Post Reports

The attorney general’s defense

29 Jul 2020

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Amber Phillips recaps Attorney General William P. Barr’s combative testimony on Capitol Hill. Peter Whoriskey uncovers how Johnson & Johnson com...

No really, how long before a coronavirus vaccine?

28 Jul 2020

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Trying to find 30,000 test subjects for a coronavirus vaccine, from Carolyn Y. Johnson. How white moms on the front line of Portland, Ore., protests a...

Public vs. private: The pandemic education gap

27 Jul 2020

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Perry Stein on the private-school choice parents are making as public classrooms remain closed. Geoff Fowler guides us through the privacy risks on Ti...

Policing while black

24 Jul 2020

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As a black police officer in Plainfield, N.J., Martesse Gilliam thought he could change policing from the inside — until he ended up on the outside....

A show of force in American cities

23 Jul 2020

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Matt Zapotosky dissects the deployment of federal agents to American cities. Max Bearak reports on the surprising effects of the coronavirus on Kenya’...

A looming deadline for tens of millions of Americans

22 Jul 2020

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Today on Post Reports, Jeff Stein tracks the GOP infighting complicating the trillion-dollar stimulus deal. As President Trump nears the end of his fi...

The Gettysburg Troll

21 Jul 2020

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Investigative reporter Dalton Bennett goes on a quest to find the shadowy figure behind a number of social media hoaxes –– the most recent played ...

Federal agents storm Portland

20 Jul 2020

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Today on Post Reports, Devlin Barrett and Marissa Lang explain why federal tactical units have been deployed to Portland, Ore. — over the protest of...

Inside the Houston surge

17 Jul 2020

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Full emergency rooms. Expanded ICUs. Double shifts. 3 a.m. phone calls to patients’ families. A look inside the hospitals at Texas Medical Center in...

A tale of two vaccine searches

16 Jul 2020

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Carolyn Y. Johnson explains how the unsuccessful years-long hunt for an HIV vaccine could give scientists a leg up in developing a novel coronavirus v...

A crisis for education

15 Jul 2020

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Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Austin Beutner on the decision to keep public schools online in the fall. Laura Meckler explains th...

How some campus health centers fail students

14 Jul 2020

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Jenn Abelson describes the state of college campus health-care centers. William Wan reports on the recurring supply shortages challenging health-care ...

How Trump rewards loyalty

13 Jul 2020

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Toluse Olorunnipa reports on the fallout of Roger Stone’s commutation. Marissa Lang discusses the concerns of organizations that help victims of dom...

A new Hong Kong

10 Jul 2020

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Shibani Mahtani reports on the security law sending a chill through Hong Kong. Abha Bhattarai explains why workers are being laid off — again. And C...

Will we ever see Trump’s taxes?

09 Jul 2020

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Today on Post Reports, David Fahrenthold explains the Supreme Court’s rulings on Trump’s tax records, and why the public still may never see them....

Black women to Biden: You owe us

08 Jul 2020

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Today on Post Reports, Errin Haines on what black female voters want from the Democratic Party. Michael Scherer explores the relevance of political co...

Teaching the human body to fight covid-19

07 Jul 2020

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Today on Post Reports, Carolyn Johnson explains that in the rush to find a vaccine for the coronavirus, scientists are turning to an elegant but unpro...

Will there be another stimulus bill?

06 Jul 2020

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Congress has adjourned for a two-week recess without addressing the alarming rise in coronavirus infections or the ongoing economic crisis. Erica Wern...

“The Cursed Platoon,” Part 2

03 Jul 2020

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This is the second episode of a two-part series. After a second-degree murder conviction, Clint Lorance was pardoned by President Trump and received a...

“The Cursed Platoon,” Part 1

02 Jul 2020

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This is the first episode of a two-part series. After a second-degree murder conviction, Clint Lorance was pardoned by President Trump and received a ...

Why would Russia pay the Taliban to kill U.S. troops?

