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President George W. Bush stands in the rubble of the World Trade Center in New York and speaks to workers involved in the cleanup effort on Sept. 14, 2001.

Two Decades After 9/11, Are We Safer?

Just hours after the Sept. 11 attacks, President George W. Bush said, "The resolve of our great nation is being tested." So here we are 20 years later. Have we passed the test?

A traveler at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport walks to a Transportation Security Administration checkpoint on Nov. 26, 2014.

It Was Shoes On, No Boarding Pass Or ID. But Airport Security Forever Changed On 9/11

No boarding pass or ID was needed to go to the gate, and 4-inch-blade knives were allowed aboard planes. Now we take off shoes, can't have liquids over 3.4 oz and go through high-tech body scanners.

Two men identified by authorities as suspected hijackers Mohammed Atta (right) and Abdulaziz Alomari (center) pass through airport security Sept. 11, 2001 at Portland International Jetport in Maine in an image from airport surveillance tape released Sept. 19, 2001.

It Was Shoes On, No Boarding Pass Or ID. But Airport Security Forever Changed On 9/11

No boarding pass or ID was needed to go to the gate, and 4-inch-blade knives were allowed aboard planes. Now we take off shoes, can't have liquids over 3.4 oz and go through high-tech body scanners.

An American flag at Ground Zero on the evening of Sept. 11, 2001 after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City.

The World Has Changed Since 9/11, And So Has America's Fight Against Terrorism

In 2001, as the nation mourned those killed on 9/11, the government tried to find its footing to prevent more terrorist attacks. In the 20 years since, the nature of those threats has evolved.

The Security Crackdown After 9/11 Permanently Altered Life At The U.S.-Mexico Border

The tightened security that followed 9/11 irreparably changed the U.S.-Mexico border region. Border agents see themselves as fighting terrorism, but it's unlikely a terrorist has ever crossed there.

Library of Congress' National Book Festival theme "Open A Book, Open The World."

Library Of Congress National Book Festival: Celebrating American Ingenuity

Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021 at 3 p.m. on KPBS 2

Host Julia Collin Davison prepares a showstopping Peach Tarte Tatin.

AMERICA'S TEST KITCHEN FROM COOK'S ILLUSTRATED: Elegant French Desserts

Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021 at 2 p.m. on KPBS TV / On Demand

SCOTUS Ruling On Texas Abortion Law Could Foreshadow The End Of Roe V. Wade

Ian Millhiser covers the Supreme Court for Vox. He says the Court's decision to uphold the law was a generational victory for abortion opponents: "They've spent many decades working for this moment."

Angeline Murimirwa, executive director of the African girls' education group Camfed, at a pub in Oxford, England in 2018. In August, her group won the $2.5 million 2021 Hilton Humanitarian Prize.

Whatever Happened To ... The Woman Whose Mission Is To Get African Girls In School?

Angeline Murimirwa leads Camfed, a group that has given scholarships to 4.8 million girls in Africa. And now the group has been awarded the $2.5 million Hilton Humanitarian Prize.

Phil Schaap attends the Jazz at Lincoln Center's Nesuhi Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame induction ceremony on June 4, 2013 in New York.

Phil Schaap, Iconic Jazz DJ And NEA Jazz Master, Dies At 70

Schaap was one of the leading jazz scholars in America and the genre's foremost evangelist. He died at 70, after a long battle with cancer.

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