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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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No really, how long before a coronavirus vaccine?

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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 are trying to balance power with privilege, according to the people who spoke with reporter Marissa Lang. Plus, a seismically quiet Earth during the pandemic’s shutdowns, from science reporter Joel Achenbach.

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Trials for coronavirus vaccines are underway, but we still have a long way to go.

The “Wall of Moms” participating in Portland’s protests are also becoming the face of the movement. Here’s why that might be a problem. 

A drop in seismic “noise” during shutdowns around the world.

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Public vs. private: The pandemic education gap

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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 TikTok. And Michele Norris explains the significance of John Lewis’s final journey. 

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As public schools go all virtual in the fall, parents eye private schools that promise to open their campuses.

Is it time to delete TikTok? A guide to the rumors and real privacy risks. 

The late congressman John Lewis lies in state at the Capitol.

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Policing while black

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19:19
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. Plus, Steven Zeitchik on how movie theaters are adjusting to the pandemic. 

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The duty and burden of the black police officer

As movie theaters reopen, they’re tackling a role they never expected to play: Psychologist

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A show of force in American cities

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27:24
Matt Zapotosky dissects the deployment of federal agents to American cities. Max Bearak reports on the surprising effects of the coronavirus on Kenya’s wildlife preservation. And Dave Sheinin on the changes to baseball on Opening Day. 

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Trump announces an increase in the use of federal law enforcement in U.S. cities.

Coronavirus is crushing tourism — and cutting off a lifeline for wildlife.

Opening day amid coronavirus: Masks, empty parks, social justice.

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A looming deadline for tens of millions of Americans

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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 first term, Juliet Eilperin explains what’s at stake in the environmental world. And Christopher Rowland, on the race to make e...

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The Gettysburg Troll

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31:10
Investigative reporter Dalton Bennett goes on a quest to find the shadowy figure behind a number of social media hoaxes –– the most recent played out in Gettysburg on Independence Day –– that have riled far-right extremists and repeatedly duped media outlets. 

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The Troll: A fake flag burning at Gettysburg was only his latest hoax.

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Federal agents storm Portland

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23:05
Today on Post Reports, Devlin Barrett and Marissa Lang explain why federal tactical units have been deployed to Portland, Ore. — over the protest of city officials. And Jonathan Capehart, on the life and legacy of John Lewis.

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Federal officials ignore city officials’ calls to leave Portland as clashes with protesters continue.

Civil rights icon and congressman John Lewis died on Friday. Jonathan Capehart remembers the life and legacy of one of the original freedom fighters. 

Hear more from and about John Lewis on Post podcasts Cape Up and Constitutional.

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Inside the Houston surge

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35:46
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 Houston — the epicenter of the state’s new surge in coronavirus cases.

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As coronavirus cases skyrocket across Texas, hospitals grapple with patient influxes.

At least 135,000 people have died from coronavirus in the U.S.

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A tale of two vaccine searches

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29:07
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 vaccine. Carlos Lozada dissects Mary L. Trump’s new book. And Ben Golliver shares a glimpse from inside the NBA bubble at Disney World. 

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Decades of research on an HIV vaccine boost the bid for one against coronavirus.

The real villain of Mary L. Trump’s family tell-all isn’t Donald. It’s Fred.

What’s it like in the NBA’s Disney bubble? For one reporter: Hotel room workouts and lots of time to think.

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A crisis for education

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26:05
Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Austin Beutner on the decision to keep public schools online in the fall. Laura Meckler explains the delicate dance local districts are facing with whether to allow students on campus. And Nick Anderson, on a victory for international college students.

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California’s two largest districts will keep students home as the pandemic worsens.

With coronavirus science still iffy, U.S. schools hope to reopen for 56.6 million K-12 students.

The Trump administration has dropped its plan to strip international college students taking only online classes of their visas.

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How some campus health centers fail students

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29:28
Jenn Abelson describes the state of college campus health-care centers. William Wan reports on the recurring supply shortages challenging health-care workers. And, Emily Heil explains the boycott against Goya.

