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Sept. 5, 2024

Running for Congress in a gerrymandered district

What Michael B. Moore’s congressional race tells us about gerrymandering, and how a Supreme Court decision affects the future of American democracy.
Sept. 4, 2024

Big Tech had Harris’s back. Will she return the favor?

Silicon Valley has long backed Kamala Harris’s rise. Now, technology lobbyists hope the presidential nominee will return the industry to its Obama-era halcyon days. Today, what Harris’s connection to Big Tech could mean if she wins the presidency.
Sept. 3, 2024

Why some disabled workers make $1 an hour

Across the country thousands of disabled workers are making less than a dollar an hour. Today, an investigation into the federal program that allows workers to earn subminimum wages, its lack of oversight and why so many families still support it.
Sept. 2, 2024

Why are songs getting shorter?

You’re not imagining it: From Taylor Swift’s “Midnight Rain” to Lil Yachty’s “Poland,” songs are getting shorter. Today on “Post Reports,” join our audio engineer on a sonic journey through music history to understand the shift.
Aug. 31, 2024

Deep Reads: An elite rock climber lost his vision, then found a way to climb blind

Even as his vision declined, Jesse Dufton’s rock-climbing skills grew. Now, he is a fully blind elite climber, reliant on his wife to guide him up mountains. It’s a relationship built of trust, and a slow-moving love.
Aug. 30, 2024

The Campaign Moment: Harris’s big interview

Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, sat down for their first big interview since Harris began her campaign five weeks ago. Plus, former president Donald Trump flip-flops on reproductive rights again.
Aug. 29, 2024

The promise and peril of ketamine

Last year, the actor Matthew Perry, co-star of the hit sitcom “Friends,” was found dead in his Los Angeles home due in part to the effects of ketamine. Perry’s death has heightened concerns among experts about the growing use of ketamine to treat anxiety and depression.
Aug. 28, 2024

The Trump campaign, upended

This is not the presidential race that former president Donald Trump prepared for. Today, we unpack the state of the Trump campaign, its struggles to adapt and its strategy to face a new opponent.
Aug. 27, 2024

How NASA plans to rescue two astronauts stuck in space

Almost three months ago, two NASA astronauts flew to space in a Boeing spacecraft – and have been stuck at the International Space Station ever since. Today on “Post Reports,” what went wrong and what this could mean for the future of spaceflight.
Aug. 26, 2024

The poison in school water fountains

Despite years of worry about lead contamination in tap water, the problem persists – including at schools in the United States. That’s the case in New York state, where schools showed alarming lead levels. Today, how families there are fighting for clean water.
Aug. 23, 2024

The Campaign Moment: Harris makes history

One month into an unprecedented presidential campaign, Vice President Kamala Harris reintroduced herself and her values to the American people when she accepted the Democratic presidential nomination Thursday, the final night of the Democratic National Convention.
Aug. 22, 2024

The strategy behind Ukraine’s move into Russia

In recent weeks, Ukraine launched a surprise attack into Russia, taking land and capturing Russian prisoners of war. Today, The Post’s Ukraine bureau chief, Isabelle Khurshudyan, explains how Ukraine’s incursion may change the trajectory of the war.
Aug. 21, 2024

The student revolution that toppled a government

After weeks of student-led protests in Bangladesh, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled the country. Now the students and the military have formed an interim government. Can they make lasting political change?
Aug. 20, 2024

The Campaign Moment: Biden passes the torch

President Biden’s speech on the opening night of the Democratic National Convention was not the speech he was expecting to give just a few months ago. But after exiting the 2024 presidential race in July, Biden took one last victory lap at the convention.
Aug. 19, 2024

Why is the U.S. obsessed with sanctions?

The United States has imposed economic sanctions on roughly one-third of the countries in the world, with more than 15,000 sanctions currently in effect. Today, why the U.S. has embraced economic sanctions, even though their effectiveness remains open to debate.
Aug. 17, 2024

The long aftermath of the Freedom Summer murders

During a 1964 effort to register Black people to vote, known as Freedom Summer, the Ku Klux Klan killed three civil rights activists in Philadelphia, Miss. In this special “Post Reports” episode, residents discuss the painful legacy.
Aug. 16, 2024

The Campaign Moment: Dems’ down-ballot dreams

Vice President Kamala Harris has made significant gains in the polls and the Democratic Party is riding high. What policy agenda is she staking out now, and how will it play on the campaign trail?
Aug. 15, 2024

Meet the organizers trying to reverse Florida’s abortion ban

Against a contentious national backdrop, Floridians will vote in November on a measure that would reverse the state’s six-week abortion ban. Today, how grassroots organizers are targeting Florida’s pivotal Latino voters to pass the measure.
Aug. 14, 2024

Transgender athletes and the myth of inclusion in sports

Today on “Post Reports,” how a college track star’s gender transition changed her relationship to the sport she loves. And Post sports columnist Jerry Brewer on the efforts to include – or exclude – trans athletes from the wider world of sports.
Aug. 13, 2024

The Democratic voters who aren't ready to forget Gaza

Today, how one Palestinian American neighborhood in Chicago could be a bellwether for the outcome of the presidential election.
Aug. 12, 2024

The ruling that could upend Google and Big Tech

When most people need to search something, they Google it. But last week, a federal court said this is a big problem. Today, we break down a historic ruling against Google – and what it might mean for the future of Big Tech.
Aug. 9, 2024

The Campaign Moment: Another “Squad” loss and Walz’s record

Democrats in the House breathe a sigh of relief as Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz wraps up his first week as Kamala Harris’s running mate. Plus, a look at how the vice president and former president Donald Trump are faring in the polls.
Aug. 8, 2024

A guide to breakdancing’s Olympic debut

Today on “Post Reports,” veteran breakdancer Ronnie Abaldonado explains how the sport made it from the Bronx to Paris and what you need to know before watching the competition.
Aug. 7, 2024

TikTok, Big Tech and where your data is going

The Justice Department sued TikTok, alleging the app allows kids to make accounts and then amasses data on them. But TikTok is just one of many apps and websites that constantly observe, identify and track users.