01 Jul 2020

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Ellen Nakashima explains the story behind Russia-backed bounties on American troops in Afghanistan. Sarah Kaplan explains the practical effects of a c...

The child-care problem

30 Jun 2020

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How the lack of child care during the pandemic is hurting families and businesses, from Heather Long. Why women are more affected by this economic dow...

A reprieve for abortion rights

29 Jun 2020

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Robert Barnes and Caroline Kitchener on a Supreme Court decision that upholds abortion rights. Lenny Bernstein on surging coronavirus infections in th...

Policing the black imagination

26 Jun 2020

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Today on Post Reports, Chris Richards on how rapper Drakeo the Ruler dropped an urgent and timely album from jail. And Fredrick Kunkle on the history ...

Tamir Rice’s mother on the trauma of loss

25 Jun 2020

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In 2014, Tamir Rice was fatally shot by a police officer while playing with a toy gun. He was 12 years old. Video editor Taylor Turner speaks with his...

The economics of Trump’s visa restrictions

24 Jun 2020

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On today’s Post Reports, Nick Miroff explains President Trump’s restrictions on foreign visas and why they are a long-awaited victory for immigrat...

Times are changing. The president's message is not.

23 Jun 2020

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Today on Post Reports, Josh Dawsey and Philip Rucker on how a week of defeat for President Trump could play out. Jerry Brewer explains how NASCAR has ...

How to develop a vaccine — quickly and ethically

22 Jun 2020

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Carolyn Johnson reports on the race to develop a vaccine for the novel coronavirus and how it could pit countries against one another. Ben Guarino on ...

Why Americans don’t learn about Tulsa, or Juneteenth

19 Jun 2020

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Michele Norris on what happened in Tulsa — and why Americans don’t learn this history in school. Nicole Ellis on the history of Juneteenth. And Ta...

What’s next for the ‘dreamers’?

18 Jun 2020

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Robert Barnes reports on the Supreme Court’s ruling against the Trump administration’s attempt to end DACA. We hear from dreamers about what’s n...

The NFL after George Floyd

17 Jun 2020

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Jerry Brewer on the NFL’s moment of reckoning over Black Lives Matter. Amber Phillips on the policing bill unveiled by the Senate GOP. And, Sarah Ka...

How BLM is challenging Big Tech

16 Jun 2020

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Geoffrey Fowler describes the questions Black Lives Matter is raising for Big Tech. Ben Golliver considers the future of professional sports. And Mari...

SCOTUS rules in favor of LGBTQ workers

15 Jun 2020

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Robert Barnes walks through the Supreme Court decision that protects gay and transgender people in the workplace. Karla Adam explains why minority and...

Why Hollywood loves cop stories

12 Jun 2020

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Alyssa Rosenberg on 100 years of police in pop culture and why we need to rethink cop stories on TV. And, fashion critic Robin Givhan on the symbolism...

What it means to ‘defund the police’

11 Jun 2020

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Katie Mettler and Georgetown’s Christy Lopez delve into the movement to “defund the police.” Michael Kranish looks into Joe Biden’s complicate...

Why a vaccine won’t be a silver bullet

10 Jun 2020

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Joel Achenbach tracks the rising coronavirus caseloads in some parts of the country. William Wan explains how the virus could become the next measles ...

A funeral, and a call to justice

09 Jun 2020

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George Floyd is laid to rest in Texas. We hear from some of the people who knew him. President Trump and federal law enforcement vs. Washington, D.C. ...

Why police convictions are so rare

08 Jun 2020

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Marissa Lang and Clarence Williams report from Washington, D.C., as protests continue across the country. Georgetown University’s Paul Butler explai...

The legacy of American riots

05 Jun 2020

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Kellie Carter Jackson on the double standard that guides who can protest – and how – in the United States. And, Rachel Chason and Rebecca Tan exam...

The failure to protect black Americans from covid-19

04 Jun 2020

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Reporter Robert Samuels talks about how disastrous and present coronavirus has been in the black community. Emily Rauhala on President Trump’s decis...

