Vox Quick Hits

The Undefeated's culture critic Soraya Nadia McDonald talks with Emmy Award-winning television writer and producer Cord Jefferson. They discuss the transition from journalism to TV, delving into Jefferson's move from Gawker to writing for hit shows like Succession, The Good Place, and Watchmen. They also touch on what needs to change about TV writer's rooms, and what our current era of streaming giants and tech barons means for news and pop culture.

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Andrew Cuomo was hailed for his leadership early on in the pandemic. Now, he's mired in scandal. Journalist Ross Barkan explains.

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A new documentary has brought Britney Spears back into the spotlight, making us questions if we’ve changed our ways as a celebrity-obsessed culture.

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In this Vox Quick Hits exclusive, Vox's Emily Stewart joins Matt and Dara to issue dreary prognostications on the fate of the $15 minimum wage

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What’s taking so long? What’s happening with those $1,400 checks? Are the Democrats betraying the people who voted for them? Vox’s Li Zhou explains.

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Black and brown communities have been disproportionately impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, on both the health and economic fronts. Across the country, it appears that vaccination strategies aren’t designed in light of that reality. White people are being vaccinated at higher rates than people of color, and many places aren’t tracking who’s getting vaccinated, race-wise, at all. Vox reporter Fabiola Cineas discusses vaccinations in the context of race and what an equitable policy should look like.

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Australia just reined in Google. Dozens of other countries want in on the action. The latest season of Land of the Giants explains how two grad students, Sergey Brin and Larry Page, turned a search engine into what might be the most powerful company in history.

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Hollywood award shows are rigged by the industry, so why should we watch them? In the age of endless streamable content, are award shows becoming obsolete?

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May 25 will be the one-year anniversary of George Floyd’s killing at the hands of police, which sparked protests across the country. There’s more conversation about police violence in America right now than ever before, but what would it actually take, policy-wise, to address the problem? Vox editor Sean Collins discusses two proposals that activists say could make an important difference and what progress after the protests could look like.

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First it was brutal winter weather, power outages followed. Texas Public Radio’s Joey Palacios explains what comes next.

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