A Sour Season
Michigan produces approximately 75 percent of the nation’s tart cherries (those are the ones grandma uses to make pie) and claims to be the “Cherry Capital of the World”. But in 2012 farmers harvested...
View ArticleA Cooler Chicago
See the full report on PBS NewsHour Chicago is preparing for a warmer future and how cities overall are particularly susceptible to trapping heat as temperatures rise. According to a climate assessment...
View ArticleProtecting NYC From Future Superstorms
See the full report at PBS NewsHour Superstorm Sandy pummelled New York City, leaving millions without power for days, destroying thousands of homes and businesses along the coast and the New York...
View ArticleTwo Texas Towns Out of Water
Mark Twain said that ‘Whiskey is for drinking and water is for fighting’ - that adage is becoming increasingly true in Texas as demand continues to outweigh supply and scrambles for water intensify....
View ArticleTrouble in the Water
See the full report at PBS NewsHour Slip beneath the water’s surface and you’ll find a world teeming with life. Schools of yellowtail fish dart through colorful coral reefs. Spiny lobsters emerge from...
View ArticleDriving Beirut
Old import cars from the 1960′s are the classic trademark of Beirut (and probably the only nice aspect of driving in this city)
View ArticlePortraits of a Persistent Protest
Thousands marched in Downtown Beirut on April 24, 2013 to commemorate the 98th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide and to demand that the Turkish government acknowledge the event as a genocide. In...
View ArticleAhlan Wa Sahlan
Lebanon is a complex place. These are just little windows into Lebanese living that I’ve uncovered during my time here so far, partially as a reporter and partially just as an expat exploring the...
View ArticleHow do you Recognize a Refugee in Lebanon?
Listen to their stories. Scattered throughout the country, people are settling wherever they can. They often are living among Lebanese families, many of them poor themselves, and are at the mercy of...
View ArticleFour wrongfully convicted men, four very different outcomes
This story was published on PBS NewsHour on November 9, 2014. Alan Newton, Jeffrey Deskovic, Drew Whitley, and Johnny Pinchback were all exonerated in the past decade. Credit: NewsHour When a...
View ArticleExonerated but not free: What do we owe the wrongfully convicted?
In the US, state laws governing compensation for wrongfully convicted people vary significantly. While some states offer sizable packages for the exonerated, at least 20 offer nothing. And even for...
View ArticleRap lyrics used as evidence in criminal cases
This report aired on PBS NewsHour Weekend on June 29, 2014. Based largely on a rap he wrote, and accounts of two witnesses given years after the shooting, rapper Antwain Steward was arrested and...
View ArticleWhistleblowers win with False Claims Act, but does it actually deter fraud?
This report aired on PBS NewsHour Weekend on December 21, 2014. Last year alone, the federal government and its whistleblowers — people incentivized by the False Claims Act to expose fraud in companies...
View ArticleAs lava flow threatens their town, Hawaii students create DIY air purifier
This story was published on PBS NewsHour on March 5, 2015. The lava flow from the Kilauea Volcano is seen downslope of a house that burned on Nov. 10 in this U.S. Geological Survey handout photo taken...
View ArticleHawaii’s aquarium fish industry in deep water over collection controversies
This report aired on PBS NewsHour Weekend on February 15, 2015. A proposed bill in Hawaii has ignited renewed discussion about the impact of the state’s largest aquarium fishery, which catches hundreds...
View ArticleGridlocked by the power grid: Why Hawaii’s solar energy industry is at a...
This report aired on PBS NewsHour Weekend on April 11, 2015. In some parts of Hawaii, where many homeowners have installed rooftop panels to capitalize on federal and state tax credits for using solar...
View ArticleA tale of two grid defectors: Why some are quitting electric companies in Hawaii
This story was published on PBS NewsHour on April 11, 2015. Dave Greene, who is living off the grid in Hawaii, stands in front of his house. NewsHour photo by Saskia de Melker In Hawaii, the...
View ArticleThe case for starting sex ed in kindergarten
This story was published on PBS NewsHour on May 27, 2015. Teacher Janneke van den Heuvel leads her 8-year old students in a group discussion during Spring Fever week in the Netherlands. NewsHour photo...
View ArticleThese six people simulated a mission to Mars on a Hawaiian volcano
This report aired on PBS NewsHour Weekend on June 14, 2015. A NASA-funded study is focusing on the psychological impact of a potential mission to Mars. For the past eight months, six people have been...
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