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The Uber Files

11 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today on Post Reports, we dig into the findings of an explosive new report about Uber, and reveal the human cost of Uber’s quest for rapid growth.Re...

The next abortion fight is over state lines

08 Jul 2022

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The president is taking steps to safeguard abortion access, even as some lawmakers are talking about blocking patients from seeking the procedure acro...

Boris makes his Brexit

07 Jul 2022

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It’s official: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has resigned. We review the scandals that led Johnson here and try to understand what happens ne...

A rescue mission outside of Kyiv

06 Jul 2022

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Many of those who are covering the war in Ukraine also call it home. Today on Post Reports, the story of a reporting trip to Chernihiv that also becam...

How do you punish a mass shooter?

05 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today on “Post Reports,” we talk about the chaos and terror at July Fourth celebrations over the holiday weekend. Then, we break down a big decisi...

Freaking out about the economy? Let's talk.

04 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Gas prices are high, unemployment is low and the tools the federal government has to fight inflation could cause a recession. So how should we think a...

Miscarriage, abortion and the legal gray area for doctors

01 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Doctors are worried gray areas in new abortion bans force a choice between breaking their oath and breaking the law. Today on “Post Reports,” we t...

A SCOTUS term like no other

30 Jun 2022

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Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in as the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court — just after the court delivered a blow to President Biden...

Congress passed gun control. Will it last?

29 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Congress notched a major legislative win last week by passing gun control legislation. But will a recent Supreme Court ruling on a concealed-carry law...

The most damning Jan. 6 testimony yet

28 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On Tuesday in a surprise hearing, former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson gave the most damning testimony to date on President Donald Trump’s act...

She wanted an abortion. Now, she has twins.

27 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

After Brooke Alexander learned she was pregnant last August, she and then-boyfriend Billy High initially wanted an abortion. Just 18 and 17, the pair ...

The day Roe v. Wade fell

24 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On Friday, the Supreme Court overturned the fundamental right to abortion established nearly 50 years ago in Roe v. Wade. Today, we take you from a cl...

The Amazon uprising

23 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today on Post Reports, we follow two union fights at Amazon warehouses with very different outcomes, and what they can tell us about what it takes to ...

Latin America’s new left

22 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Colombia has elected its first leftist president. Unthinkable a decade ago, his victory signals a dramatic shift in the pandemic-wracked region. Plus,...

The Google engineer who thinks its AI has come alive

21 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today on Post Reports, the rogue Google engineer who thinks the company’s AI has come to life – and the dangers of artificial intelligence that im...

‘Pro-life’ in a post-Roe world

20 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

As the Supreme Court seems poised to strike down Roe v. Wade, we explore some of the fissures in the antiabortion movement.Read more:What does it mean...

The untold story of ‘All the President’s Men’

17 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Fifty years ago today, five men broke into the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee, located in the posh Watergate building in D.C. Nobod...

Finally, vaccines for young kids

16 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On Wednesday, independent advisers to the Food and Drug Administration recommended the agency authorize coronavirus vaccines for children under 5. Wha...

A last-chance deal on gun control?

15 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Ten Republicans. Ten Democrats. One bipartisan gun-control deal. Could this be the last chance for any meaningful action on federal gun reform?Read Mo...

The ‘big lie’ candidates

14 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today on Post Reports, the GOP candidates spreading the so-called “big lie,” and how the Jan. 6 committee hopes to educate Americans about what re...

A recession? In this economy?!

13 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Is the U.S. economy hurtling toward a recession? Dean Baker, an economist and co-founder of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in D.C., think...

'Broken Doors,' Episode 6

11 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today on “Post Reports,” the sixth and final episode of “Broken Doors,” about the risks of no-knock raids for people on both sides of the door...

How the abortion ruling could impact Black women

10 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today on “Post Reports,” what the fight for abortion rights means for Black women, and how both sides of the fight are intertwined with the legacy...

The banned book club

09 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

How high school students across the country are fighting for their right to read. Plus, what the Golden State Warriors represent off the basketball co...

A preview of the Jan. 6 hearings

08 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Starting Thursday, the House committee probing the attack on the Capitol is holding televised hearings. What will be revealed after nearly a year of i...

The housing crisis hits mobile homes

07 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today on Post Reports, how rising prices at mobile home parks may destabilize the entire housing market. Plus, climate change is forcing schools to cl...

