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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A playlist to help set the mood for your July 4th barbecue.
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NPR's Miles Parks speaks with Jenny Lewis about her new album, Joy'All.
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The artist known as NBDY realized music could be a career back in elementary school, when he started singing as he sold candy to his classmates. Now, he talks about his new R&B single "Feels."
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NPR's Miles Parks speaks with Kjartan Sveinsson, keyboardist for the Icelandic band Sigur Ros about their new album.
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NPR's Miles Parks talks to singer Caroline Polachek about her latest album, "Desire, I Want to Turn Into You."
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NPR's Miles Parks speaks to the members of indie supergroup boygenius about its new full-length album, the record. -
Bradley Tusk, a venture capitalist and former political operative, announced a new $10 million grant for internet voting development on Thursday. -
Earlier this month, Republican Larry Elder refused to promise to accept the recall election results. His campaign had set up a website where people could report suspicious election activity.
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A bipartisan group is hoping to support voting workers who have faced unprecedented scrutiny and pressure for more than a year now. -
While Democrats have long opposed voter ID laws, their decade-long effort to convince voters hasn't budged public opinion. Large bipartisan majorities still favor showing an ID to vote.
