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A week from now, the U.S. Treasury may default on some debts as it hits against a $14.3-trillion debt ceiling. Despite that once-unthinkable possibility, financial markets appear calm. Still, one indicator is showing investors are getting nervous: The cost of insuring U.S. debt against default is starting to spike.

From the racially charged Pure Food movement to the countercultural revolution of the 1960s, white bread has been at the spongy, store-bought heart of American food politics.

The Arab uprisings have dominated world leaders' attention, but the killing of an Iranian scientist and recent announcements by Tehran of nuclear advances have renewed scrutiny of the country's nuclear efforts. Meanwhile, the U.S. is persuading banks and other financial institutions to stop doing business with Iranian organizations.

Airs Monday, December 27, 2010 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV

Airs Saturday, December 14, 2013 at 2 p.m. on KPBS TV

Sunday, March 5, 2023 from 9 - 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / Watch now with KPBS Passport! Opium addict and choirmaster John Jasper has vivid dreams of killing his beloved nephew Edwin Drood and stealing his fiancee Rosa. When two exotic strangers arrive in town Jasper's dark desires take shape and his life will never be the same again.

Linford Detweiler and Karin Bergquist are approaching their 17th wedding anniversary, and they've been making music together even longer. Meet Me at the Edge of the World, their latest album as Over the Rhine, grows from the couple's deep and tangled roots in rural Ohio.

Airs Tuesday, November 1, 2011 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV

In an interview with former Middle East peace negotiator Aaron David Miller in 2006, then-Sen. Chuck Hagel made a controversial statement about the "Jewish lobby." On the eve of Hagel's confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Miller argues that it's time to let those comments go.

Ten Years of Southern Music from the Oxford American