Post Reports

Displacement in East Jerusalem

10 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Israeli-Palestinian violence is flaring as Israel marks the contentious Jerusalem Day holiday. What April’s job numbers mean for the future of work....

When police watchdogs lack teeth

07 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

How civilian oversight is undermined by politicians and police. And how economic inequality has worsened the pandemic in Venezuela.Read more:Civilian ...

Unfriending Trump

06 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Facebook’s Oversight Board bars Donald Trump from rejoining the site –– at least for now. How far-right extremists are recruiting new members in...

What it takes to police the police

05 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Justice Department is investigating police departments in Minneapolis and Louisville for misconduct. If they are in violation, what can the feds r...

For India, no end to pandemic in sight

04 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

India continues to set world records as it faces the worst surge in cases since the start of the pandemic. And, how two decades of war have reshaped K...

The legacy of the 1963 Children’s Crusade

03 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The key role children played in the civil rights movement of the 1960s, and why it matters today. Read more:Janice Wesley Kelsey was 16 when she ...

Revisiting 'The Life of George Floyd'

30 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Today, we’re re-airing this special episode of “Post Reports,” where we tell the story of George Floyd’s life, his upbringing and how racism h...

The do’s and don’ts of going maskless

29 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

What the CDC’s updated mask guidance means for you. And, what to expect at the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Read more:The CDC says fully vaccin...

Biden’s first 100 days

28 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

What President Biden did — and didn't do — in his first hundred days in office. And, the United States takes cautious steps toward rejoining the I...

What the census means for your democracy

27 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

What the initial results of the 2020 Census might mean for the political future of the country. And, how “canceled” went from a Black-culture punc...

The surge in India

26 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

How India is driving the surge in global coronavirus cases. Plus, how countries are reacting to the United States’ abundance of vaccine. Read m...

Fighting environmental racism

23 Apr 2021

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How a protest in a North Carolina farming town sparked a national movement for environmental justice.Read more:"I can't breathe" were George Floyd's d...

Amazon and the new trust busters

22 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Biden nominee who wants to shake up Amazon. And a volcanic eruption meets a pandemic.Read more:Lina Khan’s nomination hearing signals a new era ...

Processing a guilty verdict

21 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Some Black Americans are reluctant to believe that Chauvin’s conviction will impact social justice on a larger scale. Biden’s backtrack on refugee...

Derek Chauvin, convicted murderer

20 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Derek Chauvin is convicted of murder in the death of George Floyd. And the promise to defund the police in Minneapolis, and what happened instead.Read...

When gun laws fail to stop a mass shooting

19 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

How Indiana gun laws failed to prevent a mass shooting last week. And conflicting views on Brexit spur violence in Northern Ireland.Read more:Police s...

Derek Chauvin's defense

16 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Protests continue in the Minneapolis area after the police killing of Daunte Wright. And the defense rests in the Derek Chauvin murder trial. Rea...

Getting Putin’s attention

15 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The United States imposes sweeping new sanctions against Russia. And, how former Trump allies are faring in the private job market.Read more:On Thursd...

Ending the forever war?

14 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A deadline to end the war in Afghanistan. Biden’s vision for the future of infrastructure. Plus, how Native communities are tackling vaccinations.&n...

Weighing the risks of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine

13 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Correction: In a previous version of this episode, we misstated a Brooklyn Center Police Department policy about guns and tasers. According to the for...

Tracking down the Capitol rioters

12 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

How surveillance networks are helping federal authorities track down the Jan. 6 Capitol rioters. And, the legacy of Prince Philip.Read more:A Washingt...

Putting police on trial

09 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week in the Derek Chauvin murder trial, officers and medical experts testified on the cause of George Floyd’s death. And why it’s so hard to ...

Amazon vs. unions

08 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

What’s at stake in the biggest union battle this country has seen in decades. The future of community colleges. And, facing the prospect of “vacci...

Georgia’s tug-of-war on voting

07 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Understanding Georgia’s controversial new voting law. And, how to tell if it’s allergies … or covid. Read more:Georgia just passed a new vo...

Could the economy get … too good?

06 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Why some prominent economists and Republican lawmakers are worried the economy might recover too quickly. And, what it’s like to be a teenager while...

