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Post Reports is the daily podcast from The Washington Post. Unparalleled reporting. Expert insight. Clear analysis. Everything you’ve come to expect from the newsroom of The Post, for your ears. Martine Powers and Elahe Izadi are your hosts, asking the questions you didn’t know you wanted answered. Published weekdays around 5 p.m. Eastern time.

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The postmaster general’s alleged straw-donor scheme

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The postmaster general faces new allegations of campaign finance violations. Why the pandemic is making it so hard for people to sleep. And your questions about immunity, answered.  Read more: Investigative reporter Aaron Davis has discovered that Postmaster General L...

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Is it okay to laugh at Florida Man?

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The beginnings of the Florida Man meme, and what it’s like to go viral on the worst day of your life.

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Is It okay to laugh at Florida Man? Writer Logan Hill investigates what happens after someone goes viral as the “world’s worst superhero”— and the moral implications of laughing along.

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The U.S. is deporting Nicaraguan asylum seekers

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The story of a Nicaraguan dissident who — in fear for his life and his family’s — sought asylum at the border. U.S. officials sent him back instead.

Moises Alberto Ortega Valdivia is a political dissident from Nicaragua who sought asylum in the U.S. He was denied that right. What happened next at the border was “shocking,” says Post correspondent Kevin Sieff. “To them and to basically anyone who follows immigration law.” 

After the Post published this article, Congress members wrote to President Trump, demanding Nicaraguan asylum seekers be allowed to apply. 

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Why your groceries just got more expensive

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On today’s Post Reports, how presidential candidates are shifting their focus to the Midwest. How the pandemic is making us pay more for less at the grocery store. And how grocery store workers morale is at an all-time low.

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Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is shifting his strategy in an attempt to win the Midwest. Matt Viser reports that the intentional contrast with President Trump makes the region the most crucial battleground in the 2020 campaign. 

What’s on your grocery store shelves? Turns out, it’s a lot less, for a lot more. Laura Reiley reports on how the pandemic is affecting the food supply chain. 

“They don’t even treat us like humans anymore”: Abha Bhatarrai explains how grocery store worker’s morale is at an all-time low. 

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The children left behind in online learning

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On today’s Post Reports, how distance learning widens the digital divide and leaves disconnected students behind. The unique challenges of special education during the pandemic. And, the toxic side of positivity. Read more: Education reporter Moriah Balingit on how schoolc...

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The TikTok ban, explained

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Tech reporter Rachel Lerman on why President Trump wants to ban TikTok, and what a ban could mean for users and employees in the United States. Emily Rauhala explains what the pandemic means for international students in America. Plus, Lauren Lumpkin on what it feels like to start college remotely. 

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‘45 days of ambiguity’: What a U.S. TikTok ban could mean for users and employees

Education, interrupted

Freshmen waited for their schools to share reopening plans. Then things got complicated.

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What happens when federal workers get political

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Lisa Rein reports on the Hatch Act and the uneven way the anti-corruption law has been enforced for the past three years. Matt Zapotosky breaks down what we know about Stephen K. Bannon’s arrest. And remembering actor Chadwick Boseman. 

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As Trump appointees flout the Hatch Act, civil servants who get caught get punished.

Steve Bannon has been charged with defrauding donors in a private effort to raise money for Trump’s border wall.

Chadwick Boseman praised student protesters in his 2018 commencement speech at Howard University. Watch the video.

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Two conventions, two American realities

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Political correspondent Dan Balz looks back at two very different conventions that painted two different portraits of America. Plus, NBA reporter Ben Golliver and sports columnist Jerry Brewer on what happened in the bubble and what it means for the role of sports in protests against racial injustice.

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Trump and Biden look to brutal fall campaign over pandemic, race and the economy

Most sports leagues pause with second day of protests, some more unified than others

NBA players set a new standard of civil disobedience. Now there’s no going back.

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A story on repeat in America

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Today on Post Reports, Kim Bellware is following protests in Kenosha, Wis., where a Black man was shot multiple times by police. Columnist Eugene Robinson on the civil rights moment we’re in, and why we need Black Lives Matter. Elise Viebeck reports on how voting by mail went in the primaries. And, deputy weather editor Andrew Freedman on what happens when you’re dealing with climate change, a pandemic and a Category 4 hurricane. 

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Opinion: We need Black Lives Matter. The police who shot Jacob Blake prove it.

More than 500,000 mail ballots were rejected in the primaries. That could make the difference in battleground states this fall.

Hurricane Laura struck Louisiana as a Category 4 storm. Read live updates here.

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The quiet ambition of Mike Pence

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Tonight at the Republican National Convention, Mike Pence will accept the nomination for another term as vice president. White House bureau chief Philip Rucker explains how Pence has secured his longevity in the administration. Also on Post Reports, science reporter Carolyn Johnson on the truth behind the plasma treatment Trump has been touting as a coronavirus breakthrough. And climate reporter Sarah Kaplan on what the pandemic can teach us about fighting climate change.

