Vox Quick Hits

Vox film critic Alissa Wilkinson and critic-at-large Emily VanDerWerff recommend Minari, starring Steven Yeun. It’s a beautiful drama about an immigrant family trying to start a vegetable farm in the Ozarks, based on the childhood recollections of writer and director Lee Isaac Chung. 

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Zack, Jenn, and Alex break down one of the DC foreign policy world’s hottest new catchphrases: “great power competition.” It’s the idea that international politics in the 21st century will be dominated by a struggle for influence between the US, China, and (to a lesser extent) Russia. The gang talks about what the concept actually means and whether it’s a useful framework for understanding international politics today and in the future.

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Author Nicole Hemmer explains how Limbaugh transformed conservative politics.

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Vox's Sean Illing talks about the the little-known history of psychedelics and spirituality in the Western world with Brian Muraresku, author of The Immortality Key. What role did psychedelic drugs play in the rise and spread of Christianity — and could they save the church today?

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President Biden says he wants to undo his predecessor’s immigration policies? The El Paso Times’s Lauren Villagran explain.

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Constance Grady suggests some reads that make you feel like you’re trapped in one of Hopper’s classic scenes: In Sunlight or in Shadow, Raymond Chandler books, and Play It as It Lays.

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Matt, Dara, and Vox's Emily Stewart ponder what will come next for the twice-impeached former president.

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Democrats made a strong impeachment case against Donald Trump. Republicans are being punished for supporting it. Vox’s Zack Beauchamp explains.

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Imagine waking up one day to find Google and all of its services gone. Gmail, search, Google Drive, YouTube, Google Home, Google Maps — all gone. In Australia, a world without Google might not be far off. 

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When news broke of a possible Harry Potter TV series, not everyone seemed excited. Why J.K. Rowling’s transphobic statements are tarnishing the series’ legacy and making fans question the characters’ meaning and influence.

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