Vox has been explaining for a whole decade. We’ve published thousands of articles, videos, and podcasts on nearly every topic imaginable, all illuminating important and fascinating and confusing topics that help us better understand who we are and how our world works. It’s been a wild time! To say so much has happened would be an understatement.
Our staff has taken the opportunity on our 10th anniversary to look back at the moments that defined the past decade. Instead of rethinking how the Covid pandemic has affected America’s public health, we’ve focused our attention on the unexpected—both the small-scale events that foretold big deal changes and the massive events that had surprising consequences.
There are stories on everything from the rise of self-care to the death of George Floyd, a comprehensive list of key takeaways from reporters across the newsroom, along with Today, explained episode, and what a text and video forecast next Could look decades from Future Perfect.
Last 10 years, explained
(Wild! Scary! Amazing!) Moments matter.
How the self-care industry has made us so lonely
The commodification of an activist concept has turned a revitalized practice into an isolationist one.
By Ally Volpe
The “Ethnic Reckoning” of 2020 has triggered a whole new kind of response
We live in an age of conservative grievance politics.
By Fabiola Cineas
Neglected conflicts that have changed the nature of warfare in the 21st century
From drones to social media, the war between Armenia and Azerbaijan was a foreshadowing of Ukraine and the conflict to come.
By Joshua Keating
The internet went over the top with “the dress” and then it was exposed
The ominous perfect meme marks the isolation of our shared reality.
By Brian Resnick
Serial has transformed true crime — and the way we think about criminal justice
The show that helped free Adnan Syed completely overturns how much the average person knows about US law and the prison system.
By Aja Romano
10 big things we think will happen in the next 10 years
Obesity will decrease, electric cars will increase and nuclear bombs may fall.
Credit
Editorial Director: Julia Rubin | Project Manager: Nathan Hall
Reporter: Alex Abad-Santos, Jacques Beauchamp, Fabiola Sines, Rachel Cohen, Kyndall Cunningham, Abdullah Fayyad, Constance Grady, Ellen Ians, Ocean Jaro, Benji Jones, Josh Keating, Whizzy Kim, Karen Landman, Dylan Matthews, Ian Milhiser, Anna North Christian Paz, Brian Resnick, Aja Romano, Seagal Samuel, Dylan Scott, Ally Volpe
Editor: Marina Bolotnikova, Melinda Faquade, Meredith Haggerty, Caroline Hawk, Libby Nelson, Alana Okun, Lavanya Ramanathan, Izzy Ramirez, Patrick Reiss, Paige Vega, Elbert Ventura, Brian Walsh
Art Director: Paige Vickers | Illustrator: Hudson Christie
Managing Editor, Audio and Video: Natalie Jennings
Hearing: Amina Al-Saadi, Laura Bullard, Rob Byers, Victoria Chamberlin, David Harman, Miranda Kennedy, Noel King, Andrea Kristinsdottir, Amanda Llewellyn, Sean Rameswaram
Video: Raja Elidrisi, Adam Freelander, Dean Peterson, Joey Sandiego, Kathryn Spangler
Style and Value: Elizabeth Crane, Anoch Dussaud, Kim Eggleston, Katy Penzeimug, Sarah Schweppe
Audience Leads: Gaby Fernandez | Audience: Shira Turlow, Kelsey Trinity
Special thanks to: Bill Carey, Nisha Chittal, Swati Sharma
