Post Reports
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A famine looms in Gaza
18 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As Israel continues to wage its military campaign against Hamas, we break down why it has blocked humanitarian aid — including food — into Gaza. H...
Coronavirus, mpox and rabies: A tale of three viruses
17 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we dissect three recent public health responses to learn about the world’s ability to prevent outbreaks – covid and beyond – in 2024.Viru...
The U.S., Yemen and the risk of regional escalation
16 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After the Biden administration launched airstrikes against Houthi fighters in Yemen, the group attacked a U.S. cargo carrier. U.S. officials say that ...
Why a Trump win in Iowa may not mean victory later
12 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Despite Donald Trump leading in the polls, victory in the GOP presidential primaries isn’t certain. Ahead of the Iowa caucuses, Trump hopes to extin...
The global stakes of Taiwan’s election
11 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Voters across Taiwan head to the polls Saturday in an election that could reverberate around the world. As pressure tactics increase from Beijing, the...
What we know about Alaska Airlines Flight 1282
10 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A terrifying accident on an Alaskan Airlines flight has put renewed scrutiny on Boeing, the airline industry titan, which has seen a series of acciden...
Trump wants revenge in 2024
09 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If he wins reelection, former president Donald Trump will probably seek revenge on his political enemies. Less than a week before the Iowa caucuses, T...
Is Florida cracking the push for cheaper medicine?
08 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After a years-long push, the Food and Drug Administration just allowed Florida to import cheaper prescription drugs from Canada. This decision follows...
Harvard and the growing battle over DEI in America
05 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Harvard’s first Black president, Claudine Gay, resigned this week amid pressure over plagiarism allegations and her comments about antisemitism on c...
Attacks in Beirut and Baghdad, and fears of a wider war
04 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A Hamas leader killed in Beirut. U.S. strikes in Baghdad. This week, tensions in the Middle East have been rising – and with them, the specter of a ...
How record migration is testing Biden
03 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A record number of migrants have arrived at the U.S.-Mexico border, as war and poverty push people from their homes worldwide. The Post’s Nick Mirof...
The recession that wasn't
02 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It’s a new year and the economic forecast for 2024 is looking strong – but that doesn’t quite align with how many Americans feel. What does...
‘Field Trip’: Gates of the Arctic National Park
30 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today we join Lillian Cunningham on a “Field Trip” to one of the most remote and least-visited national parks as she confronts the question facing...
Can’t sleep? ‘Try This.’
29 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“Try This” from The Washington Post is a series of audio courses designed to jump-start the parts of life where we can all use a few pointers — ...
‘Throughline’: There Will Be Bananas
28 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The banana is a staple of the American diet and has been for generations. But how did this exotic tropical fruit become so commonplace? Today on “Po...
Applying for college after the end of affirmative action
27 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Supreme Court’s decision to end race-based affirmative action in college admissions sent counselors scrambling and students worrying about their...
Ava DuVernay on making a film her way
26 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Some people said Isabel Wilkerson’s book “Caste” was unadaptable. The subject matter was too heavy and too academic. But Ava DuVernay had a visi...
A murdered peace activist and a war in her name
22 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Canadian Israeli activist Vivian Silver dedicated her life to peace. When she was killed in the Oct. 7 attacks, her sons faced an impossible question:...
What you don’t know about assisted living in America
21 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Patients with memory problems walk away from assisted-living facilities just about every day in America; many die. The Post examines a pattern of negl...
Colorado kicked Trump off the ballot. What’s next for 2024?
20 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In a momentous ruling that may shape U.S. political history, the Colorado Supreme Court has ruled that former president Donald Trump engaged in insurr...
Is Israel running out of goodwill?
19 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
U.S. support of Israel’s war in Gaza has been unwavering – but as the civilian death toll climbs, international calls for a ceasefire are growing....
Harvard, big-tech money, and the whistleblower
18 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As social media disinformation grows, academics are studying its harms. But big-tech funding at universities is creating a fraught power dynamic that ...
Deep Reads: Their sons’ lives ended in gunfire. In grief, they found a second act.
16 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
After about 10 weeks of coaching this summer, six women turned their experiences of motherhood, loss and empowerment into their biggest display yet: a...
The last endangered whale in captivity
15 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
After half-a-century in a tank, a beloved orca named Tokitae was about to be freed. Then her life ended, and a moment of reckoning began.Read more:Mos...
The climate clues buried under Greenland’s ice sheet
14 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Scientists came to Greenland on an unprecedented mission to drill for rocks that would reveal the fate of the country’s fast-melting ice sheet. A su...
