in the workforce. It’s a striking new phenomenon that illustrates how empowering women to achieve the work-life balance that works for them, can make a huge difference in countries experiencing population declines. Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjOVox 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-nowWatch our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyEFollow Vox on TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@voxdotcomCheck out our articles: vox.comListen to our podcasts: vox.com/podcasts
How cruise ships got so big Vox 2023-08-01 | Today’s 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. They’re 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 today’s 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 them was designed to facilitate an ocean voyage from one continent to another.But air travel changed that. Planes eliminated the main reason to take a ship somewhere, and ocean liner business plummeted. So the industry pivoted and began selling a ship as the destination itself. The cruise ship was born. But the ocean liners, built for a voyage, weren’t ideal for the purposes of a cruise, and over the next few decades, the cruise ship began its evolution. And it has culminated in the behemoths we see today.Sources:You can check out some of Peter Knego's own videos on cruises here: youtube.com/@midshipcinemaTransport Revolutions: Moving People and Freight Without Oil: google.com/books/edition/Transport_Revolutions/inp0DwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1 Deck plans for ships like the MSC Meraviglia: cruisemapper.com/deckplans/MSC-Meraviglia-1187/deck16-1558 More on the history of ocean liners and the S.S. France, later renamed S.S. Norway: http://www.classicliners.net/SSNORWAY.html Queen of the Fleet by Jay Clarke: washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1980/06/08/queen-of-the-fleet/cafc86a4-4b82-42d0-99f8-8b1a985c63f6 More information on the difference between ocean liners and cruise ships:https://cruise.blog/difference-between-ocean-liners-cruise-ships marineinsight.com/naval-architecture/cruise-ships-and-ocean-liners 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/givenowWatch our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyE Follow Vox on TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@voxdotcom Check out our articles: vox.comListen to our podcasts: vox.com/podcasts
Barbie’s past life as a German sex worker #shorts Vox 2023-07-31 | 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/0bsAjOVox 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-nowWatch our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyEFollow Vox on TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@voxdotcomCheck out our articles: vox.comListen to our podcasts: vox.com/podcasts
Don’t Let Your Survival Instincts Trick You Into A Bank Imposter Scam [Ad content from Zelle] Vox 2023-07-28 | Why are there so many scam victims? It all comes down to survival instincts. Humans are predisposed to go with the flow for our own gain - that can mean we listen when someone who sounds like they are from our bank (but isn’t) is trying to help us. Call the number on your bank-issued card - your real bank will let you know if anything is truly wrong.Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjOVox 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-nowWatch our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyEFollow Vox on TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@voxdotcomCheck out our articles: vox.comListen to our podcasts: vox.com/podcasts
The 2023 Women’s World Cup logo, explained #shorts Vox 2023-07-28 | Explained by producer Coleman Lowndes.Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjOVox 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-nowWatch our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyEFollow Vox on TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@voxdotcomCheck out our articles: vox.comListen to our podcasts: vox.com/podcasts
A fact-checked debate about euthanasia in Canada Vox 2023-07-27 | 2 opposing perspectives and 6 true facts about Canada’s policy on Medical assistance in dying (MAID).Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Chapters:0:00 Intro1:36 Fact #13:10 Dr. Green Introduction3:29 Background info4:07 Fact #25:21 Dr. Maher introduction5:42 Fact #37:20 Fact #48:31 Fact #510:04 Fact #611:20 Questions13:44 Personal experiences15:47 Debunk17:10 Uncertainties19:00 Closing statementsIn 2016, a Supreme Court case in Canada removed the criminal penalties for doctors providing a patient with a medically assisted death. Since then, the country has been embroiled in a legal and ethical debate about where to draw the line on who qualifies for one. In the US states where it's legal, that line is drawn at a terminal diagnosis with 6 months to live. On the other end of the spectrum, countries like Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands allow anyone suffering from a serious condition to qualify, so long as they’ve exhausted treatments available to them.After a series of court cases, Canada has landed somewhere closer to where the Benelux