Too liberal for California?

06 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today on “Post Reports,” we take a hard look at California’s strange election season to see how Democrats across the country are testing the via...

"Broken Doors," Episode 5

04 Jun 2022

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Today on “Post Reports,” the fifth episode of “Broken Doors,” about a multi-house no-knock raid,and the drugs police say they seized.Read more...

“Dirty Dancing” to “Knocked Up”: Abortion in the movies

03 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

How aborition in the movies changed the way Americans think about reproductive rights. And a dispatch from Queen Elizabeth II’s jubilee celebrations...

99 days of war in Ukraine

02 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today on Post Reports, we bring you to the frontline of the war in Ukraine, as Russian forces encircle Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region. Plus, a teen...

What went wrong in Uvalde

01 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

More than a week later, what we know and don’t know about how a gunman carried out a massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Tex. — and why ...

Out to dry after a hurricane

31 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

As hurricane season hits, we examine what happens when Black communities seem to be last in line for disaster planning in Texas.Read more:Communities ...

"Broken Doors," Episode 4

30 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today on “Post Reports,” the fourth episode of “Broken Doors,” about the minutes between approval for a no-knock warrant and a deadly raid.&nb...

Depp v. Heard

27 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

After six weeks, the contentious defamation trial between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard is set to wrap up Friday. Today on “Post Reports,” what happ...

What comes after the NRA

26 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The NRA faces critics from all sides, with infighting among its executives and, after the Uvalde, Tex., school shooting, renewed pressure from gun con...

‘It started in the fourth grade building’

25 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The deadliest school shooting in nearly a decade, and what’s changed in the years since the massacre in Newtown, Conn. Read more:Washington Pos...

Monkeypox: Should we be worried?

24 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today on Post Reports, what to know about monkeypox and how prepared the United States is for future pandemics. Plus, in New Orleans, the return of a ...

Georgia's Trump question

23 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On Tuesday Republican voters in Georgia will choose between candidates who supported Donald Trump’s claims that the election was stolen and those wh...

‘His Name Is George Floyd’

20 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

After the murder of George Floyd, reporters Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa spent months learning everything they could about Floyd’s life. The...

The untold story of the Texas abortion ban

19 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A year ago today, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law Texas Senate Bill 8, also known as the Texas Heartbeat Act. The law bans abortion after ...

‘Un-retiring’

18 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today on Post Reports, an estimated 1.5 million retirees have reentered the U.S. labor market over the past year. What’s bringing them back?Read mor...

​​Why Putin is the best thing to happen to NATO

17 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Finland and Sweden are applying for NATO membership, ending decades-long policies of military neutrality. We take a look at what this means for global...

The forces shaping the 2022 midterm story

16 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

With key states holding primaries this week, we ask the big question for the 2022 midterms: Will Republicans take back control of Congress? And, the G...

Black in Time: The Gilded Age, Bridgerton & Beyond

15 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A few weeks ago, Martine Powers appeared on the Black culture podcast “For Colored Nerds” to discuss her love of period dramas and what does and d...

‘Pregnant? Don’t want to be? Call Jane.’

13 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In the years before Roe v. Wade, the group known as Jane helped more than 11,000 Chicago women get abortions. We look back at the group and talk with ...

The baby formula crisis

12 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For months, parents have been scrambling to feed their children amid a nationwide baby formula shortage. Today, why the supply is so short, and how pa...

The ‘kingpin’ of opioid makers

11 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A cache of more than 1.4 million newly released records exposes the inner workings of the nation’s largest opioid manufacturer. Today on “Post Rep...

What we can learn from vaccinated covid deaths

10 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Nearly 1 million people in the United States have died of covid-19, and the toll is growing among vaccinated people as the virus gets harder and harde...

Atul Gawande on why we still need covid funding

09 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today on “Post Reports,” the head of global health at the U.S. Agency for International Development, Atul Gawande, on the state of the pandemic an...

One of the deadliest places on Earth to have a baby

06 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today on Post Reports, we go to Sierra Leone, where having a baby can mean risking your life. Read more:Today, we follow the story of Susan Lebbi...

The power of language in the abortion fight

05 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In the ‘90s, Buffalo was ground zero for the battle over abortion rights. Today we revisit that time with media columnist Margaret Sullivan — who ...

