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Kimberly Adams

@kimberlyadams.bsky.social
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Host and Senior Editor of “Marketplace Morning Report”, guest Host on C-SPAN's "Washington Journal", auntie, motorcyclist, and mermaid. www.marketplace.org/shows/marketpla…

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Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 10m
China reduced extreme poverty fast, but Indonesia hasn’t been far behind. China is often the poster child for rapid reductions in poverty, and for good reason. In the early 1980s, over 90% of its population lived in extreme poverty, but by the early 2020s, that number had dropped to nearly zero.
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Marketplace @marketplace.org · 09/10/2026
Are you caught up on this season of "Million Bazillion?" Amazon Music has got you covered. Check out Best Podcasts this Week & Kids and Family Editor’s Picks collections to hear brand new episodes: link.podtrac.com/ao2o6zl4
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Kimberly Adams @kimberlyadams.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Ok I’ve watched this so many times today. What is its origin? It’s kinda glorious.
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Jennifer N. Victor @jenvictor.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Huge announcement from the campaign finance world, nerds. For the first time, you can find federal and state campaign finance data in one place. @opensecrets.org is the only place anyone can explore how money influences elections up and down the ballot. 😍🤓🗳️🇺🇸 www.opensecrets.org/state-profil...
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Kimberly Adams @kimberlyadams.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I can't believe I didn't know this until today.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 23/09/2026
NEW: Debt collection. Credit reporting. Payday loans. Consumer complaints to a federal database used to help reveal issues and bring accountability. Then the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau stopped publishing the narratives.
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The Federal Agency That’s Supposed to Protect Consumers Just Made Another Business-Friendly Move
Debt collection. Credit reporting. Payday loans. Consumer complaints to a federal database used to help reveal issues and bring accountability. Then the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau stopped pu...
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The Markup @themarkup.org · 20/09/2026
Consumers asked a major data broker for their files. What they got back shows interest in how fat they are, how much they drink, and how likely they are to get a mammogram, among many other characteristics.
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Who’s buying your personal data: Disney, GM, your insurer and bank. Here’s what they get – The Markup
Consumers asked a major data broker for their files. What they got back shows interest in how fat they are, how much they drink, and how likely they are to get a mammogram, among many other characteristics.
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Marketplace @marketplace.org · 18/09/2026
Thousands of workers have been stranded aboard vessels near the Strait of Hormuz since February. And the ongoing conflict has forced them to endure highly dangerous conditions.
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What it's like to be a seafarer stuck in the Strait of Hormuz
Thousands of workers have been stuck aboard vessels near the Strait of Hormuz since February.
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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I learned this week that the New York Times was founded 175 years ago. There is a useful set of pieces floating around on this for journalism history buffs. But what struck me is that means the Times was founded 25 years *after* the black press which will celebrate its 200th birthday in a few months
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Kimberly Adams @kimberlyadams.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Such powerful reporting by @jaymekfraser.bsky.social … here is a link to just that interview. www.marketplace.org/story/2026/0...
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What Medicaid cuts mean for those who rely on home healthcare
People with disabilities or the eldelry may be forced to live at a nursing home or other institution as Medicaid cuts make access to home healthcare services harder to access.
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Stacy Kess: the revolution will be accessible. @stacykess.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
So proud of my dear friend, @jaymekfraser.bsky.social, who was on @marketplace.org this morning talking about her article and the impact of Medicaid cuts with @kimberlyadams.bsky.social (3:33 to 7:34): www.marketplace.org/shows/market.... Then, read her powerful article.
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He lost 10 years in a Georgia nursing home. It's becoming more common
Millions of disabled and elderly Americans are forced to live in institutions not home. It could happen more as Trump lawyers concede to state lawsuit
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Diane Swonk @dianeswonk.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
My take on the Fed and the hike today. Brace for a rate hiking cycle. Not as convinced we will achieve an elusive soft landing. www.linkedin.com/posts/dianes...
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Warsh asserts Fed’s independence | Diane Swonk | 18 comments
The Fed launched a new rate-hiking cycle with a unanimous quarter-point increase to 3.75%–4%. Inflation is too high and too persistent to ignore, while resilient demand and a solid labor market give p...
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Josh Eidelson @josheidelson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
NEW @businessweektr.bsky.social investigation: Crafting America’s Favorite Countertops Is Killing Workers www.bloomberg.com/news/feature... Artificial stone manufacturers want Congress to shut down silicosis lawsuits seeking billions. Confidential company records undermine industry's safety claims
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‘Death Sentences:’ Crafting America’s Favorite Countertops Is Killing Workers
Hundreds of workers who’ve contracted silicosis are suing the artificial stone industry for billions. While California weighs a ban on fabricating the product, the manufacturers’ defenders in Congress...
