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In recognition of National Poetry Month, All Things Considered is featuring a different poet each week in April. Today, we hear from Ron Padgett.

NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks with activist Badriyyah Alsabah about Maha Al-Mutairi, a trans woman in Kuwait who was sentenced to two years in prison for "impersonating the opposite sex."

Kids are one step closer to being eligible for COVID-19 vaccination after the Food and Drug administration extended its emergency use authorization of Pfizer's vaccine for children ages 5-11.

20 nations are responsible for 80% of the world's carbon emissions. Ahead of the COP26 climate summit, we look at what China, India and Brazil — three of the world's biggest emitters — are doing.

Tomorrow NASA will launch its latest mission to Mars: a small spacecraft designed to study the red planet from its orbit. NPR's David Kestenbaum reports on NASA's efforts to minimize the risk of failure.

Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times applauds the new movie "Spy Kids," an adventure fantasy about two kids who discover their parents were once glamorous globetrotting secret agents. Robert Rodriguez, who also directed "El Mariachi" and "From Dusk till Dawn," departs from the slasher and adult adventure films he has made in the past to create a successful family film.

Commentator Jan See Ting finds that an old Chinese proverb sheds light on the current U-S-China crisis.

NPR's Elaine Korry reports from San Francisco on yesterday's much-needed stock-market rally. Even if the comeback doesn't last, many say it has at least renewed the confidence of the average investor.

NPR's Richard Gonzales reports on California Governor Gray Davis' address to his constituents last night. Lawmakers in the state are working on a solution to California's power woes.

NPR's Cheryl Corley reports that despite census figures showing greater diversity and less segregation in the U.S., many big city neighborhoods are still divided along racial lines.