Racism, protests and the challenge for Joe Biden

03 Jun 2020

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How Joe Biden is responding to protests across the United States, from political reporter Cleve R. Wootson Jr. How President Trump uses religion as a ...

Protesters vs. a presidential photo-op

02 Jun 2020

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Why gas was used on peaceful protesters outside the White House, from Ashley Parker. How the U.S. has scaled back police reform efforts, according to ...

Anger and anguish across America

01 Jun 2020

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Devlin Barrett on how police tactics may be exacerbating tensions. Shane Harris on the officials who are trying to blame outsiders. And Christian Dave...

One hundred thousand.

30 May 2020

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The U.S. death toll has reached a stark milestone: 100,000 deaths from the coronavirus. The pandemic has exposed the nation’s vulnerabilities and da...

‘We woke up to a city of ash’

29 May 2020

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Holly Bailey reports from Minneapolis, where anger and violence are boiling over in the aftermath of George Floyd’s killing by police. Errin Haines ...

Trump vs. Big Tech

28 May 2020

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Cat Zakrzewski reports on Trump’s expected executive order, which takes aim at a law that protects big tech companies. Tracy Jan reports that Asian ...

It’s not normal for so many Americans to feel depressed

27 May 2020

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William Wan reports on the staggering numbers of Americans experiencing depression and anxiety during the pandemic. National reporter Reis Thebault on...

Will Hong Kong be changed forever?

26 May 2020

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Shibani Mahtani and Emily Rauhala explain what Beijing’s new security laws could mean for the future of Hong Kong. Steven Zeitchik on summer cinema ...

Why the need to go might prevent us from going out

23 May 2020

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Americans are making it clear: They won’t be ready to go out to their favorite destinations until they feel confident about being able to go. To the...

Who is Hillary without Bill?

22 May 2020

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Novelist Curtis Sittenfeld imagines another life for Hillary Rodham –– one without Bill Clinton. And, what we’re missing when we’re missing hu...

The end of retail as we know it?

21 May 2020

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Abha Bhattarai and Damian Paletta unfold the retail bankruptcies weighing down the greater financial system. Chris Davenport explains the stakes of th...

Vote by mail? Harder than it sounds.

20 May 2020

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Joseph Marks describes the challenges of preparing for massive mail-in voting. Juliet Eilperin breaks down why people aren’t getting tested, in plac...

Fighting covid-19: A tale of two countries

19 May 2020

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Linah Mohammad reflects on the strict lockdown in Jordan. Ishaan Tharoor unpacks how the “Swedish model” for battling coronavirus is not quite wha...

What happens when the watchdog gets fired

18 May 2020

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Phil Rucker reports on Trump’s dismissal of the State Department’s inspector general. George Washington University’s Kathryn Newcomer on why the...

What comes after reparations

15 May 2020

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In 1923, an all-white mob burned down the small mill town of Rosewood, Fla., killing at least six people and driving out black residents. Decades late...

Choosing between a paycheck and your health

14 May 2020

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Today on Post Reports, Holly Bailey and Tony Romm report that as some states begin to reopen, people returning to work face life-or-death decisions. A...

Is dining out officially dead?

13 May 2020

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Today on Post Reports, investigative reporter Amy Brittain on the truth about Project Airbridge, a White House program set up to deliver badly needed ...

Bill Barr’s attempt to undo the Mueller investigation

12 May 2020

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Matt Zapotosky reports on the Justice Department’s recent moves to undercut the Mueller investigation. Aaron Gregg on the small-business loans that ...

What happened with Ahmaud Arbery’s case?

11 May 2020

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Cleve Wootson on why it took so long for the suspects to be charged in Ahmaud Arbery’s death. William Wan on the coronavirus’s toll on mental heal...

The sound of silence

09 May 2020

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What does the pandemic sound like? Mostly, silence, according to critic Robin Givhan. Read more:What does a pandemic sound like? For many of us a...

