Economy

The comprehensive plan to address North Carolina’s vulnerability to climate change has been submitted to Governor Roy Cooper.

Maintaining the vulnerable sliver of Outer Banks highway known as N.C. 12 has long been a challenge, but state officials say they are now adopting a more resilient approach to infrastructure design.

Where is soccer resuming, and what's at stake for global sports amid the ongoing pandemic? Pulitzer Center intern and Northwestern University in Qatar student Manan Bhavnani reports.

In this episode of Almostajad, we meet Lebanese journalists John Qassir and Diana Muqalled. They discuss the impact of the coronavirus and lockdown on the revolution and how the Lebanese government used this time to create even stricter policies. We also listen to protestors who describe the changing trajectory of the uprising.

As Madison, Wisconsin, prepares to reopen, 2020 University of Wisconsin Reporting Fellow Lawrence Andrea documents Dane County residents and their reactions.

Over half a million women, trained to access and maintain their land records through mobile phones, have learned to complete documentation so that they are registered as owners.

As a result of the national lockdown imposed to curb COVID-19, Nigeria has experienced food price spikes and difficulty getting goods to market, limiting the population's access to nutritious food.

Hurricane Florence in 2018 marked the beginning of a shift in attitudes in North Carolina toward climate science, researchers say, but whether increased acceptance leads to policy changes remains uncertain.

2020 Syracuse University Reporting Fellow and photojournalist Maranie Staab sets off on a road trip to document essential workers across the nation amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.

Medill School of Journalism graduate Hannah Wiley reports on how decades of insufficient funding and closures have limited California public health labs' ability to conduct "targeted testing."

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, people living with HIV in Peru not only face risk of infection but also hunger and barriers to treatment. Transgender people and migrants have been hit the hardest.

Roatan, in the Bay Islands of Honduras, has been transformed over the last two decades by a sharp increase in cruise ship tourism. While tourists have provided a vital source of employment and income opportunities for islanders, many residents worry about Roatan’s ecosystem and its future overall.