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Jessica Yarmosky

ProducerThe World
Jessica Yarmosky is a producer for The World. Her background is in teaching and education policy, but her stories run the gamut from questionable Olympic logos to the safety of public transit workers. Previously, she worked on NPR's Education Desk and at Morning Editionin Washington, DC. She is a graduate of the Transom Story Workshop and has a master's in education policy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Argentina votes to legalize abortion 
Could wooden satellites help solve our space junk problem?
Hungary’s asylum process failed to uphold EU regulations, court finds
Documentary project details story of American family who joined ISIS caliphate
US cybersecurity firm is victim of cyber hack by foreign state
Ukraine’s mushrooms are plentiful. Tourists? Not so much.
Grab a drink at this Roman bar — but don’t mention COVID-19
Faces behind rising COVID-19 death numbers 
COP26 postponement spurs young people to meet virtually 
The legacy of Ghana’s Jerry John Rawlings
Member of Biden’s COVID-19 task force outlines priorities
Migrant father faces criminal charges after son drowns at sea
A blue ball in a black field surrounded by white, tiny dots.
Science & Technology
Got space junk? Wooden satellites may be the solution.
A woman holds a large mushroom in the Ukraine's Carpathians
Lifestyle
Ukraine is wild about mushrooms — even during the pandemic
Bar owner Cristina Mattioli put up a sign asking patrons not to talk about COVID-19.
At this Roman bar, talk about anything. Just not COVID-19.
Dr. Céline Gounder has been named to President-elect Joe Biden's COVID-19 task force.
COVID-19
‘Equity is very front and center’ for Biden’s new COVID-19 task force
People attend a campaign rally by US President Donald Trump at Cecil Airport in Jacksonville, Florida, Sept. 24, 2020.
Trump administration
Retired army commander: US institutions will ‘ensure a peaceful transition of power’
Beams of light are seen over American flags at the Pentagon, as part of a tribute marking the 19th anniversary of the 9/11 attack on the Pentagon, Sept. 9, 2020, in Washington, DC.
Conflict
US intelligence dysfunction ‘rooted in the chaos of the presidency,’ says author of book on 9/11
Caster Semenya wears a track and field outfit and sets off on a race
Sports
‘There is a sense of being robbed’: Olympian Caster Semenya loses appeal on testosterone rule
Protesters with fists raised block an intersection while demonstrating against the Sunday police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wis., Aug. 26, 2020.
Justice
Are most white Americans guilty of ‘supremacy’ or just ‘privilege’?
Audrey Tang, the Taiwan government's digital minister, in the Executive Yuan building, Taiwan, on November 8, 2017.
COVID-19
How Taiwan is battling coronavirus with tech, crowdsourced data and trust
A woman holds a mobile phone up to her laptop screen in a video call showing various apps.
Technology
Be My Eyes app makes daily life easier for people with visual impairments
Tsitsi Dangerembga, left, prominent Zimbabwean author and Fadzayi Mahere, right, spokeswoman for the main opposition party, appear at the magistrates courts with others in Harare, Zimbabwe, August 1, 2020.
Justice
Citizens are challenging repression with #ZimbabweanLivesMatter, says author Tsitsi Dangarembga
A man speaks into microphones
Conflict
Maduro regime kills, tortures, with ‘minimal consequences,’ says opposition lawmaker