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Five people pose for a photo with music instruments.

Ranky Tanky honors Gullah culture with Grammy-nominated album

The World's Marco Werman speaks with Kevin Hamilton and Clay Ross from Gullah music ensemble "Ranky Tanky."

Ranky Tanky honors Gullah culture with Grammy-nominated album
A palm tree among wreckage

‘Everything is gone:’ Bahamians struggle in Dorian’s devastating wake

‘Everything is gone:’ Bahamians struggle in Dorian’s devastating wake
An aerial view of damaged homes, trees and extra debris surrounded by water in the Bahamas.

Bahamas officials search for storm survivors as Dorian heads for Florida, Georgia

Bahamas officials search for storm survivors as Dorian heads for Florida, Georgia
Workers in a dark building sort trash from a conveyor belt.

Inside the long war to protect plastic

Inside the long war to protect plastic
illustration of a black wood cutter.

In search of refuge during the American Revolution, this enslaved black man joined the British army

In search of refuge during the American Revolution, this enslaved black man joined the British army
People are shown in rain jackets wading through a flooded street in New Bern, North Carolina, Sept. 13, 2018.

Hurricane Florence deluges Carolinas ahead of landfall

Flooding from Hurricane Florence swept across the Carolinas early on Friday as the massive storm surged toward the coast. And, Philippine authorities evacuated more areas on Friday warning an estimated 5.2 million people in the path of a powerful typhoon to stay indoors.

Hurricane Florence deluges Carolinas ahead of landfall
Hurricane Florence seen over the Atlantic Ocean

With massive Hurricane Florence approaching, a million people are urged to evacuate

The storm had winds of 130 miles per hour and was due to gain strength before making landfall, which the US National Hurricane Center said was likely to occur early Thursday in the Carolinas.

With massive Hurricane Florence approaching, a million people are urged to evacuate
Under a new carbon offset program that is gaining popularity in Congress, oil and gas companies — and other manufacturers of products involving — fossil fuel would have to pay $40 for every ton of carbon emitted into the atmosphere.

New carbon offset program may have the bipartisan support it needs on Capitol Hill

After years of having difficulty passing legislation relating to greenhouse gas emissions, a group consisting of both Democrats and Republicans believe they have a plan that can make their constituents happy.

New carbon offset program may have the bipartisan support it needs on Capitol Hill
Growing high tides have turned this photo — taken from Pompano Beach, Florida, after Hurricane Sandy in 2012 — into a regular occurrence along the U.S. coastlines.

New report forecasts a troubling picture of rising tides, frequent flooding on coasts

Some Americans think major flooding will not affect the country until decades from now. A recent report says major implications may be arriving much sooner.

New report forecasts a troubling picture of rising tides, frequent flooding on coasts
Kiawah Beach, SC

Coastal Republicans oppose the new 'Drill, baby, drill'

In January, the Trump administration announced plans to open nearly all US coastal waters to offshore oil and gas drilling. Since then, governors and legislators of both parties have strongly opposed drilling near their coasts.

Coastal Republicans oppose the new 'Drill, baby, drill'
Protests led by DACA recipients

Behind the scenes of a protest, young undocumented immigrants display tactical skills

Behind the scenes, ahead of a day of action, young undocumented immigrants assign roles and prepare to risk arrest to remind Congress they are still active.

Behind the scenes of a protest, young undocumented immigrants display tactical skills
Steve Lorch has a 30-year plan to put upstate South Carolina on the map, known as a place for producing great tea.

Could Pickens, South Carolina, join China, India and Sri Lanka among the world’s great tea-growing regions?

When you think of the world’s great tea-growing regions, you might think of parts of India, Sri Lanka, China or Kenya. Odds are, though, you don’t think of Pickens, South Carolina, a small, economically depressed town in Appalachia. But one man in Pickens is on a mission to change that.

Could Pickens, South Carolina, join China, India and Sri Lanka among the world’s great tea-growing regions?
Former U.S. Representative Bob Inglis was awarded the 2015 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award for changing his position on climate change at big political cost.

This Republican holds out hope for a Trump conversion on climate change

Former South Carolina Congressman Bob Inglis has big problems with the incoming president, but sees some flickers of hope on climate policy despite all the red flags.

This Republican holds out hope for a Trump conversion on climate change
Black Little League tea

How bigotry crushed the dreams of an all-black Little League team

Just one day before the killing of Emmett Till, a championship black Little League team from South Carolina was invited to the Little League World Series — but wasn't allowed to play.

How bigotry crushed the dreams of an all-black Little League team
Former South Carolina congressman Bob Inglis says Donald Trump and his Republican party are "shrinking in science denial" on climate change because they don't like the solutions proposed by Democrats. But he says there's a simple conservative solution his

This Republican says his party's denial of climate science is 'courting disaster' with voters

Donald Trump has famously dismissed concern about climate change as a hoax and a con job. And on that point, he's well within the GOP mainstream, but a former GOP congressman says his party's all wrong on the science, economics and politics of the climate threat.

This Republican says his party's denial of climate science is 'courting disaster' with voters