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A string of riots in suburban Paris is making headlines following the death of two teenage boys. Emma Charlton, a reporter for Agence France-Presse (AFP), talks about the ethnic and cultural tensions that have led to the violence and what efforts are being made to restore order.

The president of France voiced his disdain for riots that broke out in a Paris suburb, saying the clash between police and minority teenagers that resulted in injuries to some officers was "unacceptable." The riots were triggered by the deaths of two minority teenagers in a collision with a police car.

For more than three decades, Shah Mohammed Rais has sold books and maps to Afghans and foreigners in Kabul. A Norwegian author wrote a book about Rais, but the bookseller claims it ruined his life. Now he's decided to get even by writing his own book.

What makes a kid do well in school? And who's to blame when they do poorly? Those are among the most contentious political questions of our day. The discussion of student achievement ultimately touche

A new FBI report says hate crimes based on ethnicity doubled from 2005 to 2006 in San Diego County. Law enforcement officials estimate 70 percent of this year's attacks are aimed at Latinos. KPBS repo

The Congolese government is trying to get a renegade militia with ties to the Rwandan government to put down their weapons. Some soldiers have disarmed, but an upsurge in violence in eastern Congo has many fearing a renewed war.

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell shocked many educators this year when he said built-in low expectations for minority students are contributing to the state's persistent achie

American Gangster

Lin, who along with two of the film's stars stopped by KPBS after hosting the San Diego premiere of his film at the San Diego Asian Film Festival, noted that Bruce Lee was a huge part of his identity as a kid growing up in Orange County. But the irony was that "my first introduction to Bruce Lee wasnt even Bruce Lee -- it was Bruce Li and Bruce Loo because when I was growing up, they had this thing called Kung Fu Theater, and they booked the cheap films, not the real Bruce Lee films. So I saw all these imitators first. It was with the advent of the VCR that I finally saw Bruce Lee in

Finishing the Game