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California voters will decide in November whether to legalize pot. But laws there and elsewhere that have made it OK to smoke for medicinal purposes have contributed to a rise in tolerance -- and a rise in illegal drug use generally.

Airs Sunday, September 5, 2010 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV

Airs Thursday, December 24, 2009 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV

March with the Undead for Food Not Brains

Accounts of the escapades of Narayan Dutt Tiwari, a former governor of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, have stunned that nation. He resigned in December, citing health concerns.

Airs Saturday, March 6, 2010 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV

California's legislative leaders have agreed on a plan to eliminate the state budget deficit. Now, the proposal goes to the full legislature for a vote. Could this be the week that California lawmakers approve a plan to close the state's $26.3 billion budget deficit? We talk to Sacramento Bee reporter Kevin Yamamura, and Political Consultant Leo McElroy about the latest news on the budget talks.

Airs Monday, December 21, 2009 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV

The state Legislature has passed some of the nation's most sweeping changes for teachers. The proposal would phase out tenure and would tie salaries, in part, to student test scores. So far, Republican Gov. Charlie Crist says he's not made up his mind; teachers are pressuring him to veto it.

President Obama must decide how to reset his agenda in the face of an incoming Congress that's not only newly divided, but decidedly more hostile to the big ideas he prefers. Can Obama, who views himself as a transformational figure, find common ground with a Republican House?