Miles Parks
Stories
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Books
Poet Maggie Smith on her new memoir 'You Could Make This Place Beautiful'
Maggie Smith's poem "Good Bones" went viral in 2016. She talks with NPR's Miles Parks about her work and her divorce, both subjects of her new memoir "You Could Make This Place Beautiful."
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Sports
Saturday Sports: Washington Commanders sale; historic streak in the MLB; NBA playoffs
NPR's Miles Parks talks with Howard Bryant of Meadowlark Media about the sale of the NFL's Washington Commanders, a historic streak for the Tampa Bay Rays in the MLB, and the NBA Playoffs.
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Music
Indie group Boygenius on their new release 'the record'
NPR's Miles Parks speaks to the members of indie supergroup boygenius about their new release, "the record."
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Politics
3 more GOP states announce they're leaving a key voting data partnership
Florida, Missouri and West Virginia announced their intention to pull out of a voting data consortium called the electronic registration information center or ERIC. Here's why it matters.
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Technology
Election officials feared the worst. Here's why baseless claims haven't fueled chaos
So far, false claims of voting malfeasance have not incited the chaos that many had feared would ensue, stoked by a mythos of election fraud that's become a core belief for many on the right.
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Politics
Several election deniers have lost secretary of state races
Several election deniers running for key election administration posts have lost their contests, but it's too early to call notable races in Arizona and Nevada.
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Elections
Voting was largely uneventful despite fears of intimidation and conspiracies
In an election that had experts worried about vigilante poll monitors and the potential for danger for election workers, voting on Election Day seems to have gone off without any major incidents.
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Politics
Research finds hand counting ballots to be less accurate and more expensive
Conspiracy theorists want to get rid of voting machines, but research has found hand counting to be less accurate and more expensive.
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Politics
Hand-counting ballots may sound nice. It's actually less accurate and more expensive
Republicans in some states are pushing to count ballots the old-fashioned way — which experts say would bring a level of chaos to elections not seen in decades.
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Politics
Some Republicans in Washington state cast a wary eye on an election security device
Albert sensors alert local governments to potential hacking attempts. But in Washington state, this cybersecurity tool has become the subject of suspicion by some on the political right.