‘You have all the jobs’: Motherhood during the pandemic

08 May 2020

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What being a working mom is like during a pandemic from Helena Andrews-Dyer. And how learning Bach could be an expression of grief from Philip Kennico...

Your money and the pandemic

07 May 2020

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Advice for managing your money, from personal finance columnist Michelle Singletary. What happens when people are too scared to seek medical care, fro...

A pandemic playbook for political campaigns

06 May 2020

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Michael Scherer describes how candidates have rewritten their campaigns during the pandemic. Jessica Contrera asks how we weigh risk against necessity...

The deaths that haven’t been counted

05 May 2020

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Emma Brown on which deaths count toward the covid-19 death toll. Jeff Stein reports on the $500 billion the Federal Reserve plans to lend big corporat...

The changing face of grief

04 May 2020

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How people are dealing with grief and loss during the pandemic. And Melinda Hunt, the director of Hart Island in New York explains the challenges of b...

The rise of sourdough bread baking

02 May 2020

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In the pandemic times, sourdough bread is king. Post Reports producer Reena Flores goes on a journey to find out why, with King Arthur Flour co-chief ...

Two thousand hours of Louis Armstrong

01 May 2020

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Geoff Edgers on how the Louis Armstrong Museum is finding a new life online during the coronavirus pandemic -- and, just a warning, this segment conta...

What is Tara Reade accusing Joe Biden of?

30 Apr 2020

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Matt Viser on the allegations against the presumptive presidential nominee for the Democratic Party. Rick Noack on how nations that had a robust respo...

What we know — and still don’t — about the coronavirus

29 Apr 2020

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Leonard Bernstein on what we know (and still don’t) about the coronavirus. Laura Meckler explains the changes schools might have to make to reopen i...

The pandemic at sea

28 Apr 2020

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Rosalind Helderman explains how the cruise industry carried the coronavirus around the globe. Greg Miller on the virus briefings Trump skipped. And, h...

The mysterious clotting in covid-19 patients

27 Apr 2020

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Two doctors on the mysterious blood-clotting complication killing coronavirus patients. Heather Long explains why the economy won’t just bounce back...

The history of American antipathy toward masks

25 Apr 2020

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Even as governors, mayors and the federal government urge or require Americans to wear masks to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus, the natio...

A coronavirus crisis in the Navy

24 Apr 2020

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Dan Lamothe explains how the Navy tried and failed to control a coronavirus outbreak -- and a crisis of confidence -- on the USS Theodore Roosevelt. P...

Why reopening states is a ‘deadly mistake’

23 Apr 2020

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Georgia will begin reopening businesses Friday, against the advice of experts and the White House. William Wan reports on what will happen next. For s...

Can we all be better Earthlings?

22 Apr 2020

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On Earth Day, Sarah Kaplan asks how we can be better Earthlings. Seung Min Kim analyzes the new coronavirus response bill working its way through Cong...

What’s slowing down coronavirus testing

21 Apr 2020

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Juliet Eilperin explains the delays in widespread testing. Young people aren’t as vulnerable to the coronavirus, but the crisis is affirming their p...

Why shelves are empty at the grocery store

20 Apr 2020

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Laura Reiley explains the kinks in the food supply chain leaving grocery shelves bare. Grocery workers share their well-founded fears with Abha Bhatta...

Finding solace in paintings of parties

18 Apr 2020

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Over the past few weeks, many people have said they feel like figures in an Edward Hopper painting. On this bonus episode of Post Reports, art critic ...

Life for a medical worker in a pandemic

17 Apr 2020

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Alaa Daghlas, a physician assistant at a Bronx hospital, grapples with her decision to return to work after recovering from covid-19. And Jon Gerberg ...

The coronavirus is killing Americans under age 50

16 Apr 2020

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Chris Mooney reports on the science of why some younger people are getting better, while others are dying of covid-19. Griff Witte reports on how part...

