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Can one person make a difference? I wanted to find out. | Vox

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Independent journalism is more important than ever. Vox is here to explain this unprecedented election cycle and help you understand the larger stakes. We will break down where the candidates stand on major issues, from economic policy to immigration, foreign policy, criminal justice, and abortion. We’ll answer your biggest questions, and we’ll explain what matters — and why. This timely and essential task, however, is expensive to produce. We rely on readers like you to fund our journalism. Will you support our work and become a Vox Member today? My generation was taught to change the system. That lesson came at a cost. by Rachel M. Cohen Last fall, a reader asked me what they could really do, as one person, to aid people living on the streets. “I often feel helpless to enact change,” they wrote. I’d been covering homelessness in America and knew that even the sprawling support organizations that have been working on outreach for decades had failed to end the crisis. My mind immediat

Culture Why I changed my mind about volunteering My generation was taught to change the system. That lesson came at a cost. by Rachel Cohen Booth Aug 26, 2024, 10:30 AM UTC Eleni Kalorkoti for Vox Rachel Cohen Booth is a senior policy correspondent for Vox covering social policy. She focuses on housing, schools, homelessness, child care, and abortion rights, and has been reporting on these issues for more than a decade. Last fall, a reader asked me what they could really do, as one person, to aid people living on the streets. “I often feel helpless to enact change,” they wrote. I’d been coveri

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