Miles Parks
Miles Parks is a reporter on NPR's Washington Desk. He covers voting and elections, and also reports on breaking news.
Parks joined NPR as the 2014-15 Stone & Holt Weeks Fellow. Since then, he's investigated FEMA's efforts to get money back from Superstorm Sandy victims, profiled budding rock stars and produced for all three of NPR's weekday news magazines.
A graduate of the University of Tampa, Parks also previously covered crime and local government for The Washington Post and The Ledger in Lakeland, Fla.
In his spare time, Parks likes playing, reading and thinking about basketball. He wrote The Washington Post's obituary of legendary women's basketball coach Pat Summitt.
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The advice from cybersecurity experts is unanimous: Internet voting is a bad idea. But it's already happening in every federal election. In 2020, more than 300,000 Americans cast ballots online. -
NPR's Miles Parks talks to Reuters editor Tom Lasseter about a project highlighting how many people in power in the U.S. today have ancestors who enslaved people.
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Hundreds are arrested in yet another night of violence in France. It began when a teenager of North African descent was fatally shot by police.
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A playlist to help set the mood for your July 4th barbecue.
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A look at the week in politics that's been dominated by U.S. Supreme Court decisions.
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NPR's Miles Parks speaks with Jenny Lewis about her new album, Joy'All.
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Canada is experiencing an extraordinary wildfire season, with effects that have been felt far beyond its borders.
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NPR's Miles Parks talks with author Kevin Johnson and illustrator Kitt Thomas about their new picture book for kids coping with grief, "Cape."
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Analysis of the U.S. Supreme Court's term which concluded yesterday.
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NPR's Miles Parks speaks to psychiatrist Alex Keuroghlian about the state of training for medical students to care for the LGBTQ community.
