The legacy of a bombing

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🗓️ 22 June 2021

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Summary

In Oklahoma City, the 1995 bombing offers lessons — and warnings — for today’s fight against extremism. Plus, what a Supreme Court ruling means for the NCAA.

Reporter Hannah Allam was in high school in Oklahoma City when Timothy McVeigh altered the skyline of her city for good. She remembers her classmates speculating about what could possibly have rattled their school building so intensely — maybe an accident in the chemistry lab? A sonic boom? Twenty-six years later, Hannah found her way back to her hometown, to see what lessons – if any – local lawmakers, survivors and activists were bringing to today’s conversations about far-right domestic terrorism.

On Monday, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled against the NCAA’s limits on education-related perks for college athletes. Columnist Jerry Brewer explains what that means for the NCAA going forward.

We are thrilled to announce that Post Reports was honored with a Peabody Award for our episode “The Life of George Floyd.” Check out the video of Trevor Noah presenting the award, as well as our acceptance speech.

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0:00.0	From the newsroom of the Washington Post.
0:07.0	Hey, it's Ross Helderman from the Post. How are you?
0:10.0	He there, it's Simon and the Post.
0:12.0	Hey, it's Dave Farranty from the Post.
0:14.0	Have you got a seat?
0:15.0	This is Post Reports.
0:16.0	I'm Martine Powers.
0:19.0	It's Tuesday, June 22.
0:23.0	Today, the legacy of the Oklahoma City bombing.
0:28.0	And what a Supreme Court decision means for the NCAA.
0:38.0	So Hannah, I'm curious. What do you remember about the Oklahoma City bombing?
0:43.0	Oh gosh, I was really young.
0:47.0	Hannah Alam covers extremism and domestic terrorism for the post.
0:53.0	I was in high school and it was my senior year, 1995.
0:59.0	And I remember, it's actually, the memories are sharper to me now after reporting this story because I've, you know, talked to classmates and everything since I've been here.
1:09.0	And what I remember is that we were in high school.
1:13.0	It was an ordinary morning.
1:15.0	And then around 9 a.m. we heard this thunderous boom.
1:20.0	I mean, it was really so loud that we couldn't even conceive that it didn't come from anywhere off campus.
1:26.0	We were five miles from the Murrow building.
1:30.0	And it still felt like it came from in our campus.
1:34.0	And I remember other kids saying, oh, somebody blew up the chemistry lab.
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