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Meredith Garretson Morbey

Supervisory Senior Producer

Meredith is a supervisory senior producer at Marketplace.

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  • Cities have invested millions in implicit bias training.
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    Researchers say police departments aren’t looking at how implicit bias training affects officer behavior. Facebook employees stage a virtual walkout. China gets into the GPS satellite game with implications for phone users everywhere.

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  • France faced months of protest over proposed pension reforms.
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    We explore the role of leadership in achieving lasting change. Yemen needs billions in a fundraising drive to stop the world’s biggest aid operation from going broke. Argentina faces another sovereign debt deadline.

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  • Federal data on killings by police nationwide now covers fewer than half of the officers in America.
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    Fewer than half of law enforcement officers in the U.S. are participating in the FBI’s use-of-force database. How insurance companies can be a driver of better policing. Chinese officials accuse the Trump administration of hypocrisy when it comes to protests.

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  • A row of police cyclists is seen during a rally in response to the recent death of George Floyd in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on May 31, 2020.
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    Amid protests across the country over the killing of George Floyd, a call to make payouts to victims of police misconduct much more transparent to the public. And, some company leaders are acknowledging the injustice driving protests.

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  • Brazil has witnessed protests over how politicians have tackled COVID-19.
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    Hospitals in Brazil struggle to source supplies of personal protective equipment. Mexico’s economy could shrink 9% this year. As protests ripple across America, what’s the economic impact of social upheaval? 

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  • In 2019, coal-based energy use fell 15%, while renewable energy — such as from solar and wind — grew 1%.
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    In 2019, Americans used more renewable energy than coal. The White House’s executive order on social media platforms. Tenants owe rent, and landlords owe mortgages. And, why leaders look to infrastructure spending in recessions.

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  • Dalio says the combination of debt, a large wealth gap and an economic downturn create instability that history has shown leads to extreme conflict.
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    The founder of the biggest hedge fund has plans to restructure capitalism to better serve more people. And, the White House is out with an executive order to try to remove some legal protections for social media companies.

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  • India’s migrant workers want to return home
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    Unemployment in India has risen to 24% with migrant workers facing an uncertain future. Imaging the future of retail, restaurants in Lithuania use vacant seating to make a catwalk of a different kind for local clothing stores.

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  • People with children are being disproportionately hit with job losses, and of course those children are home now.
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    Some people are starting to get rehired as states reopen, but, overall, we’re not hiring enough to offset the extraordinary magnitude of job losses. The history of the U.S. unemployment benefits system. And, Disney World’s plan to reopen this summer.

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  • The argument for a federal jobs program
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    Since the lockdowns began, more than 30 million Americans have gotten approval to receive unemployment benefits, but many more are still trying to get filed and approved. Plus, reimagining the economy after COVID-19 with a federal jobs program.

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