California
From the desert to the sea, CRRIFS cares for and protects San Carlos wildlife
CRRIFS, a wildlife rescue in San Carlos Nuevo Guaymas, Mexico, helps protect sea turtles and other animals facing threats from human activity. Many volunteers make their work possible.
1 in 6 trees in the US threatened with extinction
Safe and unsilenced: Afghan scholars find refuge at US universities
Kino Bay’s Becerra family gave up traditional fishing to focus on saving sea turtles
'Hidden discrimination': California university joins national trend to protect against caste bias on campus
Musician Luke Sital-Singh finds catharsis by singing a song to God
Sital-Singh, now an atheist, has released a single, "Me & God," which gets up close and personal with his faith.
Las Posadas holiday tradition brings ‘joy to the people’ in California community hit hard by the pandemic
Every December, Catholic Latinos across California honor the Virgen de Guadalupe. The celebration of Las Posadas commemorates the appearance of Mary, the mother of Jesus, to an Indigenous man named Juan Diego in Mexico in 1531.
Avoiding water bankruptcy in the drought-troubled Southwest: What the US and Iran can learn from each other
Cities and farmers in the Southwest are resorting to unsustainable strategies to pull in more water. Iran has tried many of these strategies and shows how they can go wrong.
Landsat 9 will capture satellite images of a radically changing Earth, NASA scientist says
Josh Willis, who works at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab at Caltech in Pasadena, California, has used Landsat satellite images in his own work. He joins The World's host Marco Werman to discuss the power of Landsats to understand climate change.
Afghan families are being rapidly resettled in the US. But adjusting to their new lives will take years.
One Afghan family in Sacramento recently arrived from Kabul, where the Taliban came knocking on their door. The father was able to get a Special Immigrant Visa to resettle in the US. The family counts themselves as among the fortunate ones, but they worry about those they left behind.
US Border Patrol launches new marine unit amid rise in maritime smuggling
More than 1,000 people have been apprehended while being smuggled at sea so far this year.
Lawsuits bring attention to caste discrimination in the US
People across the US have been divided over whether caste should be added as a protected class under anti-discrimination policies.
Oakland’s Chinatown finds solutions to hate crimes
Seeing a surge in attacks against Asian Americans during the pandemic, community ambassadors are finding ways to help elders in Chinatown feel safe.
Grassroots organizations tackle vaccine misinformation in farmworker communities
As COVID-19 vaccine rollouts continue across the US, grassroots organizations are fighting not only vaccine access inequities — but also misinformation and skepticism among immigrant groups and communities of color.
Biden proposes a legal term change to recognize the humanity of 'noncitizens'
Words matter, according to an immigration scholar. It is far easier to deny the humanity of an "alien" than to do so for a "noncitizen."