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Zachary Crockett

Zachary Crockett

Former Vox Staff

    Latest articles by Zachary Crockett

    Criminal Justice
    This San Francisco political candidate won’t eat until his city’s police chief resignsThis San Francisco political candidate won’t eat until his city’s police chief resigns
    Criminal Justice

    District supervisor candidate Edwin Lindo has been on a hunger strike for seven days over a spat of recent police shootings in San Francisco.

    By Zachary Crockett
    archives
    The US is finally putting a woman on the $20 bill — but 48 other countries beat us to itThe US is finally putting a woman on the $20 bill — but 48 other countries beat us to it
    archives

    When we crawled through the data of 180 different currencies, what we found was bleak: only 9 percent of the world’s bills feature a woman. And Queen Elizabeth II is on two-thirds of them.

    By Zachary Crockett
    10 labor strikes bigger than Verizon’s 36,000-worker walkout
    Politics

    We took a look back at the largest strikes in US history, spread over the course of a century. What precipitated them? How long did they last? And how were they ultimately resolved?

    By Zachary Crockett
    Culture
    The actors and actresses who most consistently appear in terrible moviesThe actors and actresses who most consistently appear in terrible movies
    Culture

    Who among Hollywood’s actors and actresses most routinely appears in the worst-reviewed films? And who always win critics’ praise? We turn to the data to find out.

    By Zachary Crockett
    Culture
    Big-budget films are getting worse — and we can prove itBig-budget films are getting worse — and we can prove it
    Culture

    We began with a question — what are the worst-reviewed, highest-grossing movies ever made? — and found that Batman v Superman isn’t far from the top of the list.

    By Zachary Crockett

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