Politics
PRI's The World
August 14, 2013
Dalton, Ga., is nearly half Latino. On the high school soccer pitch, the team is almost entirely Latino. Dalton is special in Georgia, and indeed across the south, in that it has become much more diverse much faster than most other similar communities. And the changing demographics are changing the community.
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Business, Economics and Jobs
Why China May Lose Manufacturing Jobs to the US
PRI's The World
October 20, 2011
The US has steadily been bleeding manufacturing jobs to China for 15 years. But now, some economic researchers say, the time is ripe for that trend to reverse.
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Politics
Early votes and election outcome
The Takeaway
November 01, 2008
Record numbers of Americans voted early this year -- how these votes are possible predictors of the election's outcome.
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Politics
Obama grants 10 states waivers from strictest provisions of No Child Left Behind
Here and Now
February 09, 2012
No Child Left Behind is about a decade old. It's been up for renewal for 10 years. But as Congress has dead-locked over proposals to modify or reform the controversial law, President Barack Obama on Thursday issued waivers from its strictest requirements to 10 states.
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Politics
Along Texas border, residents aren't eager for more intense security
PRI's The World
March 19, 2013
Texans who live in the border area say security in the region is tight enough. They don't want a bigger fence, or a wall, and they say they've got enough drones and helicopters. And local police point to statistics that show their crime rate is far below big Texas cities. But is the border safe enough?
Conflict & Justice
U.S. Navy and Coast Guard in Georgia
PRI's The World
August 27, 2008
The U.S. Navy and Coast Guard delivered humanitarian aid to Georgia today. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with the commander of the naval group Commodore John Moore, and the captain of the Coast Guard cutter, the Dallas.
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Politics
Making the Rules of Cyberwar
PRI's The World
November 29, 2011
Cyberspace is the new fifth domain of war between states. Its unclear how the rules of war apply. At a meeting of military and academic legal scholars at the UC Berkeley law school, the consensus was that the laws have fallen far behind the technology.
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Politics
Absentee voting for soldiers
PRI's The World
November 01, 2008
Why the absentee voting system doesn't well for members of the U.S. military and what might be done to fix it.
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Science, Tech & Environment
U.S. moving forward on construction of two new nuclear reactors
The Takeaway
February 10, 2012
Georgia is set to be the home of the first new nuclear reactors in nearly 30 years, with U.S. officials giving the green light for two new reactors to be built there. The reactors will generate more than 1,000 megawatts of electricity each -- but they're expecting a court challenge.
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Science, Tech & Environment
Right whale born in cold North Atlantic waters beats odds, survives winter
Living on Earth
May 23, 2013
Right whales typically give birth in warm waters off the coasts of Florida and Georgia, but this past year, one whale mother didn't make the migration, and gave birth off Massachusetts. Scientists worried the calf would die but, against the odds, it survived and the pair met back up with its pod this spring.
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Health & Medicine
How working the land is helping US war veterans heal
Living on Earth
October 03, 2016
A novel idea in Georgia aims to improve care for vets by helping them connect with their roots down on the farm.