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After the bust of the Great Recession, construction cranes once again tower over Miami. The transformation masks a difficult reality: This flashy city also remains one of the nation's poorest.

Airs Sunday, March 30, 2014 at 1:30 p.m. on KPBS TV

Also: A comic book for the blind; Salvador Dali's great, trippy Alice in Wonderland illustrations.

A handful of hot-button issues are making the nonpartisan race for superintendent of schools a referendum on whether change is coming quickly enough in a state where the traditional might of labor unions is being challenged by increasingly restive education reformers.

Something mysterious stalks a shepherdess on a remote British island in Evie Wyld's visceral new novel, All the Birds, Singing. Reviewer Annalisa Quinn calls it "a museum of sinister curiosities."

The cosplay community has descended on the annual Comic-Con in San Diego. They're the dedicated folks who create lovingly accurate costume reproductions of their favorite fictional characters.

With an assembly line of operating theaters in India, Dr. Devi Shetty is determined to deliver affordable healthcare to anyone in need.

Airs Saturday, May 25, 2013 at 2:30 p.m. on KPBS TV

Exhibit organizers respond to criticism by adding more copy clarifying that the paintings are copies.

The magazine hasn't hit newsstands, but some say it glorifies alleged Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Rolling Stone's editor stands by the use of the photo to help tell the story of "an incredibly normal kid" who turned into "a monster."