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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NPR's Miles Parks talks to Michele Steele of ESPN about the week in sports news.
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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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NPR's Miles Parks speaks with Jenny Lewis about her new album, Joy'All.
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Highlights from NPR Morning Edition host Michel Martin's conversation with Vice President Kamala Harris, including discussion of the U.S. Supreme Court decisions and how she sees her role.
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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 look at the week in politics that's been dominated by U.S. Supreme Court decisions.
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Analysis of the U.S. Supreme Court's term which concluded yesterday.
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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 speaks to Sam Greene, Professor of Russian Politics at King's College London, about the current turmoil inside Russia.
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The latest on a developing situation in Russia involving the high-profile leader of a mercenary group that's been key in Russia's war effort in Ukraine.