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Nucor makes steel sheets and beams at its plant in Berkeley County, S.C.

Republican attacks on ESG aren't stopping companies in red states from going green

Conservatives attack financial firms that consider environmental, social and corporate governance issues. But companies in red states won't stop trying to operate more sustainably.

Ukrainian refugees enter the El Chaparral border crossing between Tijuana, Mexico, and San Diego in April 2022. The foreign-born share of the U.S. population, which had been roughly flat since 2017, rose to nearly 14% last year.

The immigrant population in the U.S. is climbing again, setting a record last year

Census Bureau data show the number of foreign-born people rose by nearly a million in 2022 after years of little growth. Experts say the increase coincides with a gradual reboot of legal immigration.

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, holds up a small cowboy boot he recovered from debris in a trailer park that was damaged by a tornado earlier in Perryton, Texas, Saturday, June, 17, 2023.

A heat wave is hitting the South, from a tornado in West Texas to Florida beaches

Communities from Houston to New Orleans opened cooling centers to bring relief as steamy hot temperatures settled across a broad swath of the U.S. South on Saturday.

Vice President Kamala Harris sits told NPR's Michel Martin, 'I think about my role as vice president of the United States and what that means both in terms of the bully pulpit that I have and the responsibility that comes with that to hopefully inform folks of things I might be aware of, but also to elevate public discourse and hopefully cut through the misinformation.'

VP Kamala Harris says the Supreme Court took rights from the people of America

Vice President Harris tells voters at Essence Fest to elect people to Congress who can address policy that cannot be done through executive action.

Pat Bennett takes part in a research session, using a brain-computer interface that helps translate her thoughts into speech.

These experimental brain implants can restore speech to paralyzed patients

Two studies show how technology is allowing people to generate speech using only their thoughts.

Dr. Matthew Harris visits the primary health-care center where he worked in Brazil 20 years ago. The author of <em>Decolonizing Healthcare Innovation: Low-Cost Solutions from Low-Income Countries</em> says: "I really think that if people had been more receptive to learning from Brazil 20 years ago, we could have had an army of community health workers in [the U.K.] by now."

What the Global South could teach rich countries about health care — if they'd listen

In his book Decolonizing Healthcare Innovation, Dr. Matthew Harris argues wealthy countries ought to pay attention to innovative programs around the world instead of believing that "the West is best."

Hot dry conditions are raising the risk of wildfire in the San Diego's Cleveland National Forest on Aug. 31, 2021

San Diego County deserts, mountains to experience extreme heat this week

Temperatures will continue to soar well into the triple digits in the deserts this week and into next weekend, with more moderate temperatures in the coastal and valley areas.

Inside a warehouse in Everett, Wash. the commercial fusion company Helion is building a next-generation device that it believes can revolutionize the electricity business.

Companies say they're closing in on nuclear fusion as an energy source. Will it work?

For decades, government scientists have toiled away trying to make nuclear fusion work. Will commercial companies sprint to the finish?

Arctic sea smoke rises from the the Atlantic Ocean as a passenger ferry passes Spring Point Ledge Light, on Saturday, off the coast of South Portland, Maine. The morning temperature was about minus 10 degrees Fahrenheit.

Arctic chill brings record low temperatures to the Northeast

Record temperatures and powerful winds are blasting several states with dangerous subzero wind chills. The cold snap is expected to let up in the coming days.

In La Paz, a low-income neighborhood on the outskirts of Santa Marta, Colombia, water service from the local utility can be erratic or nonexistent. Pictured: Neighborhood kids stand next to a rain barrel positioned under a corrugated roof.

Waiting for water: It's everywhere in this Colombian city — except in the pipes

The country is rich in water resources. Yet many people in the city of Santa Marta struggle to get enough to meet daily needs. They improvise, strategize — and rely on a tangle of 1-inch pipes.

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