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Sigal Samuel

Sigal Samuel

Senior Reporter

    Latest articles by Sigal Samuel

    “Our calm is contagious”: How to use mindfulness in a pandemic
    The Vox guide to navigating the coronavirus crisis

    Meditation teacher Tara Brach offers some tips for calming your coronavirus anxiety — so you can better care for others.

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    Our environmental practices make pandemics like the coronavirus more likelyOur environmental practices make pandemics like the coronavirus more likely
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    The story we tell about pandemics casts us as victims of nature. It’s the other way around.

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    Covid-19 could reverse decades of global progress
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    The pandemic’s collateral damage, briefly explained.

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    The moral cost of America’s meat-supply obsessionThe moral cost of America’s meat-supply obsession
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    Thousands of meat-plant workers are getting sick and millions of animals are being euthanized during the pandemic.

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    It’s okay to be doing okay during the pandemicIt’s okay to be doing okay during the pandemic
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    Stop feeling guilty. Start being useful.

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    You’re single. You live alone. Are you allowed to have a coronavirus buddy?
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    Epidemiologists weigh in on whether it’s safe to see a “closed circle” of friends during the pandemic.

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    A new plan to get $1,000 to 100,000 families in the next 100 daysA new plan to get $1,000 to 100,000 families in the next 100 days
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    The coronavirus economic crisis is pushing cash transfers into the mainstream.

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    How to help people during the pandemic, one Google spreadsheet at a timeHow to help people during the pandemic, one Google spreadsheet at a time
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    Thousands of volunteers in “mutual aid” groups are bringing groceries, medications, and more to vulnerable strangers.

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    The coronavirus likely came from China’s wet markets. They’re reopening anyway.
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    Should wet markets be banned? It’s more complicated than it seems.

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    How you can keep thousands of people from getting coronavirus, in one GIF
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    “It’s not about you, it’s about everybody else.”

    By Sigal Samuel