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Kennedy Odede has gone from street boy to social activist. He says: "When you do kindness that you don't expect to come back to you, you are spreading the light in the world."

The Kindness Of Strangers Saved This Mango Thief's Life

As a child, Kennedy Odede lived on the streets of a Kenyan slum. Now he is a social activist and best-selling author.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks about immigration in Falls Church, Va., last week.

Democrats To Attorney General Sessions: Don't Duck Our Questions

Attorney General Jeff Sessions will testify at a Senate oversight hearing Wednesday. Lawmakers have questions about his contacts with Russia and his reversals on civil rights positions.

INDEPENDENT LENS: Winnie

Airs Monday, Feb. 5, 2018 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV

A young white rhino, drugged and blindfolded, is about to be released into the Okavango Delta in Botswana. It was relocated from South Africa to protect it from poachers.

Extraordinary Moments: Top Contenders For A Photojournalism Prize

Nominees for the 2018 World Press Photo contest are both newsy and unexpected: child jockeys, a blindfolded rhino, cave-dwellers in China.

California Gov. Jerry Brown gestures to a chart showing the increase spending for school funding while discussing his revised $124 billion state budget plan, Thursday, May 11, 2017.

Governor Signs $125 Billion Budget Boosting Education Funds

Gov. Jerry Brown signed a $125 billion California budget Tuesday that gives doctors and dentists a raise while increasing funding for education and social services.

Stanford University Economics Professor Raj Chetty discusses upward mobility at a talk in San Diego, Feb. 27, 2018.

Where You Grow Up May Affect How Well You Climb The Income Ladder

Stanford University economist Raj Chetty says childhood environment can determine social mobility for adults.

Muslims and Latinos line up for free halal tacos outside a mosque in Rosarito, in Baja California, Mexico, as part of the #TacoTrucksatEveryMosque Crosses the Border event, Sept. 1, 2017. The events seek to foster unity between two communities facing increasing discrimination.

Building A Latino-Muslim Coalition With #TacoTrucksAtEveryMosque

It's just what it sounds like. Food trucks show up at mosques to hand out free halal tacos after religious services. The goal: to foster unity between two communities facing increasing discrimination.

Demonstrators hold up balloons during an immigration rally in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals and Temporary Protected Status programs, near the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.

DACA Fix Looms Over Talks To Prevent Government Shutdown

Leaders from both parties in Congress are headed to the White House on Thursday to discuss a deal to keep the government funded, and Democrats are seeking legal protection for so-called DREAMers.

Hua Qu, the wife of Chinese-American Xiyue Wang, poses with a portrait of her family in Princeton, N.J., on May 9. Families of Americans detained in Iran are hoping President Trump's decision to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal will not make it harder to get their love ones freed.

For Relatives Of U.S. Prisoners In Iran, Uncertainty Grows After Iran Deal Pullout

The Trump administration's decision to pull out of the Iran nuclear deal may complicate efforts to free American citizens detained in Iran, former U.S. diplomats warn.

Players for the Canton Charge end a break in their game against the Idaho Stampede by bumping fists, during the NBA D-League Showcase at the Kaiser Permanente Arena in Santa Cruz, Calif., on Jan. 6. Players in the D-League, professional basketball's minor league, often forgo more lucrative careers playing overseas to toil in obscurity for a shot at the NBA.

Playing For A Chance: The Promise And Pain Of The NBA's Minor League

Everyone knows about the multimillion-dollar salaries and celebrity status of NBA players. But in the shadows of the NBA, men toil in the relative obscurity of the D-League to keep their dream alive.

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