Science, Tech & Environment
PRI's The World
September 23, 2014
Leaders from all over the world have gathered in New York to attend the UN Climate Summit. The first thing they heard was an impassioned poem from a mother and activist from the Marshall Islands, a tiny nation in the Pacific that may no longer exists if climate change isn't halted.
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Science, Tech & Environment
Stories from quarantine: Reporters tested for radiation in the Marshall Islands
The GroundTruth Project
April 24, 2015
This is what happens when you visit parts of the Pacific islands where the US conducted 67 nuclear tests from 1948 to 1958, exploding the equivalent of 1.6 Hiroshima bombs every day for more than a decade.
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Science, Tech & Environment
'I'm fighting for the survival of my country in the battle against climate change'
PRI's The World
October 30, 2015
The Marshall Islands are imperiled by climate change. And it's not some theoretical future problem. It's a now problem.
Arts, Culture & Media
Britain Named Most Prolific Invader
PRI's The World
November 08, 2012
A new book claims that Britain has invaded more countries than any other. Anchor Aaron Schachter discusses the claim with the World's News Editor and resident history buff, Chris Woolf.
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Science, Tech & Environment
Climate conference promises non-binding
Living on Earth
December 21, 2009
Nations big and small pledged money and action to combat climate change, but many question whether promises will be kept.
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United Nations votes to accept Palestine as nonmember observer
Here and Now
November 30, 2012
Palestinians scored a diplomatic victory on Thursday when the United Nations General Assembly granted their request for nonmember observer status, rejecting a call from Israel and the United States to put that off until Israel and the Palestinians reach a permanent peace agreement.
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Global Scan
In Ukraine, telling the sides apart isn't always easy
January 31, 2014
Ukraine continues to try and find a way out of its political confrontation, but on Friday, police blundered into more trouble. They attacked a bus full of pro-government activists, mistaking them for the anti-government kind. Plus, an historic fireplace was discovered in Israel and, in the Pacific, a man comes ashore after spending, he says, 16 months at sea, in today's Global Scan.
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Science, Tech & Environment
In Pacific island nations, there's nowhere left to run from climate change
The Takeaway
September 23, 2014
As world leaders discuss future steps against climate change, some nations say they simply don't have time to wait. Many, like the Marshall Islands, are Pacific island nations whose citizens are already fleeing rising waters and disappearing homes.
Marshallese poet Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner speaking at the UN Climate Leaders Summit in 2014
Science, Tech & Environment
The UN climate summit opens with a voice from an endangered nation
PRI's The World
September 23, 2014
Leaders from all over the world have gathered in New York to attend the UN Climate Summit. The first thing they heard was an impassioned poem from a mother and activist from the Marshall Islands, a tiny nation in the Pacific that may no longer exists if climate change isn't halted.
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Arts, Culture & Media
Most high schoolers worry about graduation. These students are also being challenged to save their culture
PRI's The World
June 15, 2016
As the Marshall Islands face the threat of rising sea levels, some 2,000 Marshallese American students in Arkansas are feeling a different kind of pressure.
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Conflict & Justice
70 years after the first bomb was dropped on their homes, some Bikini islanders are still awaiting compensation
The Conversation
June 30, 2016
The Marshall Islands were the site of some of the first nuclear tests conducted by the US. Now 70 years on, though, many residents are still awaiting promised compensation.