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.
Any potential money is barred by a congressional act known as the Dickey Amendment, which mandates that none of the funds available for injury prevention and control at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) would be “used to advocate or promote gun control."
As many thousands of students head to Washington, DC, for the student-led March for Our Lives, immigrant students are coming forward to lend their voices to the fight for gun reform.
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.
The cost of smuggling has gone up in the last year — sharply. But, for the safety of their children, parents get references, take out loans and make the best smuggling decision they can.
These days, the online debates about gun control come with a steroid boost from Twitter bots seeking to divide Americans even further. Host Marco Werman speaks with Erin Griffith, a senior writer at Wired, who wrote about the surge in bot traffic.
The tragic shooting death of 17 people at a Florida high school is renewing calls for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to research the causes of gun violence. The CDC used to study what triggers mass shootings and how to end gun violence until Congress threatened to cut off funding if research continued. Is it time to revisit?
According to a study published in the journal Science, global warming will devastate the economy in parts of the US in years ahead, if temperatures are allowed to rise unabated.
The tragic shooting death of 17 people at a Florida high school is renewing calls for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to research the causes of gun violence. The CDC used to study what triggers mass shootings and how to end gun violence until Congress threatened to cut off funding if research continued. Is it time to revisit?
October polls show Clinton leading Trump among women voters by an average of 15 percent. Yet Trump does have young female supporters among the millennial generation. Here's why.
NASA's black engineers, mathematicians and technicians didn't just help American win the space race, they also played a key role in reshaping the American South.
The Daily Beast is reporting that rich Russians are coming to the United States to give birth to get US citizenship for their babies. Many are being steered to Donald Trump-brand properties.
Florida’s springs are a wonder, bubbling up crystal clear from the state’s limestone aquifer. But persistent drought, agriculture and a growing population are polluting some once pristine springs, turning them green, murky and full of algae.
Some refugees who've lived in warmer climates all their life, come to the US sporting flip flops and shorts. Part of their American orientation is learning how to stay warm and enjoy the winter weather in Minnesota.
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Environment
Global warming will increase poverty in the southern US, a new study says
Living on Earth
July 23, 2017
According to a study published in the journal Science, global warming will devastate the economy in parts of the US in years ahead, if temperatures are allowed to rise unabated.
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Conflict
I worked at the CDC and if it really wanted to, it could study gun violence
PRI's The World
February 20, 2018
The tragic shooting death of 17 people at a Florida high school is renewing calls for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to research the causes of gun violence. The CDC used to study what triggers mass shootings and how to end gun violence until Congress threatened to cut off funding if research continued. Is it time to revisit?
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Global Politics
What do we call the attack in Orlando? 'Hate crime' or 'terrorism?'
PRI's The World
June 13, 2016
President Obama has called the attack at Pulse nightclub in Orlando both a hate crime and terrorism. Experts' opinions differ.
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Election 2016
Three reasons some young women are sticking with Trump
October 13, 2016
October polls show Clinton leading Trump among women voters by an average of 15 percent. Yet Trump does have young female supporters among the millennial generation. Here's why.
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Justice
How JFK made NASA his secret weapon in the fight for civil rights in America
Science Friday
March 03, 2015
NASA's black engineers, mathematicians and technicians didn't just help American win the space race, they also played a key role in reshaping the American South.
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Science, Tech & Environment
A Great White Shark makes a transatlantic crossing — and you can follow along
PRI's The World
March 11, 2014
She's a shark that likes to travel. Lydia is a 2,000-pound Great White and she's the first ever to be monitored while making a transatlantic journey.
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Economics
Wealthy Russians are having babies in the US, for passports
PRI's The World
September 07, 2017
The Daily Beast is reporting that rich Russians are coming to the United States to give birth to get US citizenship for their babies. Many are being steered to Donald Trump-brand properties.
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Environment
Florida's natural springs are changing — and disappearing
Living on Earth
September 05, 2015
Florida’s springs are a wonder, bubbling up crystal clear from the state’s limestone aquifer. But persistent drought, agriculture and a growing population are polluting some once pristine springs, turning them green, murky and full of algae.
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Environment
South Florida Republicans are fed up with their party leaders on climate change
PRI's The World
April 14, 2016
For local leaders in South Florida, battling rising tides and climate change isn't a partisan issue.
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Education
How to walk on ice, and other essential winter-survival tips for newcomers to America
PRI's The World
December 03, 2014
Some refugees who've lived in warmer climates all their life, come to the US sporting flip flops and shorts. Part of their American orientation is learning how to stay warm and enjoy the winter weather in Minnesota.