A fourth covid surge?

05 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Experts warn that the United States may be entering a fourth surge of coronavirus cases. And, the things we take when we leave home. Read more:So...

Can a PSA end a pandemic?

02 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

As more vaccines become available in the U.S., the problem stops being supply and starts being how you get everyone to take one. Ariel Plotnick report...

The witnesses to George Floyd's death

01 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Emotional testimony in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former police officer charged in the killing of George Floyd. And, Biden’s massive infrastruc...

Crossing the border

31 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Thousands are journeying to the border, motivated by complicated personal and practical reasons. Plus, the sound of Mars.Read more:Migrants are crossi...

Scamming pandemic relief

30 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

How scammers raked in millions of dollars in pandemic relief fraud schemes. Advice for vaccinated parents about what to do with their unvaccinated kid...

Where is Mazen al-Hamada?

29 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

After telling the world about the brutality he experienced in a Damascus prison, Mazen al-Hamada mysteriously returned to Syria, into the arms of his ...

The cost of racism for Asian businesses

26 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The economic cost of racism for Asian businesses. And Tunisia a decade after the Arab Spring.Read more:There’s an economic cost to racism as Asian b...

Biden’s first news conference

25 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Biden gives his first news conference as president. The NCAA’s problem with women’s basketball. And how a movie studio gave new life to a box offi...

Biden’s uphill climb on gun control

24 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

President Biden is pushing for new gun-control measures after the mass shootings in Atlanta and Boulder. Plus, what relaxed rules for art sales mean f...

Gun violence in a pandemic

23 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Though mass shootings have happened less often during the pandemic, gun deaths remain high in the U.S. And, an independent panel says the AstraZeneca ...

Another vaccine on the horizon?

22 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

What we know about the AstraZeneca vaccine. And, the fractured relationship between Google and historically Black colleges and universities. Read...

The case against the filibuster

19 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The fate of the Senate filibuster will decide the future of the Biden presidency. Today, we dive deep into the filibuster’s origins and myths — an...

A specific kind of racism

18 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A look at the unique vulnerability of spa workers in the wake of the deadly shootings in Atlanta. And how to handle your Zoom fatigue.Read more:Eight ...

The shootings in Atlanta

17 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

What we know about the shootings Tuesday night at three Atlanta-area spas. Plus, a closer look at the AstraZeneca vaccine controversy. Read more:...

Will Cuomo step down?

16 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Calls for Andrew Cuomo to step down grow as the New York governor faces allegations of sexual harassment from multiple women. The billionaires whose w...

Biden’s border crisis

15 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The influx of unaccompanied minors at the U.S.-Mexico border. And, medical professionals taking on covid-19 — and misinformation. Read more:Pre...

A pandemic year

12 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Reflecting on the anniversary of the pandemic, from the eyes of a nurse on New York’s front lines.Read more: Jessica Montanaro thrives in a high-sta...

The pandemic’s lost students

11 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The search for the students who have gone missing during the pandemic. And, listeners share what has brought them joy this year. Read more:Many s...

A jury of Derek Chauvin’s peers

10 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jury selection for the trial of Derek Chauvin begins. And, tips for hunting vaccine appointments online. Read more:Proceedings have begun for the...

Vaccinated? Here’s what’s safe.

09 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The CDC guidelines on what fully vaccinated people can — and can’t — do. What we can learn from Israel’s mass vaccination program. And, the ri...

What’s in the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill

08 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

What’s in the coronavirus relief bill — and what’s not. The story of a Syrian spy. And the royal fallout from that Oprah interview. Read mo...

A turning point for voting rights

05 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The future of voting rights — in state legislatures across the country and before the Supreme Court.Read more:In recent weeks, Republican state legi...

The legacy of a conspiracy theory

04 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

How the conspiracy theories that fueled “Pizzagate” were a harbinger of QAnon. Texas in the aftermath of the devastating winter storms. And, a rem...

Don’t mask with Texas

03 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Texas lifts its coronavirus measures requiring masks and allows businesses to reopen. President Biden’s first failed Cabinet nomination. And the bui...

