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Marcellus Cadd signing his name in Round Rock, Texas, after finding a cache in all 254 counties in the state.

Geocaching While Black: Outdoor Pastime Reveals Racism And Bias

One Black geocacher writes about harrowing encounters, such as being called "boy" and finding a cache hidden inside a flagpole flying the Confederate flag.

Sierra Leone's minister of education and chief innovation officer David Moinina Sengeh is a man of many talents. He's using mobile phone technology to improve daily life, he invented a way to make a prosthetic limb with a computer-assisted technique and he's a singer and rapper and a clothing designer, too.

This Education Minister Is A Renaissance Man (And He's Got A Music Video To Prove It)

Sierra Leone's education minister and MIT graduate David Moinina Sengeh is shooting for the moon when it comes to his country's future, from schools to health-care to ... space travel.

Visitors gather last week to view Delicate Arch at Arches National Park in Utah.

An Explosion In Visitors Is Threatening The Very Things National Parks Try To Protect

Growing crowds at America's national parks have prompted some of them to allow entry by reserved tickets only. Arches National Park in Utah may be next, and there's renewed controversy over that step.

ANTIQUES ROADSHOW RECUT: Out Of This World - Part 1

Encore Monday, Nov. 15, 2021 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / On Demand. Blast off to a half-hour of ROADSHOW and discover stellar space-themed treasures including NASA Space Program autographed photos, a Star Trek treatment, script, and letters, and a celestial indicator made around 1872!

The Texas State Capitol in Austin is seen on the first day of the state legislature's special session on July 8. Republicans, who control the state, will attempt to pass new voting laws that will add penalties and make it more difficult to cast a ballot.

Texas Republicans Have A New Voting Bill. Here's What's In It

The latest bills include new identification requirements for people voting by mail and prohibit local election officials from sending vote-by-mail applications to someone who hasn't requested one.

Maricopa County constable Darlene Martinez evicts a tenant on October 7, 2020 in Phoenix, Arizona. Thousands of court-ordered evictions continue nationwide despite a Centers for Disease Control (CDC) moratorium for renters impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.

Eviction Prevention Programs Are Racing Against A Moratorium Clock

The Alexandria Eviction Prevention Partnership in Northern Virginia is one of the divergent programs meant to help fight off evictions.

Stacy Cordova, whose aunt was a victim of California's forced sterilization program that began in 1909, holds a framed photo of her aunt Mary Franco, Monday, July 5, 2021, in Azusa, Calif.

California To Pay Victims Of Forced, Coerced Sterilizations

California lawmakers have approved reparations for people who were either forcibly or coercively sterilized by the state. A new budget that's awaiting Gov. Gavin Newsom's signature includes $7.5 million for the program.

A still from "Marcach Dearg (Red Rider)" by Emma Fisher-Owen of Beyond the Bark Theatre, which will screen in the Shadows Across the Globe festival, July 9-11, 2021.

Shadow Puppetry Festival Finds Beauty In The Dark

San Diego's Twisted Heart Puppetworks presents the first annual "Shadows Across the Globe" virtual, worldwide shadow puppet festival July 9-11, 2021, with free performances streaming online.

#FreeBritney activists protesting outside a Los Angeles courthouse, sporting a sign that reads "Investigate Ingham!"

Britney Spears' Lawyer, Samuel Ingham III, Requests To Resign

The court appointed lawyer has represented the pop star since the beginning of her conservatorship. At Spears' explosive hearing last month, she expressed wishes to hire her own lawyer.

The red carpet is rolled out at the 74th annual Cannes Film Festival on July 6, 2021, in Cannes, France.

Cannes Rolls Out The Red Carpet For An Expanded, More Inclusive Film Festival

After the cancellation of the festival in 2020 due to COVID-19, the Cannes Film Festival returns to the French Riviera with an expanded program and a historic jury led by filmmaker Spike Lee.

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