The economics of abortion access

04 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

As the Supreme Court seems poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, we talk to an economist about the long-term consequences for someone denied an abortion.&nb...

Drafting the end of Roe v. Wade

03 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Supreme Court may soon overturn Roe v. Wade. Today, we unpack the leaked draft opinion that has spurred intense reaction from both sides of the is...

The changing face of J.D. Vance

02 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This Tuesday, Ohioans will vote in the primary ahead of this fall’s midterm elections. Today on “Post Reports,” we’re talking about the transf...

The carpet cleaner who speaks 24 languages

29 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today on “Post Reports,” we meet a carpet cleaner who speaks two dozen languages — and we have an update on what’s happened to him since this ...

Why fewer kids are going to college

28 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Why college enrollment numbers are down. And how one solution to climate change could threaten an endangered species.Read more:May 1 is college decisi...

On the front lines in Ukraine

27 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On today’s show we take you on the ground in Bucha, where Russian forces have left a trail of devastation. Then we head east, where we hear from ref...

The $44 billion question

26 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

What will Elon Musk do with Twitter? Today on “Post Reports,” we talk about what’s next for one of the world’s most influential communication ...

Disney vs. DeSantis

25 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

What the battle between Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Disney World says about what Republicans are willing to do to win the culture wars. And, how the...

“Broken Doors,” Episode 3

22 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

“Broken Doors” is a new investigative podcast series about how no-knock warrants are deployed in the U.S. justice system — and the conseque...

What ‘greenwashing’ means for climate change

21 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today on “Post Reports,” the Biden administration announces a plan to welcome Ukrainian refugees. Plus, just in time for Earth Day, our corporate ...

The trouble with policing ‘hot spots’

20 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In the past two years, a number of major American cities have experienced spikes in homicides and other violent crimes. Mayors and police chiefs have ...

Planes, trains & poop: the future of coronavirus

19 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

What the end of the transportation mask mandates means for you. And, the key to tracking coronavirus surges across the country could be in your poop.&...

Elon Musk’s vision for Twitter

18 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today on Post Reports, tech reporter Nitasha Tiku breaks down what’s happening with Elon Musk’s bid to take over Twitter, what his vision of the p...

Life Kit: Dealing with mental health at work

16 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On today’s bonus episode of Post Reports, we bring you a collaboration with NPR’s “Life Kit” about how to deal with mental health issues while...

“Broken Doors,” Episode 2

15 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A family confronts a sheriff after a deadly no-knock raid.Read more:“Broken Doors” is a new investigative podcast series about how no-knock warran...

The danger of forever chemicals

14 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today on “Post Reports,” how forever chemicals upended the lives of farmers in Maine — and just how widespread the contamination might be.Read m...

The misinformation war in Ukraine

13 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today on “Post Reports,” the battle over misinformation on Facebook in Ukraine. Plus, how TikTok has created an alternative universe, just for Rus...

Will France elect its first far-right president?

12 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Could Macron lose? That’s the question we put to Paris correspondent Rick Noack, who has been on the campaign trail with the incumbent and the far-r...

How the student loan freeze helped Black women

11 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On today’s episode of “Post Reports,” what life without federal student loan payments has meant for Black women. Plus, the double life of a WNBA...

“Broken Doors,” Episode 1

08 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

An unusual warrant. A pattern of questionable no-knock raids. A reporting thread that just kept going. Read more:No-knock warrants allow police t...

Is accountability possible for Amir Locke's killing?

07 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Why prosecutors decided not to charge Minneapolis police officer Mark Hanneman in the killing of Amir Locke. Plus, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson gets co...

In Oklahoma, a closing window to access abortion

06 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On Tuesday, Oklahoma lawmakers voted overwhelmingly to ban most abortions in the state, passing a Republican bill that would make performing an aborti...

A secret campaign against TikTok

05 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

How Facebook’s parent company Meta paid one of the biggest Republican consulting firms in the country to orchestrate a nationwide PR campaign agains...

‘How many more Buchas are there?’

04 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On today’s episode of Post Reports, grim scenes from the Ukrainian suburb of Bucha renew calls for investigations into alleged Russian war crimes.&n...

