Obed Manuel
Obed Manuel works as a digital editor for Morning Edition. He edits and writes digital articles, both original and those based on broadcast stories.
Prior to joining NPR, he worked as an audience editor at Colorado Public Radio and as editor of Denverite, a digital-first daily news site focused on the Denver metro. While there, he contributed to multiple award-winning efforts, including a national award for enterprise reporting from the Public Media Journalists Association about Colorado’s affordable housing crisis.
Manuel has also worked as a reporter for The Dallas Morning News, covering immigration policy, the city’s Hispanic/Latinx population, and daily city news. While there, he broke the story of Francisco Galicia, a U.S. citizen who was detained in a border facility for nearly a month in squalid conditions, which garnered national and international attention and led to Galicia’s release.
He has written for the Dallas Observer, Central Track, Latina Lista and The Texas Observer. He was also part of the inaugural class of Report for America, a nonprofit effort aimed at bolstering local news.
Born in Mexico, Manuel grew up in Oak Cliff, a neighborhood of Dallas, TX. He graduated from the Mayborn School of Journalism at the University of North Texas. [Copyright 2025 NPR]
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Details on President Trump's plan to get unhoused people off Washington D.C. streets are sparse. A legal advocate for the vulnerable population worries that means the focus will be on criminalization. -
Washington, D.C., Attorney General Brian Schwalb says Metropolitan Police Department officers must follow local policies that govern their policing, even as Trump vows to crack down on crime. -
Texas State Rep. Gene Wu, who fled the state with other Democrats to stop a GOP redistricting plan, is being targeted for removal from office by Gov. Greg Abbott. Wu says Abbott lacks that power. -
After his town hall this week wrapping with chants of "Vote him out!" Nebraska Rep. Mike Flood told Morning Edition he understands it is "cathartic" for constituents to voice their opinions. -
American Eagle's ad campaign featuring the 27-year-old star captured the internet's attention. An advertising expert says that means it worked and may signal a shift away from more inclusive ads. -
President Trump argues that the Federal Reserve should cut interest rates to make buying a house cheaper. Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich warns that could backfire. -
President Trump would rather be talking about his "One Big Beautiful Bill" and other wins, but the controversy over the Jeffrey Epstein case is proving a distraction, according to a GOP strategist. -
A bipartisan bill in Congress would enable President Trump to slap "bone-crushing sanctions" on Russia, says Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut. -
President Trump's tariffs are almost "tailor-made" to hit the goods that lower income households prefer to purchase, says economist Ernie Tedeschi of Yale's nonpartisan Budget Lab. -
A retired Army lieutenant general who led the military response after Hurricane Katrina says searches can take a long time because human remains can be trapped under debris that must be removed piece by piece.
