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Tina Brown, editor of the Daily Beast and Newsweek, joins NPR's Steve Inskeep for another round of reading recommendations. This month, she offers three picks that show how the world looks after the 2001 attacks.

A Q&A With Those In The Know

The chancellors of the University of California and California State University systems say they don't plan to seek student fees increases this year, despite a state budget proposal that calls for deep cuts to higher education.

A former fugitive suspected of running a $100 million cross-country scam collecting donations for Navy veterans has been identified as a Harvard-trained attorney wanted on unrelated fraud charges since 1987, authorities said this week.

Cal Trans officials, working with the San Diego Association of Governments (SanDag), have crafted a plan to improve mobility along the I-5 corridor from La Jolla Village Drive to Hwy 78 in Oceanside. The project, similar to the current expansion of the I-15 corridor, will use TransNet funds and will undergo environmental and community review. It could cost between $3.5 and 4.5 billion, depending on which version is chosen.

San Diego will feel a gradual warm-up today, following several days of record low temperatures in the 20s and 30s, according to forecasters. The weather change won’t come soon enough for thousands of homeless people who have endured bitter cold conditions on the streets.

Jen Davis takes self-portraits as a way to understand her body in relationship to cultural standards of beauty. Her images are quiet, intimate portraits of a woman exploring ideas of body image, domesticity, and desire.

Airs Thursday, January 5, 2012 at 9 p.m. & 10 p.m. on KPBS TV

Disability Awareness Month: 2012 Honoree

Airs Wednesday, October 31, 2012 at 8 p.m. & 11 p.m. on KPBS TV