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Why would Russia pay the Taliban to kill U.S. troops? Jul 01, 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 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 Jun 30, 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 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 Jun 29, 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 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 Jun 26, 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 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 Jun 25, 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 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 Jun 24, 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 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. Jun 23, 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 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 Jun 22, 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 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 Jun 19, 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 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’? Jun 18, 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 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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