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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 (824)

Private prisons on the way out

Aug 18, 2016
Justice Department to phase out federal contracts.
Condemned inmates sits in housing block at San Quentin State Prison's death row on August 15, 2016 in San Quentin, California. 
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Trump calls for "extreme vetting" and more sanctions

Aug 15, 2016
Republican nominee Donald Trump delivered a foreign policy speech in Ohio Monday.
Republican candidate for President Donald Trump holds a campaign event at the Kilcawley Center at Youngstown State University on August 15, 2016 in Youngstown, Ohio. In his address, Trump laid out his foreign policy vision for America.
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Clinton economic policies rely on tax changes

Aug 11, 2016
In a speech near Detroit, Clinton said the rich and corporations should pay more.
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton plans to tax corporations that move jobs outside of the country to pay for her initiatives.
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Clinton to deliver economic speech in Detroit

Aug 11, 2016
She will likely try to appease voters without alienating the financial services industry.
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton speaks at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit earlier this year. 
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Trump sets out new economic policy

Aug 8, 2016
The Republican presidential nominee said Americanism should come before globalism.
Trump gave a speech about his economic plan on Monday, but still left details out. 
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Goosebumps and tears on Hillary Clinton's big night

Delegates talk about their impressions of the Democratic National Convention's final night.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton acknowledges the crowd at the end of the Democratic National Convention.
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An evening of seersucker and 'malarkey'

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden spoke on day three of the Democratic National Convention.
U.S. President Barack Obama and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton wave to the crowd on the third day of the DNC in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 
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Third time was the charm

Bill Clinton didn't exactly talk at length about the economy or policy during his Tuesday night speech at the DNC.
Bill Clinton speaks on Day 2 of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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The trade lines that divide us

Democrats hope to shore up support from anti-trade voters.
Delegates show their opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership during Day 1 of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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The duct tape economy

How do cracks in the Democratic Party compare to the GOP's?
Anthony Lagos, a Philadelphia resident, says the economy is broken.
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