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As students return to college amid the coronavirus pandemic, campus health-care centers across the country face their biggest test. 

What’s your experience been like with college health centers? Tell us your story.

America is running short on masks, gowns and gloves. Again.

A Goya boycott has people sharing alternatives for adobo, sazón and more pantry staples.

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How Trump rewards loyalty

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24:47
Toluse Olorunnipa reports on the fallout of Roger Stone’s commutation. Marissa Lang discusses the concerns of organizations that help victims of domestic violence. And Robert McCartney explains how Washington’s NFL team is dropping its name. 

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Trump commuted his confidant’s sentence. Roger Stone was convicted of lying to Congress and witness tampering.

Domestic violence is rising amid coronavirus lockdowns.

Corporate money, Black Lives Matter protests and elites’ opinions are driving the Washington Redskins name change — not Native Americans. 

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A new Hong Kong

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20:52
Shibani Mahtani reports on the security law sending a chill through Hong Kong. Abha Bhattarai explains why workers are being laid off — again. And Cleve Wootson on the implications of reopening Disney World in Florida.

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With the introduction of a security law, hope for a democratic Hong Kong disappears. 

Workers are being laid off for a second time, as coronavirus surge puts the brakes on reopening the economy. 

Florida invited the nation to its reopening. Then it became a new coronavirus epicenter. 

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Will we ever see Trump’s taxes?

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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. Debbie Cenziper on how a nursing home administered a cocktail of unapproved drugs to its residents. And music critic Michael Andor Brodeur ventures out to hear live music for the first time since the pandemic began. 

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Supreme Court rules Manhattan’s District Attorney may subpoena Trump’s tax records, denies Congress access for now. 

‘The covid cocktail’: How a Pa. nursing home gave some veterans hydroxychloroquine even without covid-19 testing.

Going to my first concert of the pandemic felt like preparing for battle. Then I got there. 

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Black women to Biden: You owe us

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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 conventions during a pandemic. And Tiana Clark on getting divorced over videoconference. 

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Black women show up at the polls. Will the Democratic party show up for them?

How conventions will be different during the pandemic.

The surreal anticlimax of getting divorced over videoconference. 

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Teaching the human body to fight covid-19

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27:12
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 unproven method. Jonathan O’Connell  reports on how the Small Business Administration funneled relief funds to major chains and private-equity investors. And, Taylor Turner on how historically black colleges and universities face unique challenges during the pandemic.

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RNA vaccines have leapt to the front of the fight against the coronavirus. Will they work?

Data shows small business loans went to big business, members of Congress.

SBA data: Businesses that received more than $1 million in PPP loans

Despite the coronavirus, historically black colleges continue to help their students weather any storm. 

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Will there be another stimulus bill?

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27:02
Congress has adjourned for a two-week recess without addressing the alarming rise in coronavirus infections or the ongoing economic crisis. Erica Werner explains what might come next. Aaron Blake reports on how some Republicans lawmakers are moving toward mandating masks, even as Trump continues to question how dangerous the coronavirus really is. And Ben Guarino on the new elevator etiquette amid a pandemic. 

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Congress departs for two-week recess without addressing coronavirus spikes, economic strains.
President Trump, coronavirus truther.

Going back to the office? What public health experts say about using the elevator.

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“The Cursed Platoon,” Part 2

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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 hero’s welcome in his small hometown in Texas. Reporter Greg Jaffe started talking to his platoon, and the story that unraveled was about what happens when your reality is questioned by the president and Fox News. 

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The soldiers of 1st Platoon tell their story. 

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“The Cursed Platoon,” Part 1

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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 hero’s welcome in his small hometown in Texas. Reporter Greg Jaffe started talking to his platoon, and the story that unraveled was about what happens when your reality is questioned by the president and Fox News. 

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The soldiers of 1st Platoon tell their story. 

If you’re a veteran, The Post wants to hear your response to this story and what happened with Clint Lorance.

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

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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 coronavirus mutation. And, Damian Paletta on the future of the fireworks industry.

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Intelligence assessments find that Russian bounties to Taliban-linked militants resulted in the deaths of U.S. troops.

