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How to spot the signs of long Covid — and what to do next

If you’ve had (or currently have) Covid-19, here’s what you should know about long Covid symptoms and care.

By Casey Gueren

The frustrating Covid-19 test reimbursement process is a microcosm of US health care

Why would getting reimbursed for Covid-19 testing ever involve a freaking fax machine?

By Dylan Scott

This new map shows where nature is, in fact, healing

Good news! Humans are restoring ecosystems all around the world.

By Benji Jones

The parents of the youngest children are not okay

An epidemiologist on the health risks of the omicron variant, child care issues, and the unique pandemic struggles of working parents.

By Katherine Harmon Courage

The voting rights push in Congress is over. The fight for democracy isn’t.

The war for American democracy can still be won despite the Senate’s failures. Here’s where to start.

By Zack Beauchamp

What’s the point of digital clothes?

Digital fashion makes sense for video games with virtual metaverse-like worlds, but it probably won’t ever replace real clothes.

By Terry Nguyen

One Good Thing: Nothing in Criminal Minds makes sense and it’s perfect

The crimes on Criminal Minds are wild, as are the ways the FBI solves them.

By Emily Stewart

The M&Ms are different now

Nobody asked for candy with anxiety. And why can’t the green M&M be sexy?

By Melinda Fakuade

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Why Covid-19 is always one step ahead of the US response

By Dylan Scott January 20

Texas went big on oil. Earthquakes followed.

By Neel Dhanesha January 20

Wordle is a deceptively easy game for burnt-out pandemic shut-ins

By Aja Romano January 20

Biden’s immigration polices have left Haitians stranded in Mexico

By Nicole Narea January 20

Take a mental break with the newest Vox crossword

By Vox Staff January 1

The world has moved on from Colleyville. American Jews can’t.

By Zack Beauchamp January 20

Democrats’ failure on filibuster reform will haunt them

By Li Zhou January 19

The Supreme Court breaks with Trump on January 6

By Ian Millhiser January 19

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It was a great day in the Supreme Court for the bribery of lawmakers

By Ian Millhiser January 19

Democrats’ voting rights debacle

By Andrew Prokop January 19

Biden’s offshore wind plan is also a jobs plan

By Neel Dhanesha January 19

Why 5G is causing flight cancellations

By Rebecca Heilweil January 19

What you need to know about Biden’s free rapid test program

By Rebecca Heilweil January 19

Could a universal Covid-19 vaccine defeat every variant?

By Umair Irfan January 19

Microsoft is buying one of the biggest names in games — if Washington lets it

By Peter Kafka January 18

Is confidence a cult? These sociologists think so.

By Rebecca Jennings January 18

Am I asymptomatic, or do I just really not want to have Covid-19? A guide.

By Allie Volpe January 18

We’ll never have a normal flu season again

By Dylan Scott January 18

A physicist’s lessons about race, power, and the universe

By Neel Dhanesha January 17

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Are corporations winning at inflation?

If they are profiting from inflation, can we do anything about it?

How to sponsor an Afghan refugee family

By Sigal Samuel January 17

One Good Thing: ABC’s Abbott Elementary breathes new life into the mockumentary

By Emily VanDerWerff January 17

TV’s buzziest shows aren’t trying to trick viewers anymore

By Emily VanDerWerff January 17

Could a 54-year-old civil rights law be revived?

By Jerusalem Demsas January 17

How seditious conspiracy charges change the January 6 narrative

By Ellen Ioanes January 16

The Christian right brings a Supreme Court case it actually deserves to win

By Ian Millhiser January 16

Even Tories are over Boris Johnson’s scandals after “Partygate”

By Ellen Ioanes January 15

The Supreme Court can’t get its story straight on vaccines

By Ian Millhiser January 15

The pipeline at the center of geopolitical drama

By Jen Kirby January 14

The intimacy of the TV star death

By Emily VanDerWerff January 14

This is what long-term immunity to Covid-19 might look like

By Umair Irfan January 14

Nearly half the world’s kids are exposed to dangerous levels of lead

By Dylan Matthews January 14

The most consistently botched part of the US pandemic response

By Dylan Scott January 14

Kyrsten Sinema’s opposition to filibuster reform rests on a myth

By Li Zhou January 13

Earth is running low on wildlife. Plants will be next.

By Benji Jones January 13

Protecting voting rights isn’t enough to save democracy

By Fabiola Cineas January 13

The true cost of Amazon’s low prices

By Sara Morrison January 13

A syllabus for a new world

By Alissa Wilkinson January 13

Texas shows the dangers of indifference to omicron

By Nicole Narea January 13

Is Covax finally going to vaccinate the world?

By Muizz Akhtar January 13

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