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South Carolina National Guard On Responding To Hurricane

NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with Maj. Gen. Robert Livingston of the South Carolina National Guard about preparations for rescue missions as Hurricane Florence strikes the coast.

California and Offshore Drilling: Like Oil and Water

The federal government hasn't issued leases for drilling along the Pacific coast since 1984. In an interview with KQED, ocean advocate Richard Charter discusses the administration's now-delayed plan to overturn this decades-long environmental policy.

Passengers go to the Nanchang railway station in eastern China in February 2014, at the end of the Chinese New Year holiday. In the past, it was often the only time of year that migrant workers were able to return home. Now, economic pressures on factories in coastal China have led to a reversal of a decades-long migration of workers from inland to the coast.

For Chinese Migrant Workers, It Is Possible To Go Home Again

In the past, rural Chinese seeking success left their families and found work on the coast. Now, high wages mean factories are shifting inland and migrants are delighted to be following them home.

Analysts say China patrols within the restricted water of Kinmen to intimidate Taiwan

The Chinese coast guard boards vessels in waters China considers its own -- including waters around one Taiwanese island, where residents have long been caught in the middle of tensions with China.

Electors

NPR's Debbie Elliott reports from Tallahassee that Florida's state legislature has been called into special session to consider appointing a slate of presidential electors. The legislature is controlled by Republicans who appear to favor appointing electors for Governor George W. Bush. Democratic legislators are speaking out against the special session, saying it is not appropriate for the legislature to appoint electors while court-ordered recounts are under way.

108th Congress Prepares to Convene

A new session of Congress begins Tuesday, with two of the Senate's longest-serving members absent. Sens. Strom Thurmond and Jesse Helms retired at the end of the last session. NPR's Bob Edwards talks to Rice University professor Earl Black about Thurmond's and Helms' careers.

How the diesel shortage is being felt globally

NPR's Michel Martin talks with Bloomberg reporter Chunzi Xu about the state of gas and diesel prices across the country.

Thangamma, about 80 years old, gathers seaweed off Pananthoppu beach, Pamban island, Tamil Nadu, India. Seaweed extracts are used in a booming global food industry. An estimated 5,000 women gather seaweed in the shallow reefs around Pamban island, which they sell to local factories.

'It's not for the faint-hearted' — the story of India's intrepid women seaweed divers

In goggles and flipflops, they dive to harvest seaweed. It's risky work. They'll earn $3 to $6 a day. Now climate change and environmental rules make it harder to pursue the traditional profession.

Heavy Rotation: 10 Songs Public Radio Can't Stop Playing

Hear new music by country veteran Marty Stuart, former Gossip frontwoman Beth Ditto, psychedelic hip-hop duo Shabazz Palaces and more in April's playlist, curated by public-radio hosts.

Damaged homes in the U.S. Virgin Islands dot the hillside on Sept. 17, 2017, more than a week after Hurricane Irma made landfall in Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas.

After 2 Hurricanes, A 'Floodgate' Of Mental Health Issues In U.S. Virgin Islands

The new governor of the U.S. territory recently issued a mental health state of emergency, after two hurricanes in 2017 caused widespread trauma and stress among islanders.

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