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Lauren Katz

Lauren Katz

Senior newsroom project manager

    Latest articles by Lauren Katz

    Dylan Scott answers 9 key questions about universal health care around the world
    Politics

    Vox policy reporter Dylan Scott traveled to Taiwan, Australia, and the Netherlands to see their health systems.

    By Lauren Katz
    archives
    The Rehab Racket: Investigating the high cost of addiction careThe Rehab Racket: Investigating the high cost of addiction care
    archives

    Reporter German Lopez is looking into America’s notoriously opaque addiction treatment industry, which affects thousands of people each year.

    By Lauren Katz
    Culture
    19 books from the 2010s we can’t stop thinking about19 books from the 2010s we can’t stop thinking about
    Culture

    The most important books of the decade, according to Vox staff.

    By Haleema Shah, Ezra Klein and 17 more
    Join the Open Sourced Reporting Network
    Technology

    Help us report on the real consequences of data, privacy, algorithms, and AI.

    By Lauren Katz
    Podcasts
    It’s a lifestyle. It’s a culture. It’s keto.It’s a lifestyle. It’s a culture. It’s keto.
    Podcast
    Podcasts

    Vox’s Julia Belluz explains the extreme diet phenomenon on this episode of Today, Explained.

    By Lauren Katz
    Podcasts
    Traveling over Thanksgiving? Take a break from the news with these 9 podcast episodes.Traveling over Thanksgiving? Take a break from the news with these 9 podcast episodes.
    Podcast
    Podcasts

    It’s okay if you need to press pause on the daily news cycle. We’ve got you.

    By Lauren Katz
    Podcasts
    Noise pollution is everywhere. And the health effects are real.Noise pollution is everywhere. And the health effects are real.
    Podcast
    Podcasts

    Listen to Today, Explained to learn how noise impacts your everyday life.

    By Lauren Katz
    Podcasts
    “This dynamic is immortal”: Why OK boomer is much more complicated than the meme“This dynamic is immortal”: Why OK boomer is much more complicated than the meme
    Podcast
    Podcasts

    OK boomer pits the Youths against the Olds. Listen to Today, Explained to learn why the truth about this meme can be found in its shades of grey.

    By Lauren Katz
    Politics
    Why Pete Buttigieg is suddenly surging in the pollsWhy Pete Buttigieg is suddenly surging in the polls
    Podcast
    Politics

    Vox’s Today, Explained podcast covers what we learned from the November Democratic debate.

    By Lauren Katz
    Politics
    What we learned from the third day of public impeachment hearingsWhat we learned from the third day of public impeachment hearings
    Podcast
    Politics

    Two Today, Explained episodes explore what we learned from Vindman, Volker, Williams, and Morrison.

    By Lauren Katz