Large cities like San Francisco and New York, along with smaller cities and counties in California, want the big oil companies to pay for the harm their products have caused in the form of rising seas, floods and drought. Better science and clear evidence of deception give these lawsuits far more traction than in the past.
What is it like to face climate change where you live? The World spoke to people from all over the globe at the recent Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco to learn how climate change was impacting them, and what they were doing about it.
Immigration attorney Kevin Chun Hoi Lo, who grew up in San Francisco's Chinatown, helped stop 30 Cambodians from being deported from the US last year. Months later, many were deported anyway.
Not only are single women emerging as a growing and critical aspect of the economy in cities around the world, they are also driving increasingly unaffordable real estate markets. But women at the other end of the income spectrum, particularly single mothers, bear the brunt of gentrification.
Throughout California, many of the workers in elderly care facilities face inhumane conditions, wage theft, and abuse form their employers. Despite efforts from the state, many of these crimes go unpunished and workers are left with few options.
The death toll around the world continues to rise from coronavirus with 11 deaths now confirmed in the US as new cases emerged around New York City and Los Angeles, while Seattle-area health officials discouraged social gatherings amid the nation's largest outbreak.
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Environment
Lawsuits took down Big Tobacco. Can they make oil companies accountable for climate change?
Living on Earth
May 06, 2018
Updated
Large cities like San Francisco and New York, along with smaller cities and counties in California, want the big oil companies to pay for the harm their products have caused in the form of rising seas, floods and drought. Better science and clear evidence of deception give these lawsuits far more traction than in the past.
Climate Change
Hear these voices from the front lines of climate change
The World
September 19, 2018
What is it like to face climate change where you live? The World spoke to people from all over the globe at the recent Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco to learn how climate change was impacting them, and what they were doing about it.
Commentary
What it's like being a lawyer for Cambodian deportees
Asian American Writers' Workshop
December 17, 2018
Immigration attorney Kevin Chun Hoi Lo, who grew up in San Francisco's Chinatown, helped stop 30 Cambodians from being deported from the US last year. Months later, many were deported anyway.
Music
Micropixie expresses alienation of immigrant experience with music, sci-fi
The World
March 08, 2019
An alien named Micropixie and her human counterpart, Single Beige Female, use music to understand humanity.
How single women are driving gentrification in Hong Kong and elsewhere
The Conversation
April 09, 2019
Not only are single women emerging as a growing and critical aspect of the economy in cities around the world, they are also driving increasingly unaffordable real estate markets. But women at the other end of the income spectrum, particularly single mothers, bear the brunt of gentrification.
Pushing plastics
Inside the long war to protect plastic
The Center for Public Integrity
May 16, 2019
Single-use plastic is clogging oceans and landfills. The industry that makes it has waged a decades-long campaign to keep it on the market.
Business, Economics and Jobs
'A classic tale of human greed': California caregivers earn as little as $2 an hour
Reveal
May 22, 2019
Throughout California, many of the workers in elderly care facilities face inhumane conditions, wage theft, and abuse form their employers. Despite efforts from the state, many of these crimes go unpunished and workers are left with few options.
Immigration
For centuries, migrants have been said to pose public health risks. They don’t.
The World
May 23, 2019
The myth of the "diseased migrant" has fueled xenophobic immigration policies for centuries.
Migration
For undocumented workers, demanding better work conditions could mean deportation
The World
August 26, 2019
For undocumented workers, the consequences of demanding better work conditions can be high — and include risking deportation.
COVID-19: The latest from The World
California declares emergency over coronavirus as death toll rises
Reuters
March 05, 2020
The death toll around the world continues to rise from coronavirus with 11 deaths now confirmed in the US as new cases emerged around New York City and Los Angeles, while Seattle-area health officials discouraged social gatherings amid the nation's largest outbreak.