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Mike Pence hopes four years of subservience to Trump will lift his political future

Trump touts FDA’s emergency authorization of convalescent plasma as historic breakthrough, but scientists are doubtful

What the coronavirus can teach us about fighting climate change

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The invisible hand of Melania Trump

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On the eve of Melania Trump’s big speech headlining the second night of the Republican National Convention, politics reporter Mary Jordan discusses the first lady’s reputation. Sarah Kaplan explains how genetic analysis of the coronavirus could help us map and control its sp...

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In the words of Trump’s sister: ‘You can’t trust him’

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Today on Post Reports, Michael Kranish explores the inner workings of the Trump family. Kevin Sieff looks at how work deemed essential led to one of the largest coronavirus outbreaks in the United States. Plus, Robin Givhan hunts down the rare fashion brand beloved by the women of Trump’s world. 

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In secretly recorded audio, President Trump’s sister says he has ‘no principles’ and ‘you can’t trust him.’

For Guatemalans in Florida, essential work leads to a coronavirus outbreak. 

Chiara Boni, the rare fashion brand that’s beloved by the women of Trump world and not afraid to show it.

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Remote learning during a pandemic is hard

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Today on Post Reports, a story from the Post’s podcast All Told: As schools across the country wrestle with the question of how to best return to teaching in the fall, the story of one class’s preparation for Advanced Placement exams reveals the highs and lows, successes and struggles, that distance learning brings with it.

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Education reporter Laura Meckler writes about the struggle to prepare for AP exams across the nation.

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What happened at UNC-Chapel Hill?

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Nick Anderson talks about how the outbreak at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill foreshadows how other higher education institutions are reacting to the coronavirus. Matt Viser describes Joe Biden’s decades-long fight for the Democratic nomination. And, Caroline Kitchener explains the debate over Susan B. Anthony’s views on abortion -- and why it matters.

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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill reopened the campus for in-person classes. A week later, those classes went remote.

Former vice president Joe Biden has been imagining this moment for more than 50 years. It’s not exactly the triumph he had in mind.

Some conservatives want to celebrate Susan B. Anthony’s rumored antiabortion stance.

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How Howard University shaped Kamala Harris

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Rosalind S. Helderman on the new Senate report that alleges close ties between Trump’s 2016 campaign team and Russia. Fashion critic Robin Givhan shares Sen. Kamala D. Harris’s journey to a historically Black university. 

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What’s in the Senate’s ‘grave’ new Russia report?

Sen. Kamala D. Harris’s Black identity blossomed at Howard University, according to fashion critic Robin Givhan.

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Women’s suffrage and the Black women left out

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Today on Post Reports, Katie Mettler on the little known story about how the 19th Amendment was ratified. And historian Martha S. Jones on how Black women had to keep fighting for the right to vote after the 19th Amendment passed.

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A mother’s letter, a son’s choice and the little known story about the 19th Amendment’s ratification.

Black women fought to get the right to vote long after White women earned it.

The Lily: Meet the Americans who first advocated for women's right to vote

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Trump vs. the Postal Service

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Ashley Parker traces President Trump’s obsession with the U.S. Postal Service. Freelance journalist Kayla Ruble talks about why young Black voters yearn for policy, not promises, from Sen. Kamala Harris. Plus, Dino Grandoni on the hunters and fishers asking Congress to deliver climate change solutions.

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Tracing Trump’s Postal Service obsession — from ‘loser’ to ‘scam’ to ‘rigged election’.

A large portion of young Black voters in the U.S. aren’t entirely convinced Sen. Kamala Harris will be the change they need.

Hunters and fishermen are asking Congress for climate change solutions. Here’s why that’s unusual.

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Ten bucks left, no place to go

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Today on Post Reports, social issues reporter Kyle Swenson explains how America’s unemployment system is stretched to the brink by the pandemic. And reporter Sydney Page on one artist’s random acts of kindness, and what they mean to health-care heroes. 

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Ten bucks left, no place to go: How the pandemic and a broken unemployment system are upending people’s lives.

Health-care workers are opening their mailboxes and finding their own portraits.

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What’s up with the Postal Service?

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On Today’s Post Reports, Jacob Bogage explains how delays and a partisan battle over funding the U.S. Postal Service may affect the election. Jose A. Del Real reports on Latino voters in Arizona, who may hold the key for a Democratic win there. And, Sarah Kaplan with a climate solution for America’s hottest cities. 

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Trump says the Postal Service needs money for mail-in voting but he’ll keep blocking funding.

Latinos transformed Arizona. Do campaigns see them? 

How America’s hottest city will survive climate change. 

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Kamala Harris, Joe Biden and the future for Democrats

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Today on Post Reports, national political reporter Annie Linskey breaks down the reasons behind Joe Biden’s historic choice of Sen. Kamala D. Harris as his running mate. Sports columnist Sally Jenkins on why it takes courage to hit pause on college football. Sarah Dadouch reports on the shattered lives left behind after the blasts in Beirut last week — plus, the story of a doctor whose wedding video shoot accidentally captured the explosions and went viral. 


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Inside Biden’s unusual VP pick process: Tough questions, 11 finalists and many lawyers.

An emotional moment for Black women.

