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In 1969, oil from an offshore well left beaches in Santa Barbara, Calif., coated with crude and littered with dead birds. The country's reaction helped create the modern environmental movement.

Kamala Harris began her presidential campaign Sunday with a rally in Oakland, Calif. Harris' message boils down to the idea that President Trump doesn't represent or reflect America.

Steve Inskeep talks to Republican Mayor Dee Margo of El Paso, Texas, about how border communities perceive the standoff between Republicans and Democrats over the border wall.

The federal government continued hiring 2020 census workers through the government shutdown. But the low unemployment rate could result in an applicant pool smaller than the bureau would like.

Kendall Coyne Schofield became the first woman to compete in the NHL All-Stars Skills Competition this past week. She subbed in for Nathan MacKinnon who couldn't compete because of a bruised foot.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro and puzzlemaster Will Shortz play this week's puzzle with KSTX listener, Erin Rodriguez of San Antonio, Texas.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with a Venezuelan journalist who lives in a poverty-stricken community about what people there are saying about the current political protests.

In The World According to Fannie Davis, Bridgett M. Davis has written a memoir about her mother, who ran a thriving underground gambling outfit in 1960s Detroit to provide for her family.

Opposition leader Juan Guaidó vowed to form a provisional government that would hold elections and offered amnesty to military officers who help. But there are no reports of new troop rebellions.

The GOP operative has repeatedly denied conspiring with the Russians who attacked the presidential race. Stone, who had expected to be indicted in the Mueller probe, says he's only guilty of "hype."