How Reporters From Across The U.S. Cover The Climate Emergency
Across the world, journalists are stationed from Antarctica to the Amazon covering how climate change is impacting people’s lives.
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UN Secretary General Urges Public Pressure Against Climate ‘Emergency’
The United Nations Secretary General says that he is counting on public pressure to compel governments to take much stronger action against what he calls the climate change “emergency.”
Cooking With Kudzu, The So-Called ‘Vine That Ate The South’
Kudzu, an east Asian vine, was introduced to the U.S. in the late 1800s as an ornamental plant and an erosion-control technique.
‘The Personification Of Human Decency’: Nina Totenberg Remembers Cokie Roberts
Our newsroom is in tears. My phone and email are bursting with more tears. The country has lost a great journalist. But I and so many thousands of others have lost a great friend. Yes, thousands of others.
Computer Science K-12 Education; Family of Stem Cell Donor Connects With Recipient 20 Years Later; Forecasting Volcanic Eruptions
More school districts are introducing computer science education in their classrooms. But Illinois doesn’t have any standards for teaching that subject and teachers say it’s time to come up with a clear plan. Plus, decades ago, a cutting edge stem cell treatment from umbilical cord blood saved one Illinois woman's life. And, earlier this month she met her donor and his parents for the first time. Also, we’ll talk to a University of Illinois geology professor about her work how to better forecast volcanic eruptions.