countries are: there is no terminal diagnosis requirement, and next year, people whose only serious condition is a mental illness will qualify for an assisted death. While the Canadian public appears to show large support for the policy change, there are vocal minorities who believe that it is dangerous. Many in the disability rights community believe that making a disability an eligible condition for assisted death is discriminatory. Some psychiatrists and mental health practitioners are concerned about when you can decide a mental illness is eligible — and that it could hinder the work of suicide prevention. This is the debate we present here. Dr. Stefanie Green is a practitioner of medically assisted dying (MAID) in British Columbia and is the co-founder and president of the Canadian Association of MAID Assessors and Providers (CAMAP). She also wrote a book about her work as a MAID practitioner, called This is Assisted Dying. She argues that Canada’s policies have been successful and have been extremely meaningful for her patients. Dr. John Maher is a psychiatrist based in Ontario who leads an Assertive Community Treatment group and is the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Ethics in Mental Health. He argues that there aren’t enough safeguards in place in Canada and that offering the option of euthanasia to people with mental health will undermine the suicide prevention work he does. In Vox Video’s take on a debate, we asked both participants to identify facts that their opponent would have to concede are true. They were given an opportunity to review each other’s facts in advance and, in a video call, agreed on a set of six. In the video, you’ll see those facts presented, with each participant given the opportunity to add a “footnote” to their opponent’s facts. We added four additional rounds to our format to give our participants more time to flesh out their viewpoints. Here's a document that has all of the sources we used for each fact: docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRuMU81aB8NSr9Aub5vH7Q_ytg657CWecth30_KGoZIQVdb3ANNqFrSOjd4esTAgYcC2kj8U6nlSXEx/pubVox 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/givenowWatch our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyE Follow Vox on TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@voxdotcom Check out our articles: vox.comListen to our podcasts: vox.com/podcasts
That time 90s activists “liberated” Barbie #shorts Vox 2023-07-26 | In 1993, the “Barbie Liberation Organization” switched out the voiceboxes of hundreds of Teen Talk Barbies and G.I. Joe dolls. The US news media proceeded to lose its collective mind. Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjOVox 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-nowWatch our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyEFollow Vox on TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@voxdotcomCheck out our articles: vox.comListen to our podcasts: vox.com/podcasts
Why Americans love big cars Vox 2023-07-25 | It’s not just a consumer choice; it’s a policy choice.Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO It’s no secret that big cars dominate American roads. But even so, some of the stats are staggering: Last year, 80 percent of all new cars sold in the US were SUVs and trucks. That’s compared to just 52 percent in 2011. 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 the US is hidden in a 50-year-old policy decision. In this video we cover the history of the SUV, and how its origin story and popularity is rooted in US fuel economy standards. The Washington Post data visualizations are from this story: washingtonpost.com/business/2023/04/07/trucks-outnumber-carsFor more of Bob Sorokanich’s work on how regulation changed car design: jalopnik.com/every-car-looks-like-this-thanks-to-a-gigantic-regulato-1849837803I interviewed economist Mark Jacobsen, who studies fuel efficiency and vehicle safety: youtube.com/watch?v=6zNR13plJlgFor a history of fuel economy for both light trucks and cars: pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/fact-sheets/2011/04/20/driving-to-545-mpg-the-history-of-fuel-economyThis article explains how the footprint model made cars bigger: thedrive.com/news/small-cars-are-getting-huge-are-fuel-economy-regulations-to-blameHere is the study on pedestrian fatalities and big cars: https://sci-hub.se/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2212012221000241?via%3DihubCorrection: 2:50 a label on the x-axis of a chart misspells “Australia.”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/givenowWatch our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyE Follow Vox on TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@voxdotcom Check out our articles: vox.comListen to our podcasts: vox.com/podcasts
Flight attendant uniforms over time #shorts Vox 2023-07-24 | From small accessories in the 1940s to space helmets in the 1960s, flight attendant uniforms have changed a lot since they first started flying almost a century ago. Here’s a quick fashion history. Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjOVox 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-nowWatch our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyEFollow Vox on TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@voxdotcomCheck out our articles: vox.comListen to our podcasts: vox.com/podcasts
