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"The silver lining to the downgrade is it'll make us face reality in Washington," says GOP freshman Andy Harris. Many in Washington — and on Wall Street — are pinning their hopes on a supercommittee being created to come up with ways to cut the deficit.

Bahrain's government has raided and shut down the local office of Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders), an international medical aid group. The case is the latest example of the crackdown on the country's medical community following mass anti-government protests earlier this year.

London has nearly tripled the number of police on the streets in an attempt to quell a wave of looting and violence, the worst the country has seen since race riots set the capital ablaze in the 1980s. Unrest that began in London has now spread to other British cities.

The U.S. jobless rate was 9.1 percent in July, but teens are experiencing their third consecutive summer of unemployment above 20 percent. Teens who can't get summer jobs miss the experience they'll need to succeed as adults, experts say.

Never mind China and India. The United States remains by far the world's largest single recipient of foreign direct investment. Economists expect that will remain the case, despite the downgrade and market upheavals.

Airs Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV

The Great Depression transformed families and launched political movements. In Pinched, author Don Peck tracks the decades-long impact of American downturns on culture, politics and psychology; and predicts how the most recent economic shock could alter the nation's psyche.

Watch what you post! Twitter, Facebook, Linked-in, logging on to social media, could keep you from landing that great job.

Some people say at-large elections make it more difficult to elect members of racial minority groups to boards. And this issue is coming home to roost in Vista. Today we bring you a look at the news of North San Diego County. And we start by talking about the Vista School Board.

A wave of violence and looting raged across London and spread to three other major British cities Tuesday, as authorities struggled to contain the country's worst unrest since the 1980s.