Mallika Seshadri

California tribes reclaim 200 miles of coastline and will manage it using tradition

In California, five Native tribes will reclaim their right to manage and protect more than 200 miles of coastal land. They'll do work like monitoring salmon migration and testing for toxins in shellfish. They'll also be educating others about their traditions.

MEGAN ROCHA: Tribes have obviously been stewarding these areas, you know, since time immemorial.

PFEIFFER: That's Megan Rocha. She's on the leadership c

A new law in Russia is Putin's latest attack on LGBTQ rights

It's been nearly a decade since Russian President Vladimir Putin's first attack on LGBTQ rights in the country, and that crackdown is intensifying. Just this week, he signed a law that makes it illegal to spread so-called propaganda about non-traditional sexual relations. It's an expansion of a similar ban that Russia instituted back in 2013. To understand some of the roots of Russia's anti-LGBTQ laws, I'm joined now by Dan Healey. He

Closing the gender pay gap could be critical in reducing California homelessness

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Holly Martinez, the executive director of the California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls, about how closing the gender pay gap could help reduce homelessness.

The knot of issues that contributes to child poverty in the U.S. has many strands. The increase in the Child Tax Credit during the pandemic was said to have helped reduce child poverty across the country by 50%. Closi

A scientific survey takes a look at 'vocal mimicry' in parrots

A new scientific survey takes a close look at the ability of parrots to mimic human words and phrases.

You know, Mary Louise, it turns out parrots just want to feel included in conversation, just like anyone else.

CHANG: That is Yoko, a cockatoo that recently participated in a research survey looking at the phenomenon of vocal mimicry in parrots - what we often refer to when we say that parrots are, quote, "talking." Over 900 pet

The first all-female referee team makes history at the World Cup

History is made as the first all-female referee team officiates the World Cup match between Costa Rica and Germany.

When Germany and Costa Rica faced off today at the World Cup, maybe the most significant people on the field were not the players but those officiating the match.

CHRISTINA UNKEL: Without a referee, you don't have a true, competitive, professional game.

That's Christina Unkel, a former FIFA referee and current CBS

They Say You Can't Choose Your Family, But Some Do

You've heard the saying, 'Blood is thicker than water,' right? Yet for many people, family is not just about blood or DNA — it's about deep connections .


For those people, chosen family could be close friends, people who share similar identities, people who went through similar experiences, or something else that forms a bond.

We hear stories from people about their chosen families.

We also speak with marriage and family therapist and sexo

Climate change is a present tense disaster in some parts of the world. In Senegal, rising seas are destroying neighborhoods and once-fertile farm fields.


That's pushing young Senegalese like Mamadou Niang to make the treacherous journey to Europe. He's attempted it three times: twice he was deported, the third time, he narrowly escaped drowning. But he says he's still determined to make it there.


We visit Senegal to see how climate migration is reshaping life there. And we meet a rapper na

Pulling Back The Curtain On Our Climate Migration Reporting

For over a year, we've been working on a series of stories on climate migration that spans thousands of miles and multiple continents.


Our team of journalists saw firsthand how climate change is making places like Senegal less habitable. They saw how that's pushing some people to places like Morocco, where they cross international borders in search of a better life. And how that migration is driving a rise in far-right politics in w

How one man went from a migrant leaving Africa, to an elected official in Spain

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Now, he is widely considered one of the most vocal politicians in Madrid for migrant rights.

His journey is parallel to the larger picture of how climate migration intersects with politics.

Today, he is a Spanish citizen and a deputy in the Madrid Assembly.

So he jumped on a boat one night, and joined others on a days-long journey across the

In the strawberry fields of Spain, migrants from Africa work in hope of a better life

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They describe challenging conditions in the fields and with their bosses, who are often slow to give them work papers.

The work is year-round and requires field workers who take on the repetitive task planting seedlings and then harvesting when ready. This job usually falls on migrants, many from Africa.

Spain a prolific producer of str

Dozens died trying to cross this fence into Europe in June. This man survived

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The Spanish enclave city has changed in the last few decades, making it all the more difficult for people like Steven Khon Khon to enter

"Melilla today is like a bunker. It's like living in an island," says Irene Flores, a longtime Spanish journalist in Melilla.

To visit a popular transit point into Spain, you have to go to Africa. There, you w

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Migrating people and their allies describe detestable and racist treatment from Moroccan police. They also speak of their dreams of crossing the border and finding jobs to support their families.

Police tactics gained renewed criticism after dozens of people were killed trying to jump the fence in June.

Officials have made the city of Nador uninhabitable for migrants, who are mostly Black. Shopkeepers have been pressured