Big Ten and Pac-12 leaders had the courage to exercise a rare American trait: Caution.

At Beirut’s shattered port, a crater nearly 50 yards deep and small signs of previous lives.

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More mail-in ballots, more problems?

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Today on Post Reports, Elise Viebeck on the anxieties around voting by mail ahead of November. Phil Rucker explains how the White House failed to contain the coronavirus as the summer cases crept up. And Shibani Mahtani reports on the crackdown in Hong Kong. 

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Anxieties about mail ballots were on full display in the latest round of primaries, highlighting worries for fall. 

The lost days of summer: How Trump fell short in containing the virus. 

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai arrested under national security law as political structures unravel. 

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America’s eviction crisis

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Today on Post Reports, Renae Merle reports on why the expiration of rent relief will trigger a wave of evictions in at-risk communities. Dino Grandoni explains the fight to keep the lights on in households across the country. And, Teddy Amenabar on how to read your coronavirus test results. 

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Evictions are likely to skyrocket as jobs remain scarce. Black renters will be hard hit. And landlords are pushing back on a federal moratorium.

Congress faces pressure as states lift electricity shut-off bans during the coronavirus crisis. 

From swabs to antibodies: How to understand your coronavirus test results.

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A new gentrification crisis

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Today on Post Reports: Tracy Jan on how the pandemic is exacerbating the effects of gentrification in cities like Los Angeles. From Linah Mohammad and Hira Qureshi, how the Hulu series “Ramy” tackles taboos, and why it’s gotten criticism from the Muslim community. And Brittany Renee Mayes explains why Black-owned bookstores are seeing a boom in orders of anti-racist literature.

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Ethnic enclaves are struggling to fight gentrification during the pandemic.

The Hulu show “Ramy” tackles taboos. But it’s also gotten criticism from the Muslim community.

Demand for anti-racist literature is up. Black bookstore owners are hoping it will last.

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How negligence killed scores in Beirut

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Today on Post Reports, Sarah Dadouch brings us on the ground in Beirut, and Liz Sly reports on how the massive explosion there has thrown the city into deeper crisis. Columnist Jerry Brewer ruminates on how sports won’t be sports in the time of covid-19. And a Black doctor on how his scrubs are a form of armor.

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Shock turns to anger as Beirut assesses damage inflicted by massive explosion. 

Sports used to be an escape from the world. Now, they’re a window into it.

A Black doctor on why he wears his scrubs everywhere now.

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The organ transplant aftershock

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Early on in the pandemic, we solicited queries from Post Reports listeners about covid-19. We received all kinds of responses — about masks, social distancing, food safety, testing, symptoms. And we received an email from one listener, Charlotte Cudd of Jacksonville, Fla., who was curious about whether people who die of covid-19 can still become organ donors. On today’s episode, we seek to answer her question — and we ask a few of our own.

Surgeons perform first known U.S. lung transplant for covid-19 patient

Patients are still delaying essential care out of fear of coronavirus

The Post’s View: Many die waiting for organs. The Trump administration could help.

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America’s vanishing economy

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Heather Long on the economy’s decline, Madhulika Sikka talks to “Indian Matchmaking” creator Smirti Mundhra. Plus, the “Can He Do That?” podcast examines why we do polling.

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We’re in a recession. If Congress fails to act, a lot of damage could be permanent.

Netflix’s new hit “Indian Matchmaking” misses the full story on arranged marriage

How America votes is inherently unpredictable. So why do polling?

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How the pandemic left America behind

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As countries around the world are emerging from lockdowns and cautiously returning to life as normal, it’s beginning to feel like most of the world is showing up to a post-pandemic celebration party where Americans are not invited. On today’s “Post Reports,” we ask the quest...

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Capital B for Black

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In a newsroom, it’s rare that a question of whether to capitalize a word sparks intense discussion and debate. But in June, an issue of textual style became an urgent topic at The Washington Post: Should journalists begin capitalizing the word “Black” when used as a racial i...

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Can police learn to de-escalate?

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Police officers around the country are fielding an increasing number of mental-health calls. Hannah Dreier documents what it’s been like for one officer who recently completed his department’s de-escalation training. And, Michelle Boorstein reports on how gospel choirs are adapting to the pandemic’s socially distanced reality.

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Converging in a tense section of Huntsville: A White police officer fresh from de-escalation training, a troubled Black woman with a gun, and a crowd with cellphones ready to record.

Her gospel choir brought her closer to God. Now she can only hum from home.

Can a president delay a U.S. election? The Washington Post’s ‘Can He Do That’ podcast unpacks the question.

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The attorney general’s defense

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Amber Phillips recaps Attorney General William P. Barr’s combative testimony on Capitol Hill. Peter Whoriskey uncovers how Johnson & Johnson companies used a “super poppy” to make narcotics for America’s most abused opioid pills. Plus, Michael Andor Brodeur on the sound of the pandemic. 

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Takeaways from Attorney General Barr’s contentious congressional hearing

Johnson & Johnson companies used a ‘super poppy’ to make narcotics for popular opioid pills

Music for the pandemic

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