Kimberly Adams

Correspondent

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Kimberly Adams is Marketplace’s senior Washington correspondent and the co-host of the Marketplace podcast, “Make Me Smart.” She regularly hosts other Marketplace programs, and reports from the nation’s capital on the way politics, technology, and economics show up in our everyday lives. Her reporting focuses on empowering listeners with the tools they need to more deeply engage with society and our democracy.

Adams is also the host and editor of APM’s "Call to Mind", a series of programs airing on public radio stations nationwide aimed at changing the national conversation about mental health.

Previously, Kimberly was a foreign correspondent based in Cairo, Egypt, reporting on the political, social, and economic upheaval following the Arab Spring for news organizations around the world. She has received awards for her work from the National Press Club, the National Association of Black Journalists, the Religion Communicators Council, and the Association for Women in Communication.

Latest Stories (892)

Younger investors prefer computers to human advisors

Mar 7, 2016
The rise of automated investment options is challenging traditional planners.
When it comes to investing and saving money, more and more millennials are turning to the wisdom of the crowd.
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Uganda weighs energy needs against tourism industry

Mar 4, 2016
A planned hydroelectric dam threatens adventure tourism businesses in Uganda.
River guides help tourists rafting the intense rapids on the White Nile. Many are worried they will lose their jobs if a planned hydroelectric dam floods the rapids near Uganda's Kalagala Falls.
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Russia's space carpool delivers Scott Kelly to earth

Mar 2, 2016
Russia gives our astronauts rides in return for other space services ... and cash.
Members of NASA support team help International Space Station (ISS) crew member Scott Kelly of the U.S. to get off a helicopter on arrival from the landing site at the airport of the town of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on March 2, 2016.
KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP/Getty Images

China tries new measures to restore growth

Feb 29, 2016
The world's second-largest economy has announced fresh steps to stem decline.
Investors watch stock prices on screens at a securities company in Beijing on February 25, 2016. Chinese shares plunged more than six percent on February 25. 
FRED DUFOUR / AFP / FRED DUFOUR

Senate strikes a Flint deal

Feb 26, 2016
Senate negotiators want to direct $250 million to Flint and other communities.
A sign on a the front of a building warns residents to filter their water in Flint, Michigan.
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U.S. and Mexico get down to business

Feb 23, 2016
U.S. and Mexican officials are in Mexico City to discuss growth and jobs.

Justice Antonin Scalia's conservative legacy

Feb 15, 2016
The Supreme Court Justice's departure will have a major impact on the court — and the 2016 election.

Retail sales beat expectations, but so what?

Feb 12, 2016
Not bad, but not outstanding either.
According to a new report, retail spending numbers aren't bad — they aren't great either.
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How Sanders would tax Wall Street to pay for college

Feb 11, 2016
Some call it a "Robin Hood" tax, and the idea has been around for a while.
US Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders speaks during the primary night rally in Concord, New Hampshire, on February 9, 2016.
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Government seeks to improve patient access to records

Feb 9, 2016
Doctors and hospitals told to trim the red tape around getting access to records.
Medical forms lined up next to each other at a doctor's office. 
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