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8 ways to go out and stay safe during the coronavirus pandemic

People are starting to leave their homes again. Here’s how to do that and stay as safe as possible.

By German Lopez

Trump spent Memorial Day weekend tweeting conspiracy theories and petty attacks

Ahead of the holiday, Trump made baseless claims of murder and shared personal attacks against Democratic women.

By Zeeshan Aleem

Trump reportedly wants to restrict visa programs for skilled workers

Some Republicans are pressuring the president to suspend the programs for a year.

By Nicole Narea

The Trump administration is demanding that Planned Parenthood affiliates give back their PPP loans

Planned Parenthood says it’s politically motivated.

By Anna North

The Justice Department is pressuring state and local officials over lockdown orders

The DOJ is questioning the legal authority of top officials in California and Illinois to extend stay-at-home orders.

By Zeeshan Aleem

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How to weigh the risk of going out in the coronavirus pandemic, in one chart

There’s a lot of uncertainty and anxiety about going out during a pandemic. Here’s how to think about the risk.

By German Lopez and Amanda Northrop

Poll: Many Americans won’t venture into public despite businesses reopening

A new survey finds coronavirus fears, not government lockdowns, are keeping people at home.

By Zeeshan Aleem

The 5 best movies you can now watch at home

From chefs and rockstars to painters and thieves.

By Alissa Wilkinson

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Working from home for a while? Here’s how to do it securely.

By Sara Morrison

The problem with comparing health care workers to soldiers on Memorial Day

By Arghavan Salles and Jessica Gold

One German church service resulted in more than 100 coronavirus infections

By Zeeshan Aleem

As crowds flock outdoors for Memorial Day weekend, government officials stress caution

By Zeeshan Aleem

Hong Kong demonstrators defy lockdowns to protest a sweeping new national security law

By Zeeshan Aleem

Is America too libertarian to deal with the coronavirus?

By Sean Illing

How chaos theory helps explain the weirdness of the Covid-19 pandemic

By Brian Resnick

Stanley Tucci’s bookshelf is too messy, says celebrity book curator Thatcher Wine

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The plaintiff of Roe v. Wade made a big revelation on her deathbed. Here’s what it means.

By Anna North

Joe Biden receives swift blowback for claiming voters “ain’t black” if they support Trump

By Li Zhou

Trump claims he will “override the governors” who closed churches in the pandemic

By Ian Millhiser

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The Vox guide to navigating the coronavirus crisis

How to navigate society’s new normal.

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New Fox News poll finds Biden with healthy lead, sends Trump into tailspin

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The Secret History ends in incest and gunshots as Vox Book Club’s May pick draws to a close

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One reason why coronavirus is hitting black Americans the hardest

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6 feet away isn’t enough. Covid-19 risk involves other dimensions, too.

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The Lovebirds is mostly an excuse to put Issa Rae and Kumail Nanjiani in a rom-com, and I’m not mad

By Alissa Wilkinson

How the coronavirus is changing science

By Kelsey Piper

In The Trip to Greece, Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon eat, drink, and follow in Odysseus’s footsteps

By Alissa Wilkinson

Why “essential” workers are treated as disposable

By Ezra Klein

Is this the end of productivity?

Amid the pandemic, workers whose jobs once defined their lives are questioning what it was all for.

By Sam Blum

What day is it today?

By Emily VanDerWerff

States are inflating their coronavirus testing numbers with the wrong kind of test

By German Lopez

The Senate won’t consider more coronavirus stimulus until early June

By Li Zhou

The killing of Ahmaud Arbery, an unarmed black jogger in Georgia, explained

By Sean Collins

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Getting a flight refund is even harder than you think

By Terry Nguyen

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How safe is it to use public bathrooms right now?

By Rebecca Heilweil

A crash course in contact tracing: What it’s like to track Covid-19

By Luke Winkie

“It is an official death sentence for Hong Kong”: China moves to pass national security law

By Jen Kirby

The pandemic will put billionaires’ commitment to journalism to the test

By Theodore Schleifer

A painter tracked down the thief who stole her work. She discovered a muse.

By Alissa Wilkinson

Facebook is the latest major tech company to let people work from home forever

By Shirin Ghaffary

Mrs. America tells a story of conservative politics using a progressive framework. It’s terrific.

By Emily VanDerWerff

Doctors’ new coronavirus threat: Patients who refuse to wear masks

By Lois Parshley

A massive cyclone battered India and Bangladesh. The coronavirus makes recovery even harder.

By Alex Ward

Are women leaders better at fighting coronavirus? It’s complicated.

By Anna North