An ICU nurse confronts Year 3 of the pandemic

01 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

As we enter Year 3 of the pandemic, we check back in with intensive care unit nurse Jessica Montanaro, whom we first met in 2021. Now sick with covid ...

The view from Kyiv

31 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Russia announced earlier this week it would scale back its offensive around Kyiv. We take you in and around the capital city to see whether that’s t...

The rise and fall of Peloton

30 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

How Peloton became a victim of its own success, and what the parasocial relationship with its instructors tells us about our relationships to ourselve...

How the war in Ukraine could end

29 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On today’s episode of Post Reports, we bring you the latest news from Istanbul, where Russian and Ukrainian delegates are negotiating a de-escalatio...

Preparing for a post-Roe America

28 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

As more and more states move to restrict abortion rights, and the Supreme Court weighs whether to overturn Roe v. Wade, we look at how clinics in blue...

What’s the deal with Ginni Thomas?

25 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On today’s Post Reports, what we can learn from texts between President Donald Trump’s top aide and the wife of a Supreme Court justice. Plus, why...

Mariupol, war crimes, and NATO’s limits

24 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The United States and the E.U. announced new sanctions on Russia on Thursday as President Biden held emergency talks with NATO leaders in Brussels. To...

Fauci on the BA.2 variant

23 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today, what we know about the BA.2 coronavirus variant and whether the United States is prepared for a possible rise in cases. Plus, why the war in Uk...

The Ketanji Brown Jackson hearings

22 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today on Post Reports, the confirmation hearings of Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, and how Republicans are weighing the costs and benefi...

Death in the rainforest

21 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today on Post Reports, a journey deep into the Amazon to uncover how the planned redevelopment of a highway could go hand in hand with deforestation a...

Daylight Saving Time … forever?

18 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week, a sleepy Senate voted unanimously to end “spring forward” and “fall back” and make daylight saving time permanent. Read more:T...

Why Jason Rezaian is scared for Brittney Griner

17 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today on Post Reports, we talk to our colleague Jason Rezaian about WNBA star Brittney Griner’s detention in Russia. Rezaian, who was unjustly held ...

Gas prices are the new war bonds

16 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On today’s show, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s appeal to Congress. Why U.S. sanctions on Russian oil aren’t the only thing raising ga...

How Hong Kong’s ‘zero covid’ policy backfired

15 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Since the omicron outbreak began a few months ago, 10 times as many people have died in Hong Kong as in the previous two years. Today on Post Reports,...

Is Russia losing the war?

14 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Many experts predicted that Russia would take Ukraine in a matter of days –– but fighting is now in its third week. Today on Post Reports, the fai...

Who gets to stop thinking about the pandemic

11 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Two years in, many Americans are ready to leave the pandemic behind. But some people don’t have that luxury — like the immunocompromised, parents ...

Russia’s war on the truth

10 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

After blocking media access, the Russian government banned what it calls “fake” news on its war with Ukraine. Journalists are now fleeing the coun...

The hidden cost of police misconduct

09 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today on Post Reports, we explore the hidden cost of police misconduct. Cities around the country spent more than $1.5 billion between 2010 and 2020 t...

Reading Putin

08 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Since Russia invaded Ukraine, one question has loomed large: What does Putin want? Nonfiction book critic Carlos Lozada went looking for clues in the ...

Is Russia committing war crimes?

07 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

How Ukrainians are documenting the destruction of their country. And, why the international community may struggle to hold Russian officials accountab...

What ‘the Roger Stone tapes’ reveal about Jan. 6

05 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A team of Danish filmmakers spent more than two years following Trump confidant and adviser, Roger Stone. Their footage — and an investigation from ...

Zelensky: The TV president turned war hero

04 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s improbable journey — from an actor who played the president on TV, to the real president of Ukraine, to t...

Sanctions on oligarchs, and a lockout in baseball

03 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today on Post Reports, how the U.S. is imposing sanctions on Russia’s elite. Plus, why Major League Baseball is canceling games. Read more:On T...

Fleeing Ukraine

02 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Nearly 900,000 people have fled Ukraine for safety. On today’s show, the refugees of the war in Ukraine. Read more:Hundreds of thousands of ref...

Is Russia sanctions-proof?

01 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today on Post Reports, we bring you the latest from the war in Ukraine. How sanctions from the West are tanking Russia’s currency. Plus, a dire new ...