Why no aquarium has a great white shark #shorts Vox 2023-07-23 | Many have tried to keep a white shark in captivity. Here's why that's so difficult.Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjOVox 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-nowWatch our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyEFollow Vox on TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@voxdotcomCheck out our articles: vox.comListen to our podcasts: vox.com/podcasts
Why would Republicans want to raise the voting age? #shorts Vox 2023-07-20 | Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjOVox 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-nowWatch our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyEFollow Vox on TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@voxdotcomCheck out our articles: vox.comListen to our podcasts: vox.com/podcasts
Oppenheimer’s secret city, explained Vox 2023-07-20 | How Los Alamos built Oppenheimer’s bomb.Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Los Alamos quickly became the centerpiece of the Manhattan Project — the United States’ successful attempt to develop a nuclear bomb. But why was Los Alamos selected, and how did that relate to the selection of the subsequent testing site? The above video tells the story of Oppenheimer’s selection of the site and the unique culture that was built there.Los Alamos was more than a lab — it was a secret city, built for the express purpose of atomic development. Housing top scientists, their families, and support staff, this island of research led to a century-changing technological development.Further ReadingManhattan: The Army and the Atomic Bomb (https://history.army.mil/html/books/011/11-10/)This logistical history of the Manhattan project provides great non-scientific background on the Manhattan Project, including the selection, distribution, and construction of key sites around the country, as well as a guide to the bureaucracy that surrounded it.The Manhattan Project: Making the Bomb (osti.gov/biblio/1330716)This Department of Energy history covers similar ground with additional information on the Army Corps of Engineer’s role.Manhattan District History: Nonscientific Aspects of Los Alamos Project Y (osti.gov/biblio/4555247)This document provides a fine-grained look at the nitty gritty of Los Alamos, from prices at the commissary to accommodations for the residents.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/givenowWatch our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyE Follow Vox on TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@voxdotcom Check out our articles: vox.comListen to our podcasts: vox.com/podcasts
Three facts about US rail travel #shorts Vox 2023-07-19 | Here are 3 facts you might not know about passenger travel in the US. Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjOVox 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-nowWatch our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyEFollow Vox on TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@voxdotcomCheck out our articles: vox.comListen to our podcasts: vox.com/podcasts
The controversial bomb the US just sent Ukraine #shorts Vox 2023-07-18 | The US just shipped a bunch of cluster bombs to Ukraine. These bombs are controversial because they can indiscriminately target civilians, frequently making them the subject of war crimes investigations. The US is one of a few holdouts in banning these weapons. Another country that has declined to ban them is Russia, which has reportedly already used them in the war with Ukraine. We covered the use of cluster bombs at length in 2022. You can find the full video here: youtu.be/OTk4Q4Nm5CASubscribe 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/givenowWatch our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyE Follow Vox on TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@voxdotcom Check out our articles: vox.comListen to our podcasts: vox.com/podcasts
What I learned from taking a train across the US Vox 2023-07-18 | Here’s how US train travel went from excellent to mediocre.Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO If you’ve taken the Amtrak recently, you might have no idea that the United States used to have the largest and wealthiest rail system in the world. How did the US go from having luxurious, widely used passenger trains to the Amtrak system we have today? Video producer Dean Peterson makes a 72-hour journey on Amtrak from LA to NYC to show its current state of operation. From getting kicked in the head by his sleeping seat mate to taking in sweeping views of the desert at sunset, Dean shows the highs and lows of being stuck on Amtrak for days on end. Along the way, he explains the history of passenger rail in the US — starting in the problematic robber baron era to the US government’s takeover of passenger rail. Will the United States ever catch up to the rest of the world when it comes to train travel, or are Americans stuck with an