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The Fletcher School @fletcherschool.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Professor Ken Pucker joins Marketplace Morning Report to discuss Shein's stock market debut (starting at 3:42). @marketplace.org @kimberlyadams.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
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Shein makes its stock market debut
Podcast Episode · Marketplace Morning Report · September 1 · 6m
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Marketplace @marketplace.org · 27/08/2026
1.8 million people are currently unemployed long-term. This number actually fell in July — which may sound like a good thing, but is actually due to the fact that fewer and fewer people are looking for work.
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Guy Berger @econberger.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
I had the pleasure of talking to @hughesstephanie.bsky.social at @marketplace.org about a depressing topic: health insurance taking a growing bite out of US workers' paychecks. www.marketplace.org/story/2026/0...
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Rising health insurance costs may take a bite out of your paycheck
Health insurance costs for employers have been growing at a high rate. To cope, experts said employers could raise costs, hold off hiring, or cut into employee raises.
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Megan O'Matz @megomatz.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Public money is fueling a huge growth in private schools. There's no real tracking or monitoring so @propublica.org embarked on a count, finding new schools in barns, addiction treatment centers, co-working spaces, churches & a family fun center. www.propublica.org/article/priv...
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Public Money Is Fueling an Explosion of Private Schools. States Often Don’t Care How They’re Run.
As private schools proliferate, states are choosing a hands-off approach to regulating them. The backgrounds of school founders — sometimes with criminal histories — often don’t matter
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
FEDWATCH, on this morning weak labor participation: “.. younger people drop out because they can't find work, and 55-year-olds and older retire early as their 401K/IRAs have gains large enough that they can draw Wall Street salary levels for the next 30 years.””
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Marketplace @marketplace.org · 27/06/2026
Three Marketplace legends in one room: David Brancaccio, Kimberly Adams, and a T-shirt with David’s face on it. 😎👕 Get your own David Brancaccio tee when you donate $11/month or more to Marketplace! Make your gift now: mktplc.org/4eYw83E
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Kimberly Adams @kimberlyadams.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Yes, except books. #thisistheway
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Kimberly Adams @kimberlyadams.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Sounds like you I buying something you need then?
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Kimberly Adams @kimberlyadams.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
A hand holding a fortune cookie fortune that reads “Buy things because you need them, not because they are on sale”.
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Gbenga Ajilore @gbenga-ajilore.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
The standard of living for Black households and small businesses faltered in 2025 and through the start of 2026 due to a variety of Trump Administration policies: www.cbpp.org/research/eco...
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Republican Megabill Implementation and Trump Administration Actions Will Deepen Harms for Black Households and Small Businesses
The Trump Administration and Republicans in Congress have adopted policies that adversely impact people of all races, including Black individuals and families.
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Cato Institute @cato.org · 15/05/2026
“The great success of Fairfax, Virginia, highlights the value of immigration to the country.” — Cato's Director of Immigration Studies David J. Bier, testifying before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement. Full testimony: youtu.be/UeRdruJGy2g
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Kimberly Adams @kimberlyadams.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Oh, I'm excited about this! www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
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FKA Twigs to Star in Josephine Baker Biopic From StudioCanal
'Cuties' filmmaker Maïmouna Doucouré will write and direct the feature, the first major Baker biopic to be made with her family's full endorsement.
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Marketplace @marketplace.org · 07/05/2026
We are excited to announce that Kimberly Adams is the new host of our weekday morning show, Marketplace Morning Report! Currently Marketplace Senior Washington Correspondent and host of Make Me Smart, Kimberly will officially step into her new role June 8. Congratulations, Kimberly!
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KFF @kff.org · 29/04/2026
Our latest tracking poll finds that health care costs continue to top the public’s list of economic anxieties, even as fuel prices and economic uncertainty rose following the start of the Iran war.
The image is an infographic from KFF stating that 64% of U.S. adults are worried about being able to afford health care costs, including three in ten who are very worried. A pie chart illustrates the data. Source: KFF Health Tracking Poll (April 14-19, 2026).
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 02/04/2026
For decades, the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation has offered college scholarships to Black students. A new lawsuit by a prominent anti-affirmative action group now alleges those scholarships discriminate on the basis of race.
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Black Caucus scholarships discriminate based on race, lawsuit alleges
The lawsuit, filed by an anti-affirmative action group, is part of a broader movement to dismantle programs meant to remedy the effects of past discrimination.
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Kimberly Adams @kimberlyadams.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Awww thank you!
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Erin Lockwood @erinkaylockwood.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Not too worry, this is simply an efficient allocation of correctly priced risk to parties willing to hold it, and we can be sure of that because if markets ever systematically mispriced the risks associated with structured financial products, we would have seen episodes of contagion and crisis.
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Mark Hamrick @hamrickisms.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
From Torsten Slok, chief economist, Apollo: For every $5 the U.S. government collects in taxes, $1 goes toward paying interest on the debt.
