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How negligence killed scores in Beirut

Today on Post Reports, Sarah Dadouch brings us on the ground in Beirut, and Liz Sly reports on how the massive explosion there has thrown the city into deeper crisis. Columnist Jerry Brewer ruminates on how sports won’t be sports in the time of covid-19. And a Black doctor on how his scrubs are a form of armor. Read more: Shock turns to anger as Beirut assesses <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/beirut-blast-death-toll-rises-to-100-with-more-fatalities-feared/2020/08/05/a7fa4ed0-d68a-11ea-a788-2ce86ce81129_story.html?utm_source=podcasts&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=post-reports">damage inflicted</a> by <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/a-vast-store-of-explosive-material-sat-in-beirut-for-years-despite-repeated-warnings/2020/08/05/c3ed5ce2-d714-11ea-a788-2ce86ce81129_story.html?utm_source=podcasts&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=post-reports">massive explosion</a>.  Sports used to be an escape from the world. Now, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2020/08/05/sports-used-be-an-escape-world-now-theyre-window-into-it/?utm_source=podcasts&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=post-reports">they’re a window into it</a>. A Black doctor on why he wears his scrubs <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/scrubs-everywhere-arturo-holmes/2020/07/10/9e10b0e0-c095-11ea-b4f6-cb39cd8940fb_story.html?utm_source=podcasts&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=post-reports">everywhere</a> now. <a href="https://postreports.com/offer">Subscribe to The Washington Post: https://postreports.com/offer</a>

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