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Kimberly Adams

Correspondent

SHORT BIO

Kimberly Adams is Marketplace’s senior Washington correspondent and the co-host of the Marketplace podcast, “Make Me Smart.” She regularly hosts other Marketplace programs, and reports from the nation’s capital on the way politics, technology, and economics show up in our everyday lives. Her reporting focuses on empowering listeners with the tools they need to more deeply engage with society and our democracy.

Adams is also the host and editor of APM’s "Call to Mind", a series of programs airing on public radio stations nationwide aimed at changing the national conversation about mental health.

Previously, Kimberly was a foreign correspondent based in Cairo, Egypt, reporting on the political, social, and economic upheaval following the Arab Spring for news organizations around the world. She has received awards for her work from the National Press Club, the National Association of Black Journalists, the Religion Communicators Council, and the Association for Women in Communication.

Latest Stories (835)

Uber is trafficking in a lot of drama these days

Oct 2, 2017
Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick has been stripped of his position as CEO, but he still retains enough power at the ride-sharing company to make things difficult for the new CEO.  It’s a common problem at tech companies, where voting shares are often concentrated in the hands of founders and early investors.   Click the audio player […]

The GOP tax plan has fewer tax brackets and bigger deductions, but is light on details

We’ll have three brackets instead of seven, with the option of a fourth for the wealthiest Americans.
Tim Boyle/Getty Images

Trump picks could reverse Obama-era labor rulings

Sep 26, 2017
Republicans have control of the NLRB for the first time in almost a decade.
Fast food workers and activists demonstrate outside McDonald's downtown flagship restaurant in Chicago, Illinois back in 2014.
Scott Olson/Getty Images

Reconciliation budget rule may not help GOP repeal Obamacare in time

Sep 22, 2017
In Washington, it’s another day of drama as Republicans race against the clock to repeal Obamacare. Senator John McCain said today he could not, in good conscience, vote for the latest version of the Obamacare repeal. That means if one more Senate Republican becomes a hard no, the bill is basically dead. In a statement, […]

The latest Obamacare repeal bill sounds a lot like welfare reform

Sep 20, 2017
The Graham-Cassidy health care bill means less funding for states, according to a new analysis.
Senator Lindsey Graham (2nd from right), stands with Senator Bill Cassidy (left), Senator Dean Heller (second from left), and Senator Ron Johnson (right), to announce their legislation to repeal and replace Obamacare through block grants on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on September 13, 2017.
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Norway’s sovereign wealth fund hits $1 trillion

Sep 19, 2017
There’s some big money news out of Norway today. Population: a bit over five million. Money in the country’s sovereign wealth fund: at least a trillion dollars as of today, according to Norway’s central bank. That’s more than two and a half times Norway’s GDP or about $188,000 for every Norwegian citizen. This fund is […]

North Korean missile launches impact US defense spending priorities

Sep 18, 2017
The Senate is voting on military spending with a wary eye on North Korea as the country continues to test missiles over Japan. Click the audio player above to hear the full story.

Census reports drop in poverty, but for a lot of Americans, things don't feel better

Sep 12, 2017
We’ve got new numbers today from the U.S. Census Bureau on poverty in America. The official poverty rate went down by 0.8 percent. That means last year, about 40.6 million Americans were living in poverty (12.7 percent). Median household incomes went up by about 3.2 percent. If you’re in the middle of the economic spectrum, […]

Why do companies wait so long to tell us we've been hacked?

Sep 11, 2017
All but two states have laws governing disclosure, but there is a lot of wiggle room in the rules.
Photo illustration by Leon Neal/Getty Images

House plans vote as deadline looms for FAA reauthorization

Sep 11, 2017
One of the looming deadlines for Congress this month is re-authorizing funding for the Federal Aviation Administration. A House vote on that is scheduled this week. Competing funding bills in the House and Senate address things like commercial drones, navigation technology, and air traffic control systems.  Click the audio player above to hear the full […]