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These are the trade-offs we make when we depend on billionaires to save us

Now more than ever, the coronavirus crisis has Americans living in tech billionaires’ world.

By Theodore Schleifer

Why New York has 12 times as many coronavirus deaths as California

California is not in the clear yet, but its experience so far has some potential takeaways.

By German Lopez

Acting Navy Secretary resigns after calling ousted coronavirus-stricken captain “stupid”

Thomas Modly is now on his way out, just days after relieving Capt. Brett Crozier of command.

By Alex Ward and Zeeshan Aleem

The US doesn’t just need to flatten the curve. It needs to “raise the line.”

How everybody can do their part to help doctors fight coronavirus, in one chart.

By Eliza Barclay, Dylan Scott, and 1 other

Michael Lewis explains how the Trump administration puts us all at risk of catastrophe

Trump’s botched coronavirus response isn’t the first time his administration has put Americans at risk. And it won’t be the last.

By Roge Karma

Trump’s new press secretary has a history of birtherism and wildly inaccurate coronavirus takes

Kayleigh McEnany has a storied record of defending some of Trump’s most egregious excesses.

By Aaron Rupar

Trump’s promotion of unproven drugs is cause for alarm, but not because he’s making money off it

Trump indirectly owns a minute stake in a company that makes hydroxychloroquine. But that doesn’t seem to be why he’s been promoting it.

By Sean Collins

The Supreme Court’s disturbing order to effectively disenfranchise thousands of Wisconsin voters

American democracy is in deep trouble.

By Ian Millhiser

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A vaccine will take a while, but Vox's Umair Irfan says the global effort to test for immunity and treat Covid-19 is well underway.

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What you should know about Jack Dorsey’s surprising $1 billion commitment to charity

By Theodore Schleifer

Is the coronavirus airborne? It’s complicated.

By Daniel Markus

Trump’s daily coronavirus press briefings are becoming TV clip shows

By Emily Todd VanDerWerff

Many small businesses are being shut out of a new loan program by major banks

By Li Zhou

Covid-19 is disproportionately taking black lives

By Fabiola Cineas

How coronavirus is changing the ways we grieve and mourn the dead

By Alex Ward

Wisconsin voters are waiting in 5-hour lines in the middle of a deadly pandemic

By Katelyn Burns

Wisconsin’s Election Day is a public health disaster

By German Lopez

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The Vox guide to navigating the coronavirus crisis

How to navigate society’s new normal.

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Can Trump cancel the November election?

By Ian Millhiser

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Wisconsin is still holding an election Tuesday. Here’s when we might see results.

By Emily Stewart

New York’s battle with coronavirus continues, Boris Johnson remains in ICU: Tuesday’s coronavirus news

By Jen Kirby

The evidence for using hydroxychloroquine to treat Covid-19 is flimsy

By Umair Irfan

Trump said “nobody could have predicted” coronavirus. White House memos show his advisers did.

By Aaron Rupar

America’s emergency medical stockpile is almost empty. Nobody knows what happens next.

By Adam Clark Estes

Jared Kushner, Peter Navarro, and our epidemic of overconfidence

By Zack Beauchamp

The tech sector is finally delivering on its promise

By Matthew Yglesias

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How to find a therapist during the Covid-19 pandemic

By Kastalia Medrano

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Your phone knows if you're staying at home

This week in TikTok: Maybe don’t do the “mugshot challenge”

By Rebecca Jennings

Dalgona coffee, PowerPoint parties, and bread baking: The micro-trends of quarantine

By Terry Nguyen

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The 2020 election calendar

By Catherine Kim, Hannah Brown, and 1 other

“You’re a third-rate reporter”: Trump lashes out in response to questions about damning IG report

By Aaron Rupar

Wisconsin Supreme Court rules on partisan lines to require state to hold election on Tuesday

By Ian Millhiser

How to survive quarantine, in 215 songs

By Emily Todd VanDerWerff

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is in intensive care as his coronavirus symptoms worsen

By Jen Kirby
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By Estelle Caswell

Understand the unfolding coronavirus pandemic with these Vox podcast episodes

By Lauren Katz

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Is it ethical to hire babysitters, delivery services, and cleaners right now?

By Anna Davies

Russia’s growing coronavirus outbreak and its challenge to Vladimir Putin, explained

By Alex Ward

Trump says the federal coronavirus effort has been “incredible.” His own government disagrees.

By Aaron Rupar

What we know about the tiger with Covid-19 — and how the disease affects other animals

By Sean Collins

America braces for a difficult week, Boris Johnson is hospitalized: Monday’s coronavirus news

By Jen Kirby

“We are on our own”: How the coronavirus pandemic is hurting child care workers

By Anna North

You can’t use ventilators without sedatives. Now the US is running out of those, too.

By Lois Parshley

Cut your own hair. Dye it pink. In quarantine, there are no rules.

By Rebecca Jennings

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Everything you need to know about making your own face mask

By Alanna Okun

Quibi — the new short-form streaming service for your phone — explained

By Emily Todd VanDerWerff

I was food insecure for years. Affluent people finally understand a little of what it’s like.

By Felisa Rosa Rogers