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Anna North

Anna North

Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Anna North

    Politics
    Essential workers are losing their hazard pay even though the hazard isn’t overEssential workers are losing their hazard pay even though the hazard isn’t over
    Politics

    Kroger and other companies provided “hero pay” to employees as the pandemic ratcheted up the risk to their safety. For many, it will end this month.

    By Anna North
    Politics
    California’s special election to fill Katie Hill’s House seat, explainedCalifornia’s special election to fill Katie Hill’s House seat, explained
    Politics

    The race is the first glimpse of major campaigning in the Covid-19 era.

    By Katelyn Burns and Anna North
    What Trump’s refusal to wear a mask says about masculinity in America
    Politics

    From the president to stay-at-home protesters, a mask-less face has become a stand-in for manliness.

    By Anna North
    “I feel incredibly exhausted all the time”: 6 families on juggling child care during the pandemic
    Covid-19

    The coronavirus has caused a child care crisis. Here’s how some parents are managing.

    By Anna North and Nicole Narea
    Politics
    Trump administration releases new campus sexual assault rules in the midst of the pandemicTrump administration releases new campus sexual assault rules in the midst of the pandemic
    Politics

    Advocates say the rules will hurt survivors.

    By Anna North
    The debate over what “believe women” means, explained
    Explainers

    America still doesn’t know what to do with allegations of sexual assault.

    By Anna North
    Politics
    Joe Biden denies Tara Reade’s sexual assault allegation in TV interviewJoe Biden denies Tara Reade’s sexual assault allegation in TV interview
    Politics

    “It never, never happened.”

    By Anna North
    The “women’s work” of the pandemic
    Covid-19

    Who sews the masks? How women are shouldering the burden of pandemic preparedness.

    By Anna North
    Explainers
    A sexual assault allegation against Joe Biden has ignited a firestorm of controversyA sexual assault allegation against Joe Biden has ignited a firestorm of controversy
    Explainers

    A woman says Biden assaulted her in 1993 and has filed a criminal complaint.

    By Anna North
    How the pandemic turned Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer into an unlikely firebrand
    Explainers

    “I was thrust into this moment,” the governor told Vox.

    By Anna North