The World from PRX

Rockefeller Foundation

Wetlands and woods are saturated with oil, north of Lake Pontchartrain, after Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005.
Environment
How crises can strengthen cities that make the right choices
Cape Horn
Environment
A Rockefeller uses his oil legacy to help save the oceans
Rockefeller fund
Environment
The Rockefellers call it quits on oil, divesting themselves from fossil fuel industries
Development & Education
Lao rice farmers move from subsistence to cash crops
Health & Medicine
Lessons from smallpox eradication
Global Politics
Anti-Apartheid Leader Mamphela Ramphele Announces New Party to Challenge South Africa’s ANC
This Week’s Agenda: NATO Summit, G8 Conference, Rajat Gupta Trial, NAACP’s Gay Marriage Endorsement
Gupta Faces Insider Trading Charges
The Green Revolution Plus Thirty
High Court Opening = High Stakes for Environment
Rockefeller Gift
Rice Futures
Arts, Culture & Media
George Washington: a new history
Environment
Laos’ sticky situation