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Like millions of Chinese gold miners, He Quangui was stricken with the lung disease silicosis. At first he didn't want his story to be told, but over time he came to trust the photographer.

Sharlene Adams has hypertension but no car, computer or credit card. Insurance will pay for a blood pressure cuff, but the many small hurdles in her life make getting one a time-consuming ordeal.

Most of the world's girls still face discrimination at nearly every point in their lives — in some cases, even before they are born.

Also this week: an interview with Eric Schmidt, the chairman of Alphabet and formerly the chairman and CEO of Google.

Meb Keflezighi, who won the Boston Marathon last year, has written a book of advice on how to run, think and eat like a champion.

South Africans go to the polls today, on the 20th anniversary of their first post-apartheid election. Journalist Ferial Haffajee talks about how young people feel as they vote for the first time.

Donald Trump has made huge promises for creating coal jobs. Not many really think he can deliver. Instead, hopes are high for a new plant in Ohio that converts natural gas into plastic pellets.

Bill Kurtis reads three quotes from the week's news: Leave the gun, take the baklava; Extreme Makeover: GOP; Who's the Dodo now?

A frame-for-frame imitation of D'Angelo's 2000 clip by Panic! at the Disco's frontman cannily inserts race into a song about bisexuality.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Neil Potts, Facebook vice president for trust and security, about internal documents leaked by a company whistleblower.