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Richard Cunningham

Associate Producer

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Richard Cunningham is a former associate producer for Marketplace in Los Angeles. He is originally from Hyattsville, Maryland, and is a graduate of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and the University of Missouri. Before joining Marketplace, he worked as an associate producer at public radio station WAMU, producing a local talk show.

When not researching stories and cutting tape, Richard can be found on the basketball court practicing jump shots or spending his hard-earned money in music stores updating his CD collection.

Latest Stories (99)

Race and Economy

Understanding the civil rights movement as a labor and economic movement

by Kai Ryssdal and Richard Cunningham
Feb 23, 2023
Legalized segregation was an economic system that determined people’s livelihoods, says history professor Robin D.G. Kelley.
Protestors hold signs reading "Union Justice Now!" and "Honor King: End Racism!" in Memphis, Tennessee, in April 1968, days after the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
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Photographer launches education platform, says she's grown personally and professionally

by Richard Cunningham
Feb 20, 2023
Growing the business "has stretched me and changed me in all the good ways, and also in all the really hard ways," says photographer Liz Hansen.
Boudoir photographer Liz Hansen during a shoot. "We have lots of women who want to come in and have an empowering experience at the studio," she says.
Courtesy Hansen
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This Dallas dancer looks to challenge the idea of the "starving artist"

by Richard Cunningham
Feb 16, 2023
Alexandra Light is looking to transition from a full-time dancer to a full-time choreographer.
"If you have two dancers in a family trying to support kids, it's like nearly impossible," said Dallas dancer Alexandra Light.
Courtesy Oliver Endahl
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A St. Louis coop works through the kinks as it transitions from sole proprietorship

by Richard Cunningham
Feb 3, 2023
Garrity Tools is still figuring out its pay structure and job roles a year later. “I think we're gonna get this right," Collin Garrity says.
“Our biggest challenge is trying to figure out how to make it a good job for everyone," says Collin Garrity.
Courtesy Garrity Tools
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What does the future of the streaming economy look like?

by Kai Ryssdal and Richard Cunningham
Jan 24, 2023
"This battle that the big streamers are undertaking ... it could turn into a bloody battle, and there could be victims of it," said NYU professor Luis Cabral.
"If you look at Netflix, I mean, they spent billions of dollars, they've created a lot of good content. But it's an iffy proposition. What if it doesn't pan out?" said NYU professor Luis Cabral.
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This nonprofit wants to put more women in national security jobs

by Amy Scott and Richard Cunningham
Jan 18, 2023
Girl Security is working to change perceptions of the field and encouraging women to bring their valuable experiences to the space.
Women make up only 20% of the national security workforce, but the nonprofit Girl Security is looking to change that. Above, the Pentagon.
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Gen Z is the most pro-union generation

by Mitchell Hartman and Richard Cunningham
Jan 3, 2023
Many young workers have witnessed the effects of economic crises and are struggling with the gap between their wages and the cost of living.
Young Starbucks workers picket for their union outside a Starbucks store in Portland, Oregon, in the fall of last year.
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Many low-income parents still struggle to find baby formula, even as production rebounds

by Kimberly Adams and Richard Cunningham
Dec 27, 2022
More than 80% of infants consume formula in their first year. Though supply has improved since the crisis in May, some areas are seeing shortages.
A customer shops for formula at a Walmart in July. "There are certain stores at certain times in certain areas that will be out of stock still," said The 19th's Mariel Padilla.
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Ending hunger a battle on many fronts, over many months, says CEO of Feeding America

by Kai Ryssdal and Richard Cunningham
Dec 5, 2022
Inflation, supply chain problems and wealth disparities remain barriers to solving hunger, says Claire Babineaux-Fontenot of Feeding America.
Residents of Bronx, New York, received food donations in September. "Making meaningful, sustainable progress by the end of this decade is doable. We have to choose to do it," says Claire Babineaux-Fontenot.
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A Warmer World

Are current climate initiatives unfair to developing nations?

by Kai Ryssdal and Richard Cunningham
Nov 17, 2022
Rahul Tongia of the Brookings Institution argues that a swift, large-scale energy transition is unrealistic for poor countries, and unnecessary.
Participants arrive Thursday at the COP27 climate conference, where world leaders are discussing plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and minimize the impacts of climate change.
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