UN must adapt to Blue Pacific, not the other way around...

Pacific leaders took the 2050 Strategy to the UN, calling for climate justice, fair finance, and security defined by peace and solidarity. By Renate Rivers Pacific Island leaders addressed the United Nations General Assembly’s (UNGA) 80th session...

Purdue shares details regarding expedition to identify Amelia Earhart's plane

Purdue announced in July it planned to travel to a remote island in the Pacific Ocean where they believe satellite images show parts of the plane. WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — A decades long mystery could soon become a closed case next month when Purdue...

Share of Arkansas kids with no health insurance is rising, report shows

Bipartisan efforts to make sure children get check-ups, dental cleanings, vaccines and other health care regardless of their income bracket have long been a point of pride in Arkansas, and rightly so. In 1997, nearly 25% of children in the state...

Older Immigrants and Medicare – Justice in Aging

We gratefully acknowledge Georgia Burke, formerly Justice in Aging’s Director of Medicare Advocacy, for authoring the first edition of this issue brief in 2019. We would also like to thank Nancy Lorenz of Greater Boston Legal Services and Vicky...

Hawaiʻi Health Department reports 13th travel-related dengue virus case of 2025

Aedes albopictus is a widespread invasive mosquito in Hawai’i. Photo Credit: James Gathany, CDC. The Hawaiʻi Department of Health has identified a new travel-related case of dengue virus on Oʻahu, bringing the total number of dengue cases to 13 in...

Cuyahoga County leaders warn thousands could lose SNAP and Medicaid benefits under new federal law

Officials shared updates on how new federal rules could impact the roughly 380,000 Cuyahoga County residents on Medicaid and 190,000 who receive SNAP benefits. CLEVELAND — Cuyahoga County leaders are working to prepare residents for major federal...

NZ and Pacific nations failing to tackle human trafficking - US report

The 2025 Trafficking in Persons Report defines human trafficking broadly as sex trafficking and forced labour. Photo: Unsplash / RNZ composite New Zealand and eight Pacific Island nations are failing to stop human trafficking, a new United States...

The Impact of the Hong Kong Convention on Ship Recycling 3 Months In

The Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships (the Hong Kong Convention) went into effect on June 26, 2025, in 24 contracting states. The Hong Kong Convention aims to improve worker conditions and...

Tenorio urges $400M federal support for new Guam hospital, Compact Impact funds in DC meeting

Lt. Gov. Josh Tenorio made a strong case for $400 million in federal government support to build a new public hospital on Guam to serve both civilians and the military, and called for the reinstatement of the $30 million Compact Impact...

One month out: Countdown to the search for Amelia Earhart’s plane begins   

Purdue joins Archaeological Legacy Institute in exploring Pacific island’s lagoon for plane wreckage WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — In 30 days, Purdue University and Purdue Research Foundation will join an Archaeological Legacy Institute (ALI) expedition...

Refugees in Kansas and Missouri could lose SNAP benefits any day — and health care cuts are next

For refugees, asylees and other immigrants who have sought safety in the United States, government food assistance could go away any day. Health care benefits will soon follow. After President Donald Trump's signature legislation passed in July...

Editorial: Bill closes adoptee citizenship age gap

Immigration law is complex and tricky, fueling a demand for busy lawyers — but babies can’t hire a lawyer, and babies adopted from other countries shouldn’t be penalized for faulty paperwork. That’s the basic argument for a new bill to clean up...

“Our land is our mind”: The trauma facing indigenous and coastal women

For cyclone survivors in Bangladesh’s coastal villages, their memories of the storms are still fresh. “The tide was three to five times higher compared to other storms. Everything was washed away. I was floating on wood [a raft] in chest-deep...

Monkeys in Palau: How Germany's colonial past, WWII and US military plans have fuelled an ecological calamity

This is an ABC podcast. Pilot Pleasure to have you on board this morning. It should be a pretty smooth ride down. James Nokise It's early Saturday morning and I'm sitting crammed inside an eight-seater plane with the side door open so we can get...

Former Director at USAID Discusses New Global Reality

When Nathaniel Scott took the stage at Stillpoint Thursday to discuss his 16-year career with the US Agency for International Development (USAID), he was wearing a blue button-down shirt with the USAID logo embroidered on the pocket. It’s the...

More diplomatic allies voice support for Taiwan at UN

High-level officials from diplomatic allies Saint Lucia and Saint Kitts and Nevis on Monday and Saturday spoke out on behalf of Taiwan at the UN General Debate, calling for Taiwan’s “meaningful inclusion” in the organization. The General Debate of...

What Pacific Island leaders told the UN about climate, conflict and peace

A banner at UN Headquarters on the second day of the general debate of the General Assembly’s eightieth session. Photo: UN Photo / Loey Felipe Pacific Island leaders took turns addressing the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York,...

Bill guarantees $4 million for cancer fund

A bill to ensure that the Guam Cancer Trust Fund, or GCTF, receives a minimum of $4 million for its annual operations was advanced to the voting file Monday at the September legislative session. Bill 1-38 by Sen. Telo Taitague states that the GCTF...

Tanzania bids farewell to Archbishop Rugambwa

KAGERA: HIS Eminence Protase Cardinal Rugambwa yesterday led hundreds of mourners, including bishops, clergy, government leaders and faithful from across Tanzania and abroad, at the burial of the late Archbishop Novatus Rugambwa in Bukoba. The...

What Pacific Island leaders told the UN General Assembly about climate, conflict and peace

A banner at UN Headquarters on the second day of the general debate of the General Assembly’s eightieth session. Photo: UN Photo / Loey Felipe Pacific Island leaders took turns addressing the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York,...