The woman who took on the Texas abortion ban
13 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Kate Cox caught the attention of the nation last week when she asked a Texas judge for permission to end her pregnancy. Today on “Post Reports,” w...
Does the GOP race for second even matter?
12 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Nikki Haley is up, Ron DeSantis is down and Trump is still trouncing both of them. Today, we’re debriefing on the Republican presidential primary an...
Free speech, antisemitism, and the university fallout
11 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
College campuses across the United States are embroiled in conflict over free speech amid the Israel-Gaza war. The stakes are so high that the Univers...
How a neuroscientist beats winter depression
08 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Each year, millions of people experience seasonal affective disorder or SAD. Today we talk to neuroscientist-turned-journalist Richard Sima about how ...
How to keep junk mail out of your mailbox
07 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Americans are inundated with junk mail in their physical mailboxes. Climate coach Michael Coren tried to manage the flood – and his techniques actua...
Why Ukraine’s counteroffensive failed to deliver
06 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The war in Ukraine has reached a critical point. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky hoped for victory in 2023, but a lagging counteroffensive put ...
Who will run Gaza after the war?
05 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Israel-Gaza war escalated this week with Israel’s military forces beginning their invasion into southern Gaza. But what happens when the f...
Biden and the tale of the $16 McDonald's meal
04 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
An irregular $16 McDonald’s order, a viral TikTok, and a growing conundrum for President Biden’s economic platform. The internet has been awa...
The N.Y. law behind high-profile sexual assault cases
01 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today, how a New York law briefly changed how survivors of sexual assault found justice, and the impact it’s had on the legal system.Read more:Over ...
Does America have a drinking problem?
30 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Many Americans drink more than usual this time of year – as much as double, according to some studies. But drinking more isn’t just happening arou...
The oil executive leading this year’s climate summit
29 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dozens of world leaders will gather in the UAE Thursday for the start of COP28, the biggest climate summit of the year. But this year’s host country...
How a strike transformed the auto industry
28 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What the end of the UAW strike says about the future of the auto industry. Read more:After six weeks on strike, the United Auto Workers reached a...
Freed hostages and a fragile pause
27 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
After nearly seven weeks, Israel and Hamas reached a temporary deal: Hamas freed dozens of hostages in exchange for the release of Palestinian prisone...
Deep Reads: Football bonded them. Then it tore them apart.
24 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
They were roommates and teammates at Harvard, bound by their love of football and each other. Then the game — and the debate over its safety — too...
A holiday message from ‘Post Reports’
23 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A surprise in our studio – and a thank you to our listeners.Read more:Our sincerest thanks to our listeners this holiday season! We don’t have a s...
How to be a financially savvy holiday shopper
22 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today on “Post Reports,” personal finance columnist Michelle Singletary gives advice on how to avoid overspending on gifts this holiday season.Rea...
Sam Altman and the chaos at OpenAI
21 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When the board of the world’s leading artificial intelligence company abruptly ousted its popular CEO, it threw the entire tech industry into flux. ...
Trapped in Gaza
20 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
An American family who visited Gaza for a reunion found themselves trapped in the territory for nearly a month as Israeli rockets rained down. How the...
Deep Reads: The librarian who couldn’t take it anymore
18 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Tania Galiñanes had planned to spend the rest of her career in the Osceola County School District. She was 51. She could have stayed for years at Toh...
Surviving to graduation, Part 3
17 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Part 3 of our series on schools and gun violence, audio producer Sabby Robinson chronicles the tragic outcome of Huguenot High School’s graduatio...
Surviving to graduation, Part 2
16 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Part 2 of our series on how schools address gun violence, reporter Moriah Balingit dives into the life and death of Huguenot student Jaden Carter a...
Surviving to graduation, Part 1
15 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Gun violence is reshaping U.S. education. The Washington Post spent a year inside a Richmond high school facing a surge in shootings and deaths to lea...
Why it took so long to get a postpartum depression pill
14 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How the first-ever postpartum depression pill could change the landscape of maternal health. Read more:In August, the Food and Drug Administratio...
Netanyahu: The man leading Israel's war against Hamas
13 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Benjamin Netanyahu is Israel’s longest-serving prime minister – and one of its most scrutinized. Now, with Israel at war with Hamas, The Washingto...
The soft power of China’s pandas
10 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today, why the United States is saying goodbye to its pandas. And how the bears became a powerful diplomatic symbol of U.S.-China relations.Read more:...
