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Rachel DuRose

Rachel DuRose

Future Perfect Fellow

Rachel DuRose is a Future Perfect fellow. She covers increasingly critical issues such as climate change, housing, and mental health.

Before joining Vox, Rachel was a junior reporter at Insider where she reported on the workplace, hiring, and executive leadership. She graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles, with degrees in political science and public affairs. While in school, Rachel worked in the nonprofit and research sectors at organizations such as Libraries Without Borders and the Global Lab for Research in Action. As an opinion columnist for UCLA’s student newspaper, the Daily Bruin, she wrote about the first-generation college student experience and the Los Angeles housing crisis.

Rachel can be reached by email at [email protected] or via Twitter at @durosettastone.

Latest articles by Rachel DuRose

Alcohol overuse causes 178,000 American deaths annually. Why is it so undertreated?
Health

Medications can help the 1 in 12 people who suffer from alcohol use disorder. But most will never be treated.

By Rachel DuRose
Scott O’Neill hopes to go out of business with his disease-fighting program
The 2023 Future Perfect 50

The World Mosquito Fund aims to end many mosquito-borne illnesses.

By Rachel DuRose
Ashley Muteti transformed her loss into social change in Kenya
The 2023 Future Perfect 50

Named after her daughter, the Zuri Nzilani Foundation hopes to end maternal mortality.

By Rachel DuRose
Seye Abimbola hopes to amplify marginalized voices in the global health space
The 2023 Future Perfect 50

As editor of BMJ Global Health, Abimbola aims to decentralize global health research.

By Rachel DuRose
Hannah Ritchie fights climate doomerism with facts
The 2023 Future Perfect 50

Ritchie believes we can be the first generation to build a sustainable world.

By Rachel DuRose
Moitshepi Matsheng and Noam Angrist are working to reduce HIV transmission in Botswana
The 2023 Future Perfect 50

Matsheng and Angrist founded the nonprofit Youth Impact, which turns education research into action.

By Rachel DuRose
Want to fight climate change effectively? Here’s where to donate your money.
Future Perfect

These are 11 of the most high-impact, cost-effective, evidence-based organizations. You may not have heard of them.

By Sigal Samuel and Rachel DuRose
How to fit volunteering into a hectic scheduleHow to fit volunteering into a hectic schedule
Future Perfect

There are so many ways to make a difference, even when your time is tight.

By Rachel DuRose
The terrible paradox of air pollution and climate change
Climate

Some types of air pollution slow global warming — but at the cost of millions of deaths a year.

By Rachel DuRose
New Covid vaccines are coming out. The CDC wants you to get one.New Covid vaccines are coming out. The CDC wants you to get one.
Science

Everyone over 6 months should get a new shot, according to the CDC. Should we expect this every year?

By Rachel DuRose