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MIT, Yale, and other elite colleges are finally reaching out to rural students

Top colleges aim to create a diverse campus with students from all walks of life; so they're traveling to places they've neglected before: rural communities.

(L-R) Taraji P. Henson as Shug Avery, Fantasia Barrino as Celie and Danielle Brooks as Sofia in <em>The Color Purple</em>, a Warner Bros. Pictures release.

'Everyone walked away with part of themselves healed' – 'The Color Purple' reimagined

Blitz Bazawule's musical re-imagining of the 1982 Alice Walker novel The Color Purple finds new joy among the pain.

Audi Field, a soccer-specific stadium is shown in Buzzard Point in Washington, DC on July 9, 2018.

A Major League Soccer trainer was fired for flashing the 'OK' hand sign in a photo

The D.C. United soccer team announced Friday that it had fired the club's athletic trainer for allegedly making a "discriminatory hand gesture" in a photo that appeared on social media.

Crystal Perez Lira, from the "Colectiva Bloodys y Projects," gives an interview at her office where the wall reads in Spanish "My body, my decision," in Tijuana, Mexico, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023. Lira is one of dozens of Mexican volunteers who support women wanting to terminate a pregnancy, offering virtual guidance through an abortion protocol in which no clinics or prescriptions are needed.

As Mexico expands abortion access, activists support reproductive rights at the U.S. border

While some legal and religious barriers remain in place in the mostly Catholic country, several organizations of “acompañantes,” or volunteers who support women wanting to terminate a pregnancy, feel ready to take the next step.

Physician's assistant Brett Feldman does a checkup on his patient Gary Dela Cruz on the side of the road near his encampment in downtown Los Angeles on Nov. 18, 2022. Feldman is the director and co-founder of Street Medicine at the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California.

More street medicine teams tackle the homeless health care crisis

Homeless people often have sporadic or no access to health care, resulting in costly, chronic conditions. A new statewide effort encourages Medi-Cal insurers to partner with street teams to improve care.

At least 24 journalists have been killed in the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza

The Committee to Protect Journalists says the fighting has already cost the lives of 20 Palestinian journalists, 3 Israelis and a Lebanese reporter.

South Korean teachers participate in a rally in front of the National Assembly on Sept. 4, 2023 in Seoul, South Korea. School teachers rallied to mourn the recent suicide deaths of fellow teachers distressed by disgruntled parents and unruly students, and to call for measures to prevent such tragedies.

South Korea teachers seek protection from harassment by students' parents

Many South Korean teachers say they have suffered from parents' harassment and excessive demands. This summer, they came out to the streets voicing anger and demanding protection for their rights.

Climate change causes tens of billions of dollars in economic damage in the United States every year, according to a new assessment. Many survivors of climate-driven disasters, including hurricanes, floods and wildfires, struggle for months or even years to repair their homes or find new stable housing. Here, a Louisiana home damaged by a hurricane sits waiting for unaffordable repairs.

Climate change affects your life in 3 big ways, a new report warns

Climate change costs tens of billions of dollars each year, hurts Americans' health and disrupts everyday life, including how we work, eat, play and mourn, according to a major new assessment.

Jose Grajeda and his daughter, Victoria, cuddle before bedtime in Alpine, Tex. When Grajeda was a kid, he remembers how his parents employed a soothing caress to send him to sleep. Now he uses it with his kids. "You scratch someone's back, or their head, with the tip of your fingers. And you do it very lightly and softly," Grajeda explains.

You don't need words to calm a grumpy kid. Parents around the world use a magic touch

Modern parents are told to TALK with an agitated kid to improve their mood. But in many cultures, mom and dad opt for a soothing caress to induce tranquility. Neurologists explain why it works.

Dr. Lamont Jackson, Superintendent of San Diego Unified School District, talks with KPBS Education Reporter M.G. Perez about the new school year, San Diego, Calif., August 17, 2023.

San Diego Unified Superintendent prepared for a new school year of success

Lamont Jackson, Superintendent of the San Diego Unified School District, spoke with KPBS about the new school year.

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