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From Vox. How Oklahoma’s 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 1998. Oklahoma’s universal pre-k program was just the second…
From Vox. Sean Illing talks with Leor Zmigrod, political psychologist and neuroscientist and author of The Ideological Brain. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO What do you do when you’re faced with evidence that challenges your ideology? Do you engage with that new information? Are you willing to change your mind about your most deeply held…
From Vox. Sean Illing talks with Frances E. Lee, professor of politics and public affairs at Princeton and co-author of In Covid’s Wake: How Our Politics Failed Us. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO There are lots of stories to tell about the Covid pandemic. Most of them, on some level, are about politics, about decisions…
From Vox. Sean Illing talks with MIT professor Kieran Setiya, author of Life Is Hard: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Philosophy often feels like a disconnected discipline, obsessed with tedious and abstract problems. But Kieran Setiya believes philosophical inquiry has a practical purpose outside the classroom —…
From Vox. Honey has a lot of soothing benefits, but it won’t stop your seasonal allergies. Here’s why. Every spring, millions of people are left coughing, sneezing, and itching their way out of winter. It’s a sign that nature is blooming back to life, dumping a ton of pollen into the air — and, subsequently,…
From Vox. St. Petersburg claims that it’s always sunny. Is that possible? Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO This video is presented by Visit St. Petersburg. Our sponsor has no editorial influence over how we report our stories, but their support makes videos like these possible. To learn more, click here: https://www.visitstpeteclearwater.com/ There’s a town in…
From Vox. Sean Illing talks with the philosopher John Gray, author of The New Leviathans: Thoughts After Liberalism. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO What exactly is the basis for democracy? Arguably liberalism, the belief that the government serves the people, is the stone on which modern democracy was founded. That notion is so ingrained in…
From Vox. The new US secretary of Health and Human Services has a long history of spreading misinformation about vaccines. Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don’t miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been called the most unqualified health secretary in the history of the US. Before…
From Vox. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz sat down with Today, Explained Host Sean Rameswaram at SXSW in Austin, Texas, to talk about 2024, 2025, and what might help his party in 2028. This episode was recorded live on the Vox Media Podcast Stage at SXSW, presented by Smartsheet. Support our work. Become a Vox Member…
From Vox. The simple math behind paying off debt versus investing. This video is presented by Robinhood. Our sponsor has no editorial influence over how we report our stories, but their support makes videos like these possible. When you get to a place financially where you can begin to start saving, rather than living paycheck…
From Vox. Americans don’t agree on whether being born here should make you a citizen. That’s not new. Support our work. Become a Vox Member today: http://www.vox.com/memberships On the first day of Donald Trump’s second presidential term, he signed an executive order about an old American rule: that with very few exceptions, anyone born here…
From Vox. This tool might just change movies forever. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO In 2025, Tom Hanks is 67 years old. Yet, in his latest film Here (directed by Robert Zemeckis), he’s convincingly transformed to appear as young as 18, and aged even beyond his current years. And the effect actually looks …. good!…
From Vox. A practical guide to your bird flu fears. In 2021, 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…
From Vox. A new AI tool says it can detect similarities in fingerprints that humans can’t. Support our work. Become a Vox Member today: http://www.vox.com/memberships Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don’t miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Fingerprints have long been known to be completely unique. They also don’t change their…
From Vox. The science isn’t so straightforward. Support our work. Become a Vox Member today: http://www.vox.com/memberships Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don’t miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO RFK, Jr. has put the decades-old debate over water fluoridation back on the table. As Donald Trump’s pick for Health and Human Services…
From Vox. Did you vote? Support our work. Become a Vox Member today: http://www.vox.com/memberships Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO 2024 saw over 60 elections worldwide, many of which were marked with controversy. It was undoubtedly a divisive year both within and along borders. The war in Ukraine is now in its third year. Syrian rebels…
From Vox. Just like you can’t control the bus schedule, you can’t control your pay schedule – which leaves you stuck on someone else’s clock, even though you’ve already worked hard for that money. But have you ever wondered… why do we get paid every two weeks? We teamed up with rapper Vince Staples and…
From Vox. And why so many of them are shot in Vancouver. This video is presented by Destination Vancouver. Learn more about Vancouver at findyourrefresh.com. Our sponsor has no editorial influence over how we report our stories, but their support makes videos like these possible. Movie magic is what makes our favorite films so good:…