underfunded, inefficient rail network forever? Join Dean on his journey as he sets out to find out the answer to these questions and more.Sources:The Great Railroad Revolution by Christian Wolmaramazon.com/Great-Railroad-Revolution-History-America/dp/1610393473Amtrak, America's Railroad: Transportation's Orphan and Its Struggle for Survival (Railroads Past and Present) by Geoffrey H. Doughty, Jeffrey T. Darbee, Eugene E. Harmonamazon.com/Amtrak-Americas-Railroad-Transportations-Railroads/dp/B0B5B5N3FLConquering Gotham: Building Penn Station and Its Tunnels by Jill Jonnesamazon.com/Conquering-Gotham-Building-Station-Tunnels/dp/0143113240The Pennsylvania Railroad, Volume 1: Building an Empire, 1846-1917 By Albert J. Churellaamazon.com/Pennsylvania-Railroad-Building-1846-1917-American/dp/081224348XZephyrs, chiefs & other orphans ; the first five years of Amtrak by Fred W Fraileyamazon.com/Zephyrs-Chiefs-Other-Orphans-Amtrak/dp/B0006WTC1KThe Golden Age of American Railroading by Judith Macy, Mary McInroy, and Robert McCownhttps://www.lib.uiowa.edu/exhibits/previous/railroad/Association of American Railroadsaar.org/chronology-of-americas-freight-railroads/#:~:text=The%20Great%20Depression%20devastated,abandonments%20and%20deferred%20maintenanceMore information about roadway deaths vs. train deaths from the US Department of Transportation: transportation.gov/NRSS/SafetyProblem Travel is back in a big way this summer. Vox’s first-ever travel guide is answering some of your most pressing questions about travel. Keep up on the site where new articles and videos are being published each week in July: vox.com/e/23499975Vox 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/givenowWatch our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyE Follow Vox on TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@voxdotcom Check out our articles: vox.comListen to our podcasts: vox.com/podcasts
Why Barbie is banned in Vietnam #shorts Vox 2023-07-12 | Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjOVox 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-nowWatch our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyEFollow Vox on TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@voxdotcomCheck out our articles: vox.comListen to our podcasts: vox.com/podcasts
The dark patterns Amazon uses to hook you in #shorts Vox 2023-07-11 | The FTC is suing Amazon over what it calls manipulative design elements. They argue the company uses "dark patterns" to unintentionally sign people up for Prime and make it nearly impossible to cancel easily.Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjOVox 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-nowWatch our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyEFollow Vox on TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@voxdotcomCheck out our articles: vox.comListen to our podcasts: vox.com/podcasts
Why so many baseball players are Dominican Vox 2023-07-11 | And why so many players are among the best in Major League Baseball.Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Baseball has a long history in the United States, but it also has strong roots in the Caribbean and Latin America, particularly in the Dominican Republic. Cubans were the first to bring the game from the US to their country in the 19th century, and later, wealthy Cubans introduced it to the Dominican Republic. Over the following decades, the sport became deeply ingrained in Dominican culture, while in the United States, baseball evolved into a multi-million dollar industry. Eventually, the United States began to seek out Cuban baseball talent. But when diplomatic relations between the two countries deteriorated, the Dominican Republic emerged as the primary focus of Major League Baseball's talent pipeline.As Dominicans demonstrated their skill and success as baseball players, the MLB started establishing academies in the Dominican Republic, which were affiliated with MLB teams in the United States. This system facilitated the influx of numerous talented Dominican players into MLB teams. Currently, Dominicans dominate Major League Baseball in the United States, making up more than 10 percent of all players in the league. They significantly outnumber players from other foreign-born countries.To gain a deeper understanding of how baseball spread throughout the Dominican Republic and why the island produces so many MLB players, watch the latest episode of Vox Atlas.Sources: Dominican Baseball: New Pride, Old Prejudice by Alan Klein amazon.com/Dominican-Baseball-New-Pride-Prejudice/dp/143991088X?tag=namespacebran486-20Sugarball: The American Game, the Dominican Dream by Alan Klein amazon.com/Sugarball-American-Game-Dominican-Dream/dp/0300052561 Pitching Democracy: Baseball and Politics in the Dominican Republic by April Yoder amazon.com/Pitching-Democracy-Baseball-Politics-Dominican/dp/1477326766 Playing America’s Game: Baseball, Latinos and the Color Line by Adrian Burgos amazon.com/Playing-Americas-Game-Baseball-Crossroads/dp/0520251431 Further reading/watching: MLB’s International Draft would Affect Dominican Republicnytimes.com/2022/07/24/sports/baseball/international-draft-dominican-republic.html ‘A