Portugal's secret to living longer
09 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Life expectancy is dropping in the United States, despite the nation spending more per person on health care than any other country. So what is a plac...
Why are so many Americans dying early?
08 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Despite spending more per person on health care than any other nation, the United States has a crisis of premature deaths. The Post’s health team ha...
Trump on the witness stand
07 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It was a historic scene: In a Manhattan courtroom Monday, former president Donald Trump took the stand in a civil trial that threatens his real e...
What Tuesday’s election could mean for abortion in 2024
06 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How tomorrow’s elections could show the political power behind abortion rights.Read more:On Tuesday, voters across the country will head to the poll...
The Empty Grave of Comrade Bishop: ‘We all had great expectations’
04 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How does a revolution implode? Martine Powers traces the rise and fall of Maurice Bishop and the origin of the mystery left behind.Read more:Maurice B...
The Empty Grave of Comrade Bishop: ‘Somebody knows’
03 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Forty years ago, the body of a prime minister went missing. The Post’s Martine Powers asks: Who’s responsible?Read more:Every 19th of October, Gre...
A family torn apart by a Trump-era policy
02 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In 2017, Magdalena Hernández Pérez was separated from her children by the Trump-era family separation policy. Reunification would take nearly six ye...
Why the U.S. gives so much aid to Israel
01 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For decades, Israel has been the number one recipient of U.S. foreign aid. As the conflict in Gaza intensifies, we explore that long history of s...
A night with the rat hunters
31 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Late at night, in parts of Washington, a group of people and their small dogs walk the alleyways and trash bins hunting rats, in a city that’s fille...
The “second phase” of Israel’s war with Gaza
30 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Israel plunged Gaza into a communications blackout Friday that left more than 2 million people without cell service or internet access for almost two ...
How Taylor Swift became her own economy
27 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Taylor Swift’s 2023 Eras Tour is projected to rake in billions of dollars, becoming the highest grossing concert tour in history. But her economic i...
A family taken by Hamas
26 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
More than 200 people were taken hostage by Hamas on Oct. 7, according to Israeli authorities. On today’s “Post Reports,” we hear about one famil...
The new House speaker is Mike Johnson. Who?
25 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Correction: A previous version of this episode incorrectly stated where Rep. Tom Emmer is from. The audio has been updated to remove the error.Afte...
The Trump allies pleading guilty
24 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What to know about the many guilty pleas rolling into the Georgia case charging former president Donald Trump and his allies with election interferenc...
Mexico’s migration challenge
23 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A fast-rising number of people, including families, are approaching the U.S.-Mexico border. Many seek asylum. Now, President Biden wants Mexico to cra...
Deep Reads: A trans woman’s journey to acceptance
21 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
After seeking community and sisterhood in a sorority, Artemis Langford faced death threats and an attempt to kick her out because of her identity. Thi...
How Lunchables ended up on school lunch trays
20 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today, “Post Reports” goes back to school, to the cafeteria, where something has changed. Reporters Lenny Bernstein and Lauren Weber bring us the ...
Will there ever be a new House speaker?
19 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Why the House can’t elect a speaker to lead it. And the temporary solution some Republicans are proposing in the meantime. Read more:For two we...
Searching for safety in Gaza
18 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Post’s Gulf bureau chief Susannah George walks us through the growing humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the uncertainty for people on the ground t...
The threat of saltwater in the Mississippi River
17 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For months, saltwater from the Gulf of Mexico has crept up the Mississippi River, contaminating the area’s water supply and putting residents of Lou...
The Wild West of off-brand Ozempic
16 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Last year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration declared Ozempic and Wegovy in shortage. That has given rise to an unprecedented parallel market for ...
The cost of India’s unbearable heat
13 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Post’s Annie Gowen walks us through the immediate effects of climate change on India’s megacities and what the future looks like for residents...
Bracing for what comes next in the Israel-Gaza war
12 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Israel is still reeling from horrific terrorist attacks by Hamas – and now in Gaza, there’s nowhere to hide from airstrikes. Today on “Post Repo...
Introducing “The Empty Grave of Comrade Bishop”
12 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Grenada’s Black revolutionary leader, Maurice Bishop, was executed in a coup in 1983, along with seven others. The whereabouts of their remains are ...
The scars of Native American boarding schools
11 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Correction: A previous version of this episode incorrectly stated when Interior Secretary Deb Haaland began her listening tour. Haaland started the li...
