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"_____ While Black" interrogates the fraught notion of Black identity in San Diego through the firsthand testimony of several San Diegans

The San Diego Arab Film Festival kicks off in-person and online events this Saturday. It opens with Najwa Najjar's Palestinian drama "Between Heaven and Earth" at the Museum of Photographic Arts.

A new multimedia series by The San Diego Union-Tribune spotlights social justice reporting across San Diego.

Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Menaka Indrakumar, a reporter based in Colombo, Sri Lanka, about the mass protests that prompted the prime minister and president to agree to step down.

County health officials have begun outreach efforts to distribute doses of the monkeypox vaccine to members of the gay, bisexual and transgender communities.

Some asylum-seekers are finally making it into the United States after months waiting in Mexico. Meanwhile, San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria announces his ‘Parks For All of Us” initiative. Plus, what you need to know about changes to San Diego’s recycling program starting next year.

A report released Thursday by a Yale University-based research organization found distinct racial disparities in police contacts — including searches, traffic stops and arrests — over a recent five-year period in San Diego. Plus, identities are complicated, messy and often incredibly personal. San Diegans weigh in on how they identify and their thoughts on the term Latinx. And this weekend in the arts: classical music honors the planet, a fictional band comes to life (live!), SDMA gets the floral treatment, a new San Ysidro art crawl and a Black playwright’s world premiere on Juneteenth.

Demands for police reform in San Diego continue as a prominent civil rights leader at The People's Association for Justice Advocates says their organization will soon put out policy suggestions on reforms, including how to better account for use-of-force complaints. Meanwhile, an altercation between sheriffs deputies and Black Lives Matter protestors occurred in Imperial Beach. Plus, we’ll have a preview of this weekend’s local arts events.

Premieres Monday, July 4, 2022 at 8 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / On demand on PBS Video App. Celebrate our country's 246th birthday with the 42nd anniversary broadcast of America's Independence Day celebration for our entire nation. Joining country music star and four-time Grammy-nominee Mickey Guyton, who will be hosting and performing during the celebration, will be top stars from pop, country, R&B, classical and Broadway with the National Symphony Orchestra.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Jean Lee, a journalist specializing in North Korea, about the country's report of a major disease outbreak that state media is not calling COVID-19, yet.