failed system’: A corrupt process exploits Dominican baseball prospects. Is an international draft really the answer?theathletic.com/3080470/2022/01/20/a-failed-system-a-corrupt-process-exploits-dominican-baseball-prospects-is-an-international-draft-really-the-answer Inside Baseball’s Dominican Sweatshop Systemtypeinvestigations.org/investigation/2013/03/04/inside-baseballs-dominican-sweatshop-system Baseball Is A Field Of Dreams — And Dashed Hopes — For Dominicansnpr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2016/04/03/472699693/baseball-is-a-field-of-dreams-and-dashed-hopes-for-dominicans MLB’s neo colonial practices in the Dominican Republic Academy systemjournals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0193723521991404 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/give-nowWatch our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyE Follow Vox on TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@voxdotcom Check out our articles: vox.comListen to our podcasts: vox.com/podcasts
How RVs get their swoops Vox 2023-07-10 | These swishes and swoops define the RV aesthetic.Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO You’ve seen it on the highway: a giant RV, lumbering by with its exterior totally covered in swooshes and swoops. Those lines of paint seem to grace the sides of every recreational vehicle, and for decades they’ve defined the RV aesthetic. But where did they come from?In this video, producer Estelle Caswell heads to Elkhart, Indiana — the global capital of RV production — to investigate why these swoops are everywhere, and whether they’re here to stay. While there, she explores Elkhart’s RV history museum and library and speaks to RV designers who love and hate the swoops. Will RV makers be forced to change their infamous look to appeal to younger generations obsessed with clean aesthetics? Or are we stuck with this look for the next 20 years? Check out the video to find out. Note: The headline on this piece has been updated.Previous headline: Why do RVs have these ugly swoops?Travel is back in a big way this summer. Vox’s first-ever travel guide is answering some of your most pressing questions about travel. Keep up on the site where new articles and videos are being published each week in July: vox.com/e/23499975Vox 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/givenowWatch our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyE Follow Vox on TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@voxdotcom Check out our articles: vox.comListen to our podcasts: vox.com/podcasts
Sneak peek: Voxs summer travel series #shorts Vox 2023-07-07 | Vox is going on a trip!Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO We’re taking you on a trip this summer — five trips to be exact. Vox producers are hopping on planes, trains, RVs, cruise ships, and cars to explain the design choices that shape the way we travel. We’re tackling the big questions about these modes of transportation, like: Why are RV paint jobs so ugly? Why does US train travel have such a bad reputation? And why is our plane legroom disappearing? Join us every week starting Monday, July 10. 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/givenowWatch our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyE Follow Vox on TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@voxdotcom Check out our articles: vox.comListen to our podcasts: vox.com/podcasts
Sneak peek: Voxs summer travel series Vox 2023-07-07 | Vox is going on a trip!Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO We’re taking you on a trip this summer — five trips to be exact. Vox producers are hopping on planes, trains, RVs, cruise ships, and cars to explain the design choices that shape the way we travel. We’re tackling the big questions about these modes of transportation, like: Why are RV paint jobs so ugly? Why does US train travel have such a bad reputation? And why is our plane legroom disappearing? Join us every week starting Monday, July 10. 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/givenowWatch our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyE Follow Vox on TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@voxdotcom Check out our articles: vox.comListen to our podcasts: vox.com/podcasts
The US Supreme Court just shot down student debt forgiveness #shorts Vox 2023-06-30 | Student debt forgiveness could change the lives of millions. The US Supreme Court just shot it down. Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjOVox 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-nowWatch our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyEFollow Vox on TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@voxdotcomCheck out our articles: vox.comListen to our podcasts: vox.com/podcasts
