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Lauren Katz

Lauren Katz

Senior newsroom project manager

    Latest articles by Lauren Katz

    Politics
    A guide to the Trump administration’s biggest scandals, accomplishments, and policiesA guide to the Trump administration’s biggest scandals, accomplishments, and policies
    Podcast
    Politics

    Vox’s Today, Explained podcast takes a look back at Trump’s presidency.

    By Lauren Katz and Sean Rameswaram
    Podcasts
    Next time someone sends you fake news, share these essential tipsNext time someone sends you fake news, share these essential tips
    Podcast
    Podcasts

    A fake news survival guide, explained by a librarian.

    By Lauren Katz and Sean Rameswaram
    Podcasts
    These 11 Vox podcast episodes give more context to the protests happening across AmericaThese 11 Vox podcast episodes give more context to the protests happening across America
    Podcast
    Podcasts

    Listen to everything from what “defund the police” really means to how the world views these protests.

    By Lauren Katz
    Podcasts
    Professor Ibram X. Kendi on why it’s not enough to admit when you’re being racistProfessor Ibram X. Kendi on why it’s not enough to admit when you’re being racist
    Podcast
    Podcasts

    The author of “How to Be an Antiracist” explains how the George Floyd protests are a result of “America’s nightmare.”

    By Lauren Katz and Sean Rameswaram
    Science
    How has the coronavirus pandemic impacted your life? Share to help Vox’s reporting.How has the coronavirus pandemic impacted your life? Share to help Vox’s reporting.
    Science

    The outbreak of the novel coronavirus — and the disease it causes, Covid-19 — continues to evolve at a rapid pace. We want to hear from you.

    By Lauren Katz
    Understand the unfolding coronavirus pandemic with these Vox podcast episodes
    Podcast
    Politics

    Listen to everything from what it’s like to be quarantined to America’s level preparedness for Covid-19.

    By Lauren Katz
    Science
    To practice social distancing, stay 6 feet awayTo practice social distancing, stay 6 feet away
    Podcast
    Science

    Listen to Today, Explained to learn about the go-to rules for this public health intervention that slows the spread of coronavirus.

    By Lauren Katz
    Politics
    Why James Carville thinks Trump will loseWhy James Carville thinks Trump will lose
    Podcast
    Politics

    “This is an opportunity that you just don’t see very often in politics. ... We have a chance to run the table in November,” Carville says on Today, Explained.

    By Lauren Katz
    Science
    Covid-19, explained by Carl (who has it)Covid-19, explained by Carl (who has it)
    Podcast
    Science

    What’s it like to be quarantined with coronavirus? Listen to Today, Explained to find out.

    By Lauren Katz
    Politics
    Here’s how to listen to every Vox podcast interview with a 2020 Democratic candidateHere’s how to listen to every Vox podcast interview with a 2020 Democratic candidate
    Podcast
    Politics

    From Buttigieg on rural America to Warren on breaking up Big Tech, these episodes dive into how candidates think about policies that affect your lives.

    By Lauren Katz