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Libby Nelson
Policy Editor
As Vox’s policy editor, Libby Nelson leads the site’s coverage of how government action and inaction shape American life. She works with a team of reporters who cover health care, the economy, social policy, education, climate, and the intersection of race and policy, among other topics.
Libby has more than a decade of policy journalism experience, beginning with a 2009 internship at the Chronicle of Higher Education, where she was introduced to the federal higher ed policy beat. She spent a year early in her career as a local reporter in Scranton, Pennsylvania, but found herself unable to resist the siren call of negotiated rule-making sessions and education subcommittee hearings. She returned to Washington, DC in 2011 to cover higher education policy for Inside Higher Ed, then Politico, then — beginning three weeks before the site launched in 2014 — Vox. She became an editor on the policy and politics desk in 2017.
Libby is an adjunct instructor at American University’s School of Public Affairs and School of International Service, where she teaches policy and opinion writing for a general audience. She lives in Washington, DC.
Latest articles by Libby Nelson
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This is what happened at the Butler rally, as we understand it right now.
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Every year, picking a health plan is a frustrating guessing game. Here’s how to navigate your choices — and understand the system that built them.
![The “fairness” debate over student loan forgiveness, explained](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23983301/1417997644.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.654242763076%2C0%2C66.691514473848%2C100&w=2400)
![The “fairness” debate over student loan forgiveness, explained](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23983301/1417997644.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.018628912071534%2C100%2C99.962742175857&w=2400)
Why economists are fighting over whether canceling debt is a good idea.
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![Jeopardy host Alex Trebek has died after 36 years of hosting the show](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22022363/GettyImages_143212928.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.175%2C0%2C99.65%2C100&w=2400)
The show made him a household name. Now it has to go on without him.
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![Trump says he will fill Ginsburg’s seat “without delay”](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/21895630/GettyImages_1228583111.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
He told reporters he expects to nominate a justice — likely a woman — in the next several days.
![A spontaneous Supreme Court vigil celebrated Justice Ginsburg’s life and legacy](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/21895511/1273431453.jpg.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![A spontaneous Supreme Court vigil celebrated Justice Ginsburg’s life and legacy](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/21895511/1273431453.jpg.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Hundreds of people gathered on the building’s steps Friday night.
![Scenes from Saturday night’s protests across the country](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/20011401/AP_20152021237695.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
It was another night of nationwide protest over George Floyd’s death.
![What we know about the nationwide protests](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/20010642/1216250010.jpg.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.724436741768%2C0%2C66.551126516464%2C100&w=2400)
![What we know about the nationwide protests](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/20010642/1216250010.jpg.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.086655112651648%2C0%2C99.826689774697%2C100&w=2400)
Protests erupted in Minneapolis, Atlanta, Detroit, and around the country.
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The fallout from Soleimani’s killing; an attack at an Indian university.
![US airstrike kills Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani: what we know](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/19570336/AP_20003060462384.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![US airstrike kills Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani: what we know](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/19570336/AP_20003060462384.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
A major escalation in tensions between the US and Iran.