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For some older college students, studying later in life has its advantages: They have skills and tools that could only have come with age and maturity. (Clockwise from top left: Santa Benavidez Ramirez, Liz Bracken, Taryn Jim, Matt Seo, Sakeenah Shakir, Jarrell Harris)

'I Need A Degree In Order To Move Forward': Why Some Adults Choose College

About 7.6 million adults 25 and over attended college in 2018. Among them are a mother of four, a Navy vet and a grandmother finishing what she started more than four decades ago.

Kate Green did not purchase health insurance for herself this year. A proposed state mandate to fine those without insurance with hurt people like her, she says. Photographed near her Natomas home on February 18, 2019.

California’s Individual Mandate: A Fix For A Broken System? Or A Penalty On The Poor?

When the federal Affordable Care Act first took effect in 2014, Americans had to pay a penalty known as the individual mandate if they didn’t have insurance. Congress has since rolled back the penalty.

Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., executive producer, host and writer of FINDING YOUR ROOTS WITH HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR., Season 4, premiering Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017 at 8 p.m. on PBS.

FINDING YOUR ROOTS: Unfamiliar Kin

Stream now or tune in Tuesday, June 15, 2021 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV + Friday, June 18 at 7 p.m. on KPBS 2

A man in a blue cap and mask is believed to be former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn as he leaves a Tokyo jail surrounded by security guards.

Former Nissan Chief Carlos Ghosn Released From Japanese Jail

A Tokyo court granted the ex-Chairman and CEO of Nissan bail after nearly four months in jail following his November arrest on charges of corruption.

U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet focuses her March 6 address to the U.N. Human Rights Council on the threats posed by global inequality.

U.N. Rights Chief Warns Of Threats From Inequality

U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet cautioned that the growing global disparity in wealth, and access to resources and justice, poses risks.

Former Defense Leaders Warn White House It's 'Dangerous' To Downplay Climate Change

Generals, admirals, former national security officials, and scientists have signed a letter to the president warning that climate change is a threat to national security.

Explosive Packages Found At London Airports And Train Station

British counterterrorism police are investigating three improvised devices found at Heathrow and London City airports and Waterloo station.

Demonstrators stand near a Trader Joe's grocery Monday night, protesting the decision to not charge Sacramento police officers who shot and killed Stephon Clark last year. Protesters also marched into a nearby neighborhood; police arrested 84 people.

Police Arrest 84 After Stephon Clark Protest In East Sacramento

A prominent pastor and other clergy members were arrested, and several reporters were detained after protesters entered an affluent, mostly white neighborhood.

Then Chairman and CEO of Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Carlos Ghosn looks on during a visit of French President Emmanuel Macron at the Renault factory weeks before his November arrest.

Tokyo Court Grants Bail To Former Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn

The executive could be freed from jail soon after a Tokyo court set his bail at nearly $9 million. Ghosn was arrested in November for alleged financial crimes, including understating his income.

Saudi Arabia's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel Jubeir spoke to journalists in Indonesia on October 23, 2018.

Canada Set To Go Ahead With Arms Deal, Saudi Arabia Says

A senior Saudi official told journalists Monday he believes that Canada will honor its $13-billion agreement, contrary to the Canadian prime minister's comments in December.

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