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Jeff Horwitz @jeffhorwitz.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
I should clarify that there were two separate findings of liability involving 37,500 violations. So that's ~$375 million in a state that contains 0.62% of the US population. www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
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Jury orders Meta to pay $375 mln in New Mexico lawsuit over child sexual exploitation, user safety
A New Mexico jury on Tuesday found Meta Platforms violated state law in a lawsuit brought by the state attorney general, who accused the company of misleading users about the safety of Facebook, Insta...
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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
I spoke to Marketplace "Make Me Smart" podcast host and senior Washington correspondent @kimberlyadams.bsky.social about the Anthropic-Pentagon dispute and what it tells us about where tech firms are drawing their "red lines" when it comes to military applications of AI.
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Who gets to set limits on AI?
We’ll unpack the fight between Big Tech and the Trump administration over artificial intelligence.
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Kimberly Adams @kimberlyadams.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
My nephew is 13 and I started talking to him about my experiences of sexual assault just recently. He was clearly shook. I chatted with his mother first, and we agreed on a strategy & appropriate language in advance, but these conversations are important.
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Kimberly Adams @kimberlyadams.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
I made it out before the storm! But thanks!
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Chabeli Carrazana @chabeli.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
We spoke to Black women who started the Target boycott & who sustained it for a yr+. They'll likely never go back. Teacher Laverne Mickens put it like this: “[Black women] will say if & when it’s over. And I can tell you right now: That will be the 15th of never ever.” 19thnews.org/2026/03/targ...
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For many Black women, the Target boycott is not over. It may never be.
A faith leader announced the end of a yearlong “Target fast,” but many Black women who helped launch the boycott say the movement wasn’t his to call off.
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Erin Cunningham @erinmcunningham.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
As the laid off Middle East News Editor, I concur. Management eliminated the positions of every single staff correspondent and bureau chief in the Middle East.
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KFF Health News @kffhealthnews.org · 02/03/2026
Several states have expanded dental services for Medicaid patients in recent years. But with federal funding cuts looming from the Big Beautiful Bill, many states could roll back coverage. “We will lose all the gains we have made,” one dental policy researcher said.
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Medicaid Is Paying for More Dental Care. GOP Cuts Threaten To Reverse the Trend. - KFF Health News
More than three dozen states cover dental services for low-income and disabled individuals on Medicaid, in recognition of such care’s importance to overall health. But with about $900 billion in fundi...
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Kimberly Adams @kimberlyadams.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Nods in agreement.
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Kimberly Adams @kimberlyadams.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Again… and we in the media cannot say this enough…. Almost ALL of the tariffs are being paid by US consumers and companies.
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Kimberly Adams @kimberlyadams.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Trump’s plan to have tech companies pay for electricity from data center use… was already happening.
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Kimberly Adams @kimberlyadams.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
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Microsoft promises to fully pay for electricity, replenish water that data centers use
The tech giant laid out a five-point plan to address backlash in communities around the country over AI infrastructure buildouts.
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Kimberly Adams @kimberlyadams.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
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TrumpRx: What's the Value for Customers? | KFF
In February, the Trump administration launched TrumpRx, a government website that provides prescription drug discounts to consumers. This brief examines issues that may impact consumers, especially th...
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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
trump again says other countries pay tariffs, but that's not true. we pay tariffs. they're costing the average us household more than $1000 per year.
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Kimberly Adams @kimberlyadams.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Someone asked me earlier today if I was going to try to fact-check what the president would say about the economy in the SOTU tonight… and I just stared blankly at the horizon.
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Kimberly Adams @kimberlyadams.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Omg I can’t even
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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
I have to watch the State of the Union because I sinned in a past life and am being punished by a vengeful God.
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Katie Barnes @katiebarnes.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
For the first time in league history, the WNBA generated enough revenue in 2025 to trigger revenue sharing with players. Players will receive $8 million. The union will also pay out $9.25 million from revenue generated from its group licensing program. www.espn.com/wnba/story/_...
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Union: WNBA made enough money for revenue sharing
The WNBA players union says that the league generated enough revenue to trigger revenue sharing.
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Arielle Zionts @ajzionts.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
What do Medicaid cuts, ACA premium hikes, and the Rural Health Transformation Program mean for rural hospitals+patients? Listen to my interview on Make Me Smart from @marketplace.org! Thanks for having me on+caring about rural health, @kimberlyadams.bsky.social! www.marketplace.org/episode/2026...
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Congress set aside $50 billion to transform rural health care. Will it work?
We’ll explain the ins and outs of the Rural Health Transformation Program.
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Peterson Institute for International Economics @piie.com · 20/02/2026
THREAD: The Supreme Court has just ruled that the International Economic Emergency Powers Act (IEEPA) does not authorize the President to impose tariffs. Trump used IEEPA to impose large swaths of his “reciprocal” tariffs. Here's some of our research & stay tuned for more 👇
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