Christopher Groskopf

Christopher Groskopf appears in the following:

CHART: Is Hurricane Patricia The Strongest Hurricane Ever?

Friday, October 23, 2015

The qualifier "ever" always makes us journalists nervous. So when we started to hear that Hurricane Patricia had become the "strongest hurricane ever," we started digging.

So is it? It could very well be, but we have no definitive answer.

As Phil Klotzbach, a research scientist who helps put ...

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The Racial Dimension Of New York Police's Use Of Force In 1 Graphic

Thursday, October 01, 2015

The New York City Police Department is making widespread changes to to its use of force policy.

The announcement came just after the NYPD Inspector General published a report looking at 179 cases of substantiated excessive use of force by police.

When they looked at the racial dimension of ...

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Five Tiny Desk Concerts You Have To Watch On NPR's New Roku Channel

Tuesday, May 27, 2014

A big perk of working at NPR is front-row access to the Tiny Desk Concerts filmed at All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen's desk. They are delightful, intimate performances from artists you know and others you haven't heard before.

"But I don't work at the NPR HQ," you ...

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Your Questions About The American Health Care Act

Wednesday, December 18, 2013

In recent months, NPR staff has published a series of questions-and-answer stories related to the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. Now we've compiled them into an interactive so you can explore answers that are most relevant to you.

There are nearly 80 questions, ranging from who's eligible ...

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