The “urban doom loop” could be coming to a city near you
10 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Post’s Rachel Seigel takes us on an economic journey through the “urban doom loop” and explores this threat to midsize cities. Then, Teo Arm...
Understanding the Israel-Hamas war
09 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we unpack how the war in Israel started, what this conflict means for civilians on the ground and scenarios for how it could possibly end.Read ...
Deep Reads: Inside the unfolding recovery of the Fetterman family
07 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
After the stress of a senatorial campaign, a stroke and the auditory processing disorder that followed, depression became severe for Sen. John Fetterm...
It's Fat Bear Week. Yes, that's a thing.
06 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Travel reporter Natalie Compton ventures to Katmai National Park to meet the chonky stars of Fat Bear Week up close. Today, we dig into this wild trad...
A breakthrough in Tupac Shakur’s case – 27 years later
05 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In 1996, the legendary rapper Tupac Shakur was shot and killed in Las Vegas. Now, nearly three decades later, police have charged a man in Shakur's de...
The brief, chaotic tenure of Speaker Kevin McCarthy
04 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The House of Representatives voted Tuesday to remove Kevin MCarthy as speaker after just nine months on the job. Today, how things got so bad between ...
Why the U.S. government is suing Amazon
03 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Is Amazon an illegal monopoly? The Federal Trade Commission is arguing yes — and it’s taking that argument to court. We take a look at what’s be...
Life in the pink motel, a year after Hurricane Ian
02 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
El Rancho Motel in North Fort Myers, Fla., has become a lifeline for survivors of the storm. But one year later, its residents are desperate to move o...
Dianne Feinstein’s big legacy – and empty Senate seat
29 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Senate stalwart Dianne Feinstein died Thursday at the age of 90. Today, we talk about her legacy — and the existential crisis for Democrats that com...
The saga of Sen. Bob Menendez
28 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Stacks of cash, a Mercedes-Benz convertible and arms sales to Egypt – they’re all in the details of the federal indictment against Sen. Bob Menend...
What a government shutdown could mean for you
27 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As the U.S. government moves closer to a shutdown, we hear what that means for the economy, federal workers and families across the country. Read...
A son reported his dad for Jan 6. Can the family heal?
26 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Their dad is in prison for his actions on Jan. 6. Their brother was the one who turned him in. Their mom moved to D.C. to support “political prisone...
The child-care crisis is about to get worse
25 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A record $24 billion in pandemic investments has been propping up the nation’s child-care industry. Now, as that money runs out, parents and day-car...
Deep Reads: A young mother’s disappearance
23 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The jury had been brought in for a murder trial. It was a homicide with no body, a case that had been first classified as a missing person instead of ...
What the Hollywood strikes mean for fall TV
22 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Strikes by Hollywood actors and entertainment writers are in full-swing, making this an unusual fall, television-wise. We’re looking at the impact o...
The climate factor in Libya’s deadly floods
21 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Catastrophic flooding in Libya last week left an estimated 10,000 people dead or missing. Today, we report from the ground and explain how warming oce...
A year of protests and repression in Iran
20 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today on “Post Reports,” a look at what has happened to Iranians in the year since massive protests swept the country. We hear from family members...
A killing in Canada, a ripple in geopolitics
19 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How a killing in Canada has caused a geopolitical crisis that is sending shock waves through India, the United States and beyond. Read more:On Mo...
What's at stake in a historic autoworkers strike
18 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
First it was Hollywood, and now another big union strike is underway. For the first time ever, thousands of United Auto Workers members are striking a...
Healing through surfing on Maui
15 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today on “Post Reports,” residents in Lahaina are healing after the deadly Maui wildfires with the help of a Hawaiian tradition: surfing. Rea...
Reported by her own students for a lesson on race
14 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Last spring, South Carolina English teacher Mary Wood was horrified when her students reported her to the local school board for teaching about race. ...
McCarthy’s impeachment inquiry against Biden
13 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has directed House committees to open an impeachment inquiry into President Biden – a move that appears to appease hard...
Waiting for aid in Morocco
12 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today on “Post Reports,” why an earthquake in Morocco was so deadly, the anger over the government response, and what survivors say they need now....
Being a journalist in Modi’s India
11 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
India has fallen down the ranks of the World Press Freedom Index, sitting at 161 out of 180 countries. Journalists have been harassed, arrested and ev...
Deep Reads: A stranger bought the home where her family fled slavery
09 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Stephanie Gilbert wrote a letter to Jungsun Kim, the new owner of Richland Farm in Clarksville, Md. In the letter, Gilbert laid out centuries of her f...