How coronavirus will reshape the world’s borders

15 Apr 2020

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Martine Powers and Ishaan Tharoor explore the meaning of borders in a pandemic, and how coronavirus might change travel and migration in the future. A...

The economy in limbo

14 Apr 2020

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On today’s Post Reports, Heather Long on how opening up the economy will be less like flipping a switch and more like a slow rehabilitation. Drew Ha...

How do we reopen the country safely?

13 Apr 2020

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The president talks about reopening the U.S. economy, but Lena Sun reports that experts say it would require widespread testing and contact tracing to...

The great toilet paper shortage of 2020

11 Apr 2020

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For your weekend listening pleasure, senior editor Marc Fisher reads his story about the great toilet paper shortage, and what we can learn from it.Re...

Life as a black American in a pandemic

10 Apr 2020

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Robert Samuels reports on the stark disparities in how covid-19 affects black Americans. Tracy Jan examines how wearing a face mask in public is diffe...

When you can’t wash your hands in a pandemic

09 Apr 2020

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Damian Paletta looks ahead and outlines a bleak, new post-pandemic economic reality. Isaac Stanley-Becker reports on what happens when you can’t was...

The risks of unproven drugs for coronavirus

08 Apr 2020

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Bernie Sanders ends his White House bid. Sean Sullivan discusses the impact of his campaign. There have been only a few anecdotal studies showing bene...

Voting in a pandemic

07 Apr 2020

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Wisconsin’s primary is threatening to become a worst-case scenario for elections amid a pandemic. Amber Phillips reports on why it’s still so hard...

It’s proving really hard to give away $350 billion

06 Apr 2020

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Aaron Gregg on the realities of getting a small business loan under the stimulus plan. Nicole Dungca reports that the federal government lagged for mo...

Feeling lonely?

03 Apr 2020

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Older people can face serious health effects from being isolated — and yet, being isolated is the only thing that can keep them safe, Senior Produce...

A New York hospital transformed by the pandemic

02 Apr 2020

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Inside a New York hospital on the front lines of the pandemic. And how health-care workers are forced to face their own mortality. Read more:Insi...

Should everyone be wearing a face mask?

01 Apr 2020

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How Europe is weathering the crisis, from the U.K. to Hungary. The federal government’s internal debate over whether to tell all Americans to cover ...

The ethics of incarceration during a pandemic

31 Mar 2020

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What coronavirus means for crowded prisons, from reporter Kimberly Kindy. The tension in a community that’s dealing with a deadly outbreak but reluc...

How do you 'shelter in place' when you're homeless?

30 Mar 2020

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White House economics reporter Jeff Stein explains how corporations are benefiting from the stimulus package. And Hannah Dreier on why “sheltering i...

School’s out forever?

27 Mar 2020

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School closures are a big deal for kids and parents, says education reporter Moriah Balingit. How the shift to online learning has exposed America’s...

Will the biggest stimulus bill in U.S. history be enough?

26 Mar 2020

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Many Americans will receive a check during the pandemic –– but how much, and when? Heather Long explains the federal relief package. Emily Heil ch...

Why cruises kept sailing despite coronavirus dangers

25 Mar 2020

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Cruise ships continued to sail as the coronavirus spread. Beth Reinhard explains why. Michael Scherer reports on the awkwardness of campaigning during...

The quiet genius of a zombie virus

24 Mar 2020

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Brady Dennis reports on the growing number of cases of the novel coronavirus in the United States. Sarah Kaplan explains the science of why this virus...

The pandemic warnings that were ignored

23 Mar 2020

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Shane Harris on what U.S. officials knew about the global threat of the novel coronavirus, and when they knew it. Chris Mooney on why the coronavirus ...

Tiny decisions will determine our collective future

20 Mar 2020

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William Wan on how the novel coronavirus will radically alter the United States. Maura Judkis on social distancing with roommates. Plus, Julie Zauzmer...