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Jen Kirby

Jen Kirby

Former Vox Staff

    Latest articles by Jen Kirby

    The fighting in Gaza is over. The humanitarian crisis isn’t.
    World Politics

    Aid is beginning to flow, but the damage has been done.

    By Jen Kirby
    Sports
    The Olympics’ Covid-19 dilemmaThe Olympics’ Covid-19 dilemma
    Sports

    It’s complicated.

    By Jen Kirby
    Explainers
    Israel’s Iron Dome, explained by an expertIsrael’s Iron Dome, explained by an expert
    Explainers

    Here’s how the rocket defense system works, and the ways it has — and hasn’t — changed the conflict.

    By Jen Kirby
    Myanmar’s coup is uniting a country riven by ethnic divisions. Will it last?
    Explainers

    Protesters and activists faced a reckoning about Myanmar’s past decade of civilian rule. Now they say they are fighting for a real federal democracy.

    By Jen Kirby
    World Politics
    The world could be doing much more to help IndiaThe world could be doing much more to help India
    World Politics

    Countries can’t go it alone in tackling Covid-19.

    By Jen Kirby and Umair Irfan
    How Senegal stretched its health care system to stop Covid-19
    Future Perfect

    Senegal’s quarantine policy sought to slow transmission, and local health care workers battled the pandemic from the ground up.

    By Jen Kirby
    “Dying by blood or by hunger”: The war in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, explained
    Explainers

    A humanitarian and political crisis, with no clear resolution.

    By Jen Kirby
    World Politics
    India can’t vaccinate its way out of its latest Covid-19 surgeIndia can’t vaccinate its way out of its latest Covid-19 surge
    World Politics

    The country is struggling to contain a deadly second wave.

    By Jen Kirby
    China
    A pro-democracy activist on Hong Kong’s year of turmoil: “The city itself is dying”A pro-democracy activist on Hong Kong’s year of turmoil: “The city itself is dying”
    China

    Joey Siu, an activist featured in the Oscar-nominated documentary, talks about the protests and China’s national security crackdown.

    By Jen Kirby
    A pandemic year in the life of a New York City block
    One Year Later

    “Is this going to be like this forever?” An oral history of fear, endurance, and hope in Sunset Park.

    By Anna North and Jen Kirby