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We talk to a team of KPBS journalists about the work they've done over the last six weeks, research and reporting on the food we eat. Some of what they've found out might surprise you.

The U.S. and Mexico continue to struggle over border issues like national security and pollution runoff. We discuss how interests on both sides of the border are working toward solving these problems.

U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema sentences an unrepentant Zacarias Moussaoui to life in prison for his role in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Moussaoui's final public words were that Americans would never catch Osama bin Laden.

Top U.N. nuclear monitor Mohamed ElBaradei increases pressure on Iraq to divulge information about weapons programs, saying Baghdad must answer questions about the 12,000-page report it gave the United Nations. NPR's Lawrence Sheets reports.

In Rio de Janeiro, rather than gather round the Christmas tree, people choose to watch it float. For 10 years, the city has come together once a year to celebrate the holidays and watch the world's largest Christmas tree float in Rio's lagoa -- a small lake that sits behind the narrow strip of land known as Ipanema.

In Baghdad, top U.N. weapons inspectors Hans Blix and Mohamed ElBaradei say Iraq is showing positive signs of closer cooperation in the inspection process. Meanwhile, Belgium says it may block plans to use NATO to defend Turkey in case of a war against Iraq. NPR's Nick Spicer reports.

Centuries-old cemeteries hold fascinating history. But too often, they are not treated with reverence. Filmmakers Richard Rivera and Chris Pyle take a haunting look at San Diego’s cemeteries, and re

How are U.S. immigration policies leading to an increase in deaths of people who cross the border illegally? We speak to filmmaker John Carlos Frey, and Dr. John Hunter about the risks undocumented immigrants face as they cross the border in search of opportunity in the United States.

Iran announces it has produced enriched uranium at a nuclear research facility. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad maintains the program is designed only to produce energy, but the United States and other Western powers remain concerned Iran might build nuclear weapons.

What's the summer gardener to do now that July has arrived? We'll talk with garden expert Nan Sterman about getting the most out of your summer garden.