This coronavirus mutation has taken over the world. Scientists are trying to understand why. 

Trump’s tariffs could fizzle fireworks, an American tradition that’s 95 percent made in China.

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The child-care problem

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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 downturn, from Samantha Schmidt. And what it’s like to join Alcoholics Anonymous over Zoom, from Sarah Pulliam Bailey.

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The pandemic upended child care. It could be devastating for women.

The pandemic’s effect on the economy is not like the “mancession” of 2007.

Alcoholics Anonymous adjusts and adapts during the pandemic.

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A reprieve for abortion rights

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29:19
Robert Barnes and Caroline Kitchener on a Supreme Court decision that upholds abortion rights. Lenny Bernstein on surging coronavirus infections in the United States. And, Mississippi votes to remove the Confederate symbol from its state flag.

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The Supreme Court strikes down a restrictive Louisiana abortion law that would have closed clinics.

The Supreme Court just delivered a major victory for abortion rights. Providers say it’s hard to celebrate.

Coronavirus deaths lag behind surging infections but may catch up soon.

U.S. coronavirus failures exposed by record surge in new infections.

Mississippi House and Senate vote to remove Confederate symbol from state flag.

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Policing the black imagination

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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 of germs, and how the discovery of pathogens changed the way we live. 

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The most urgent rap album of 2020? Drakeo the Ruler just recorded it from jail.

The discovery of pathogens changed the way we function. Will covid-19 do the same?

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Tamir Rice’s mother on the trauma of loss

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20:23
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 mother, Samaria Rice, on the trauma she still carries. And, Samantha Schmidt on why the decrease in reports of child abuse isn’t cause for celebration.

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WATCH: On Tamir Rice’s 18th birthday, his mother addresses PTSD and police brutality. 

With kids stuck at home, emergency doctors report more severe cases of child abuse. 

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The economics of Trump’s visa restrictions

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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 immigration hardliners. Joseph Marks reports on how we can learn from recent primaries ahead of the general election in November. And sports columnist Jerry Brewer explains the deepening NASCAR drama.

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Trump’s new restrictions on foreign workers, explained.

Reports of mail-in ballots and difficulty voting spell trouble for November. 

What we see in a flag or a noose or a black racer is telling. Sports opinion writer Jerry Brewer says we can do better. 

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

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27:36
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 become front and center in discussions about systemic racism. 

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President Trump rallies in red states to a sea of empty blue seats. 

NASCAR doubles down in support for Bubba Wallace, the only black driver in the major circuit, after a noose was found in his garage after the league bans Confederate flags at its events. 

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How to develop a vaccine — quickly and ethically

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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 bioethicists are thinking hard about coronavirus vaccine testing. And Maura Judkis on why so many people are convinced that they had covid-19 already.

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The biggest challenge for a coronavirus vaccine could be getting countries to share.

Volunteers are signing up to put their lives on the line for a coronavirus vaccine.

Many are convinced that they’ve already had covid-19.

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Why Americans don’t learn about Tulsa, or Juneteenth

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28:38
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 Taylor Turner talks about her personal connection to the holiday.

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Opinion: The diabolical irony of Trump in Tulsa.

Trump rally in Tulsa, site of a race massacre, on Juneteenth was “almost blasphemous,” historian says.

What Juneteenth tells us about the value of black life in America.

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What’s next for the ‘dreamers’?

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26:17
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 next and why their fight isn’t over. And Marc Fisher on the elderly people becoming radio DJs to connect with one another. 

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Supreme Court rules against the Trump administration’s attempt to end DACA, a win for undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children.

Coronavirus isolated them in their rooms. Now, old-age home residents reconnect by spinning Elvis on the radio.

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The NFL after George Floyd

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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 Kaplan on the most famous skyscraper in New York going green. 

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At the lowest moment of my life, I rediscovered sports’ greatest gift: Hope.

Senate GOP unveils policing bill that would discourage, but not ban, tactics such as chokeholds and no-knock warrants.

New York’s most famous skyscraper shrank its planet-warming emissions by 40 percent. Can the rest of the city do the same?

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