The moments that changed everything

From Serial to self-care, these moments defined the decade. [View this email in your browser]( Hudson Christie for Vox Introducing: This Changed Everything When 2024 rolled around, we knew there were going to be some big news events to plan for: the election, the Olympics. But 2024 also marks Vox’s 10th anniversary, and we didn’t want the occasion to pass without making some sort of original editorial mark. So, as often happens around these parts, a brainstorm ensued. We landed on the idea of “turning points” — those moments when things shifted, though you only realized that was the case in hindsight. The project’s name? [This Changed Everything](. It was a fun frame that could encompass the wide range of topics we tackle, tapping into the varied and impressive expertise across the newsroom. More than 20 reporters contributed turning points, alongside more than a dozen editors, spanning every subject we cover: politics, culture, climate, tech, policy, health, world, consumerism. And that’s only the half of it! This project also involved a slew of audio producers, video producers, and staffers across nearly every team here: visuals, style and standards, audience, operations. Ambitious work like this is only possible thanks to support from our audience. Vox recently introduced a new way to support our journalism. The Vox Membership program includes [new perks]( that provide a deeper look into how projects like this one get made. We'd love for you to [join us.]( —Julia Rubin, senior editorial director [Become a Member](   [This changed everything]( [The last 10 years, explained]( The (wild! scary! surprising!) moments that mattered. [How the self-care industry made us so lonely]( The commodification of an activist concept turned a revitalizing practice into an isolating one. [The “racial reckoning” of 2020 set off an entirely new kind of backlash]( We are living in an era of conservative grievance politics. [The overlooked conflict that altered the nature of war in the 21st century]( From drones to social media, the war between Armenia and Azerbaijan was a preview of Ukraine and the conflicts to come. [The internet peaked with “the dress” — and then it unraveled]( The ominously perfect meme marked the splintering of our shared reality. [Serial transformed true crime — and the way we think about criminal justice]( The show that helped to free Adnan Syed completely upended how much the average person knows about US legal and prison systems. [10 big things we think will happen in the next 10 years]( Obesity will go down, electric cars will go up, and a nuclear bomb might just fall.   [Become a Vox Member](   [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [YouTube]( [Instagram]( [TikTok]( [WhatsApp]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. [Unsubscribe]( from this email or [manage your email preferences](. View our [Privacy Notice]( and our [Terms of Service](. Vox Media, 1701 Rhode Island Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036. Copyright © 2024. All rights reserved.