Melaina Spitzer
Freelance ReporterAs a general assignment reporter for KPBS, Melaina Spitzer covers stories that range from climate change to immigration, politics and homelessness. Prior to joining KPBS, Melaina spent fourteen years reporting for BBC/PRI’s The World, Latino USA, and Marketplace from Southern Africa, Europe, and South America, where she lived for seven years. Melaina began her journalism career at WBUR and WGBH in Boston, where she worked for national radio programs Here and Now, The World, and Morning Edition. Melaina completed her Master’s in Peace, Conflict and Security as a Rotary World Peace Fellow where she studied cross-border issues and the Colombian armed conflict. Melaina is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese and was awarded the CV Starr National Service Fellowship to cover the Cypriot Peace Process. In addition to her work in journalism, Melaina is a certified trainer for the National Conflict Resolution Center. She enjoys supporting rising women leaders and serves on the Steering Committee for Women for Social Impact at the University of San Diego.
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Five of the six conservatives spent much of their lives in the Beltway, working in the White House and Justice Department, seeing their administrations as targets of unfair harassment by Democrats.
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Hundreds of students have been arrested for participating in pro-Palestinian protests in recent days. And some schools, like Columbia and GW, have given them deadlines to dismantle their encampments.
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This wild case emphasizes the serious potential for criminal misuse of artificial intelligence that experts have been warning about for some time, one professor said.
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Intelligence officials and lawmakers describe the Chinese-owned social media app as a national security threat. But they haven't shared that evidence with the public.
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Five of the 31 tanks have already been lost to Russian attacks in Ukraine, where the use of surveillance and hunter-killer drones had made it difficult for them to operate.
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Saturday, April 27, 2024 at 2 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS App + Encore Thursday, May 2 at 2 p.m. on KPBS TV. Test cook Antoinette Johnson makes host Bridget Lancaster Jamaican Stew Peas with Spinners. Gadget critics Hannah Crowley and Lisa McManus give tips on how to repair and maintain kitchen gear. Test cook Elle Simone Scott makes host Julia Collin Davison Jamaican Pepper Steak.
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