Gen Z leads LGBT shift

02 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Generation Z is breaking with binary notions of gender and sexuality. And, how the first season of “The Bachelor” to feature a Black man has only ...

Biden’s Middle East woes

01 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The U.S. intelligence report on the murder of Jamal Khashoggi is finally released. And, how Donald Trump took a wrecking ball to U.S. relations in the...

The violence rattling Asian Americans

26 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Asian American communities are bracing themselves against an increase of violent assaults, leaving the marginalized group feeling under attack and iso...

A balancing act in Honduras

25 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

As President Biden seeks to reset immigration policy, uncertainty surrounds the U.S. relationship with Honduras and its president, Juan Orlando Herná...

Will a minimum-wage hike save the economy?

24 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Behind the fight over raising the minimum wage — and why the Senate parliamentarian is at the center of it. Plus, boomers embrace online shopping.&n...

An apolitical Justice Department?

23 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Merrick Garland’s plans for the Department of Justice. And, another push to provide pandemic loans to small businesses.Read more:President Biden has...

Pregnancy, coronavirus vaccines and a difficult choice

22 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Pregnant people and their babies face severe risks if they get infected with the coronavirus. Newly available vaccines could be a source of hope. But ...

Why so many Texans still don't have water

19 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Most Texans are finally getting their power back, but millions of people are still without water as the crisis escalates in the storm-ravaged state. A...

The rise and fall of Philly’s mass vaccination clinic

18 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Philadelphia’s first mass vaccination site looked like a model of 21st-century efficiency — until the city abruptly shut it down after losing trus...

The lone grid state

17 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Understanding the freezing weather sweeping across the United States — and why Texas’s independent power grid was doomed to fail in its wake. Plus...

How many extremists are in the military?

16 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Why it won’t be easy to root out far-right extremism in the military. Why Indian farmers are protesting. And who pours the kibble for the first dogs...

‘Presidential’: Andrew Johnson

15 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In honor of Presidents’ Day, the story of a president who was impeached during a time of great division: Andrew Johnson. This story is from The Post...

Liz Cheney’s ‘vote of conscience’

12 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

There’s one big question hanging over the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump: How many Republicans will be willing to break with the former pr...

A split screen of two presidents

11 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

As the impeachment trial continues, the former and the current president are pursuing very different strategies: One is watching the trial closely, wh...

The mob that Trump built?

10 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

House managers make the case that Donald Trump spent months laying the groundwork for January’s riot at the Capitol. Plus, how the states that are p...

‘The framers’ worst nightmare come to life’

09 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The impeachment trial begins with an argument about whether it is constitutional in the first place. And, how the Keystone XL pipeline became a politi...

Trump’s rhetoric on trial

08 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

On the cusp of another impeachment trial, court documents point to how former president Donald Trump’s rhetoric allegedly fueled the rioters who att...

Democrats prepare to go it alone on covid relief

05 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

What you need to know about the economic relief package, and how Democrats are pushing it through Congress without any Republican support. And America...

Putin’s latest gamble

04 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Kremlin cracks down on opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s supporters all over Russia. And, how Pfizer is making the most of its available vaccin...

The GOP’s Marjorie Taylor Greene problem

03 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

How Republicans helped prop up the controversial congresswoman from Georgia. Why nursing home workers keep turning down vaccines. And, a tale of two s...

What happens after Myanmar’s coup?

02 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Monday’s military coup in Myanmar was a long time coming. But what happens next? And, Canada vaccinates its homeless population. Read more:Repo...

The ex-president’s defense

01 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Former president Donald Trump plans his impeachment defense. Why a new vaccine could be a game-changer. And, the owl pellet economy.Read more:Trump’...

The Man in the Middle

29 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

How a moderate West Virginia Democrat could decide what Biden can do on climate change. Plus, the story of a snowstorm, six expiring vaccines and a gr...

Gaming Wall Street

28 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

How ordinary investors, spurred on by a Reddit message board, took on the big Wall Street funds and sent GameStop share prices soaring. Plus, how Pres...

All the (former) president’s men

27 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Why President Biden may not be able to fire some federal employees appointed during the Trump administration. The first Latino senator from California...

The battle over reopening schools

26 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The growing tensions between school systems and teachers unions. Plus, Biden's Cabinet may be “the most diverse in history,” but his pick for agri...

