Michael Fox

freelance journalist covering Brazil for PRI’s The World

Michael Fox on KCRW

Brazil has been averaging around 70,000 new coronavirus cases a day, and it has about a quarter of all daily deaths worldwide.

Brazil: New COVID variant, low vaccine supply, possible Jair Bolsonaro impeachment

Brazil has been averaging around 70,000 new coronavirus cases a day, and it has about a quarter of all daily deaths worldwide.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

The world’s worst COVID-19 outbreaks are in the U.S., with 140,000 deaths, and Brazil, where President Jair Bolsonaro tested positive again for the virus.

What COVID-19 outbreaks in Brazil and US have in common

The world’s worst COVID-19 outbreaks are in the U.S., with 140,000 deaths, and Brazil, where President Jair Bolsonaro tested positive again for the virus.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

More from KCRW

Everyday the Washington Post’s “democracy dies in darkness” grows evermore ironic and detached from the reality of what the publication—and legacy media as a whole—has become.

from Scheer Intelligence

What does polling get wrong about voters’ concerns? A new measure in North Dakota sets age limits for Congress members. Plus, KCRW previews next week’s presidential debate.

from Left, Right & Center

Where does the Biden campaign stand following the NATO summit? The RNC debuts a new party platform. Plus, Alabama faces questions about forced prison labor.

from Left, Right & Center

Will SCOTUS’ immunity ruling increase election stakes? Several states are bringing religion into education. LA’s mayor is pushing for a mask ban at protests.

from Left, Right & Center

Are threats to a free press signs of bigger issues in Israel? Did Kristi Noem risk a shot at becoming VP to troll the left? Plus, we discuss bias in political satire.

from Left, Right & Center

Santa Ana voters will decide whether to extend voting rights in city elections to non-U.S. citizens in November.

from KCRW Features

A potential strike over the UC administration's response to pro-Palestinian protests echoes campus movements of the past.

from KCRW Features

Dorsey Nunn, a formerly incarcerated individual, co-director of Legal Services for Prisoners with Children (LSPC) and co-founder of All of Us or None (AOUON), a grassroots movement of…

from Scheer Intelligence

A last-minute change will allow restaurants to keep adding surcharges despite a law that was supposed to make them illegal.

from Good Food