Marshall Islands

June 23, 2018

The documentary is called "The Last Generation.” Facing rising sea levels that could one day submerge their entire country, the three children from the Marshall Islands featured in the project hope their people will live through any calamities caused by climate change.

Environment

Seawater is infiltrating a nuclear waste dump on a remote Pacific atoll

Living on Earth

February 19, 2018

The US military conducted nuclear weapons tests in the Marshall Islands in the 1940s and '50s, leaving a legacy of radioactive waste that could be washed into rising seas.

Conflict

To make and maintain America's nukes, some communities pay the price

Things That Go Boom

January 30, 2018

From Nevada to the Navajo Nation and on to the islands of the Pacific, certain communities have been asked to shoulder a disproportionate share of the cost to build and maintain nuclear weapons.

Environment

Rising seas are washing away graves in the Marshall Islands

The World

June 01, 2017

The Marshall Islands, where American scientists tested dozens of nuclear weapons, now face the challenge of rising seas.

Conflict

An arcane law is preventing immigrants impacted by America’s nuclear testing from accessing health care

The World

May 22, 2017

Some states are trying to fill in the health care holes for Micronesians, who are allowed to live and work in the US but are barred from safety net programs like Medicaid. In Oklahoma, though, efforts to help have so far been unsuccessful.

Culture

The proud Pacific nation that preserves its homeland with the Bikini Anthem

The World

May 01, 2017

The Bikini Anthem preserves the history of the Marshall Islands, which gained independence on May 1, 1979.

Education

In Arkansas, schools are supposed to teach in English. Here’s how one district gets around it.

The World

September 28, 2016

Mentors and liaisons in Springdale are determined to help Marshallese students preserve their language and culture, despite state law. And they hope their programs can grow.

Conflict

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.

Culture

Most high schoolers worry about graduation. These students are also being challenged to save their culture

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.

Environment

'I'm fighting for the survival of my country in the battle against climate change'

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.

Marshall Islands

Documentary chronicles climate change through three children growing up in the Marshall Islands

Seawater is infiltrating a nuclear waste dump on a remote Pacific atoll

To make and maintain America's nukes, some communities pay the price

Rising seas are washing away graves in the Marshall Islands

An arcane law is preventing immigrants impacted by America’s nuclear testing from accessing health care

The proud Pacific nation that preserves its homeland with the Bikini Anthem

In Arkansas, schools are supposed to teach in English. Here’s how one district gets around it.

70 years after the first bomb was dropped on their homes, some Bikini islanders are still awaiting compensation

Most high schoolers worry about graduation. These students are also being challenged to save their culture

'I'm fighting for the survival of my country in the battle against climate change'

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