Development & Education

April 20, 2019

As Ukraine heads to the polls this weekend, the most likely candidate is comedian Volodmyr Zelenskiy, who is from Kryvyi Rih, a struggling mining town in Eastern Ukraine.

Health & Medicine

As hurricane season nears in Puerto Rico, a doctor tries to help pregnant women prepare themselves

PRI's The World

April 18, 2019

Carmen Zorrilla, an obstetrician in San Juan, Puerto Rico's main public hospital and the principal investigator at the Maternal-Infant Studies Center, heard of several unplanned home births after the storm. It worried her.

Books

Christopher Columbus’ son’s universal library is newly rediscovered in this lost tome

PRI's The World

April 16, 2019

Hernando Colón was the illegitimate son of famed explorer Christopher Columbus. His love of books inspired him to attempt an ambitious dream: store all of the world's books in one place. He summarized much of the information in his "Libro de los Epítomes," which has recently been rediscovered.

Science and Creativity

This author says that innovative ideas — 'loonshots' — are too often shut down

Innovation Hub

April 15, 2019

History is full of examples of loonshots that have been dismissed by those in the mainstream.

Conflict & Justice

Squatters occupy Venice homes in housing protest as tourism surges

Reuters

April 12, 2019

Squatters are taking over unoccupied buildings in Venice in defiance of what they say are high rents forcing families out of the city as tourism takes over.

Immigration

A family split between the US and Haiti dreads looming loss of legal status

PRI's The World

April 10, 2019

The loss of Temporary Protected Status could be devastating for Haitians in the US and their loved ones back home, who are still struggling to recover almost 10 years after a massive earthquake.

Global Politics

Brazil's Bolsonaro wants to mine on Indigenous lands — illegally

Living on Earth

April 10, 2019

A constitutional crisis looms in Brazil as its new president, Jair Bolsonaro, seeks to open the Amazon rainforest to more development.

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.

Climate Change

Legally, 'climate refugees' don't exist. But in Georgia, they say they're already here.

PRI's The World

April 08, 2019

Climate scientists agree that storms and droughts are becoming more severe, and the trend is only going to continue. As people get displaced, they face a big question: rebuild or relocate? It’s a dilemma that many people across the globe are facing and will inevitably lead to more people on the move to places like Clarkston, Georgia.

Climate Change

In Idai's wake, aid groups worry about 'double tragedy' of cholera

PRI's The World

April 08, 2019

Weeks after Cyclone Idai devastated the coast of Mozambique, coastal cities are still struggling to recover. Disease and poverty have created increasingly dangerous circumstances to those who have lost their homes.

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