When flight attendants fought the airline industry and won Vox 2023-06-29 | The “stewardess rebellion” fought the industry and won.Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO When flight attendants, known as stewardesses at the time, first took flight in the 1930s, the profession became a token of glamor. Unlike other jobs open to women at the time, like teaching or secretarial work, stewardesses had a unique opportunity to travel the world and meet new people thousands of feet in the air. While the position provided exciting opportunities for working women, it also capitalized on the bodies of these women to benefit the airline industry.For decades, airlines exclusively hired young, single, unmarried, white women and enforced strict policies — like weight and age requirements — to make sure their employees were up to the standard they were selling. Airlines relied on the glamorous reputation of the jet-setting stewardess to sell luxury air travel, and it worked. Along with imposing extreme qualifications for the job, airlines leaned into a “sexy stewardess” stereotype with advertising campaigns and new uniforms, like Southwest Airlines' “hot pants” that painted stewardesses as sex objects. But in the 1960s and '70s, stewardesses mounted an organized push against their employers' discriminatory labor practices. They became one of the first groups in the US to fight discrimination in the workplace. And they won. Their activism and legal battles, which used Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, became known as the “stewardess rebellion.” It changed the airline industry into what we know today and paved the way for working women nationwide.Note: The headline on this piece has been updated.Previous headline: How flight attendants changed the airline industrySources:The book Femininity in Flight by Kathleen Barry played a huge role in researching this story: https://www.dukeupress.edu/femininity-in-flightSo did Nell McShane Wulfhart’s book about the stewardesses' legal fights and unionizing: nellmcshanewulfhart.com/booksYou can read personal accounts from the stewardess rebellion here: archive.org/details/sexobjectsinsky00kane/page/84/mode/2upCheck out more history and photos from the Association of Professional Flight Attendants:apfa.org/departments/archives-departmentAnd learn more about Black flight attendants' history from Black Flight Attendants of America:blackflightattendantsofamerica.orgVox is an explanatory newsroom on a mission to help everyone understand our weird, wonderful, complicated world, so that we can all help shape it. Vox's mission to make sure everyone can get information that helps them understand the world, regardless of their ability to pay. We rely on a lot of revenue streams to do this. Ads alone aren't enough. Help us make more videos and keep them free by giving today! vox.com/givenowWatch our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyE Follow Vox on TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@voxdotcom Check out our articles: vox.comListen to our podcasts: vox.com/podcasts
Behind the Scenes on Asteroid City’s miniatures #shorts Vox 2023-06-26 | Check out these behind the scenes photos of the miniatures used in Asteroid City. Photos courtesy Simon Weisse / Focus Features. See the full video here: youtu.be/Xj65jTCq1RsSubscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjOVox 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-nowWatch our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyEFollow Vox on TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@voxdotcomCheck out our articles: vox.comListen to our podcasts: vox.com/podcasts
A desert fungus that infects humans is spreading Vox 2023-06-24 | ... And scientists don't fully understand why.Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Check out the article by Keren Landman on Vox.com for more: vox.com/the-highlight/23673211/valley-fever-cocci-fungal-infections-colorado-river-dustOut of the millions of fungal species in the world, only a few hundred can make people sick. Coccidioides is one of them — and it lives in desert dust. Microscopic spores are kicked up when the ground is disturbed; if inhaled, they can cause an infection known as Valley fever. Most people recover without ever knowing they had it, but others will experience far more intense symptoms, ranging from pneumonia to meningitis. Coccidioides is also really good at eating … meat. Fortunately, this fungus is typically only found in the southwestern US, parts of Mexico, and Central and South America — and cases are rare. But unfortunately, that range is expanding quickly. Scientists are racing to understand exactly why, because even though this fungus has existed for millennia, there are still tons of unanswered questions about how it lives both in the desert and in people.Further reading:Bridget Barker is one of the authors of the endozoan hypothesis. You can read her study co-authored by John Taylor here: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30690603/. This article talks about the need for prevention methods: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6749157/?report=readerYou can find the study that predicts the spread of Coccidioides here: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1029/2019GH000209Vox 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/givenowWatch our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyE Follow Vox on TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@voxdotcom Check out our articles: vox.comListen to our podcasts: vox.com/podcasts