Whose Senate is it anyway?

25 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A standoff in the Senate. How essential workers are faring almost a year into the coronavirus pandemic. And, why vaccine rollout has been so slow in F...

400,000 people are dead. Can Biden change course?

22 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

How President Biden plans to combat the pandemic in his first 100 days. Where the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention went wrong with testing, ...

All-American terrorism

21 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A wake-up call for federal law enforcement on domestic terrorism. How journalists who cover the White House are recalibrating post-Trump. And dogs ret...

The 46th president

20 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

An inauguration like no other. And how the White House residence staff say goodbye to one first family and hello to another. Read more:Joe Biden ...

Biden’s first days

19 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Why the nation’s capital feels like a ghost town. What President-elect Joe Biden wants to get done on his first day in office. And why the Secret Se...

Tulsa, 100 years later

18 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The plight of black entrepreneurs in Tulsa, nearly a century after one of the nation’s worst acts of racial violence. Read more:In 1921, a Whit...

Four hours of insurrection

15 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Today, we reconstruct the riot inside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 — hearing from the lawmakers, journalists and law enforcement officials who were th...

A brief history of tear gas in America

14 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Tear gas is a chemical weapon banned in war. So why do police departments still use it on civilians in the United States? Producer Linah Mohammad and ...

Impeached, again

13 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

President Trump is impeached by the House — again. And, inside a California hospital overwhelmed by the pandemic.  Read more:On Wedne...

Who’s in charge of the GOP?

12 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A widening rift in the Republican Party. What FBI officials knew about the siege of the Capitol, and when they knew it. And, why the February Vogue co...

The insurrection planned in plain sight

11 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

How tech companies are responding to the far-right extremism on their platforms. Why we should have seen the siege on the Capitol coming. And, a brief...

Trump’s ‘American Carnage’

08 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Trump’s promise for a smooth transition of power might be too late, amid growing calls to remove him from office. After the attack on the Capitol, l...

What happens after an insurrection?

07 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The public fracturing of the Republican Party. Security failures at the Capitol. And, questions about why predominantly White rioters got kid-glove tr...

Two Americas collide

06 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The U.S. Capitol has been breached by a pro-Trump mob during the process of confirming Joe Biden’s vistory in the presidential election. Meanwhile, ...

Can America’s vaccine rollout be fixed?

05 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Why the vaccine rollout has been slower than expected in the United States. And, the political theater of counting electoral college votes. Read ...

‘I just want to find 11,780 votes’

04 Jan 2021

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What President Trump’s pressure campaign to overturn his election defeat sounds like. And, a nursing home’s creative solution to physical isolatio...

Georgia on our minds

30 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

As the dust settled after the November election, it became clear that the balance of power in Washington would all hinge on two Senate runoffs in Geor...

Love, actually … isn’t all around

29 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

A story of love and family — and deadlines. Read more:For Post Reports producer Linah Mohammad, moving back in with her parents to weather the ...

Underwater during a pandemic

28 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In April, a massive dam failure in Midland, Mich., left an entire community underwater amid the pandemic. Jacob May saw the flood ravage his hometown ...

‘Presidential’: The story of Joe Biden

23 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We really thought we knew everything there is to know about Joe Biden. … But then we heard this episode of “Presidential” with Lillian Cunningha...

London on lockdown

22 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

A new mutation of the coronavirus is spreading in the U.K. — and causing chaos at certain ports of entry as Britain prepares to leave the European U...

Is $900 billion too little too late?

21 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

What’s in the new stimulus package? The people stealing to survive during a pandemic. And a dispatch from America’s oldest Chinatown. Read mo...

The sensibility of Janet Yellen

18 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

How president-elect Joe Biden has tapped Janet Yellen to be the first female treasury secretary. And the mall Santas making it work. Read more:Ec...

From Russia, with malware

17 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

What Russia hacked this time. Why America’s biggest companies are laying people off during a pandemic – while boasting record profits. And new cor...

Get rich or vote trying

16 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

How members of Congress vote to enrich themselves. Why Biden is pursuing an unconventional pick for defense secretary. And what happened when The Post...