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San Diego's Muslim community continues to deal with stigma and misconceptions as a result of 9/11. We speak with a local imam and others within the Muslim community about what it means to be a Muslim in San Diego and how their community is affected by the long wars in the Middle East.

What are the top stories leading into the new school year? We speak to Education Reporter Ana Tintocalis, and San Diego Unified School Board President Shelia Jackson, about what's on tap for the new school year, and how the district will move forward without a superintendent in place.

There's a saying in Rwanda: "God spends the day elsewhere, but he sleeps in Rwanda." It alludes to Rwanda's physical beauty, but also to the brutality that has sometimes haunted the country. Joseph Sebarenzi captures both in his memoir, God Sleeps in Rwanda.

Documentary Looks to Afghanistan's Answer to American Idol

Film critics Beth Accomando and Scott Marks discuss movies with These Days Host Maureen Cavanaugh on the KPBS Film Club of the Air

President Hamid Karzai and top challenger Abdullah Abdullah each positioned themselves Friday as the winner of Afghanistan's presidential election, one day after millions of Afghans braved dozens of militant attacks to cast ballots.

Stewart Copeland may be best known as the drummer for the legendary 80s rock band The Police, but he's also a composer for both film and orchestra. In 2009, La Jolla SummerFest presented Copeland's world premiere of his latest composition for percussion.

Public health officials are discovering that blacks and Latinos have a higher risk of both getting the flu and being hospitalized for it. It is apparently not because of race or ethnicity, per se; it's because of the social circumstances of many African-Americans and Hispanics.

The Kyoto Prize, Japan's highest private award for global achievement, is sometimes referred to as the Japanese Nobel. This year's laureates in Computer Science, Cancer research and Social Philosophy will be honored with a Gala and they will also give lectures at local universities.

A bloody riot at the California Institution for Men in Chino left dormitories in shambles, and sent 175 inmates to the hospital. The race-fueled riot was the latest example of the problems that currently exist in the state's overcrowded prison system. We speak to an SDSU professor, and the founder of the Second Chance program about what can be done to fix California's correctional system.