To charter school or not to charter school? As the new school year kicks off, we talk to Brian Jones, a NYC public school teacher, James Merriman, CEO of NYC Center for Charter School Excellence, and Christian Roselund, a New Orleans-based writer and education advocate about the choice.

We're joined by writer & illustrator Josh Neufeld. His beautiful new graphic novel 'AD: New Orleans After the Deluge' tells the stories of 7 survivors of Hurricane Katrina.

Laura talks with Nation Columnist Katha Pollitt about poetry and the dangers of truth serving evil.

To charter school or not to charter school? As the new school year kicks off, we talk to Brian Jones, a NYC public school teacher James Merriman, CEO of NYC Center for Charter School Excellence and Christian Roselund, a New Orleans-based writer and education advocate about the choice. We'll also be joined by writer & illustrator Josh Neufeld. His beautiful new graphic novel 'AD: New Orleans After the Deluge' tells the stories of 7 survivors of Hurricane Katrina. Then, Laura talks with Nation Columnist Katha Pollitt about poetry and the dangers of truth serving evil. Then, we'll be joined by writer & illustrator Josh Neufeld.

Troy Davis has been on death row for 18 years. Many believe he's innocent and hasn't received fair trial. On August 17, the US Supreme Court ordered a new evidentiary hearing but the fight is far from over. The band State Radio and Amnesty International have made this video about his case.

Claude Anshin Thomas, Zen priest and Vietnam war veteran discusses his new book, At Hell's Gate: A Soldier's Journey from War to Peace. Thomas is the founder of the ZALTHO Foundation, a non-profit that promotes peace and non-violence throughout the world.

New Orleans and the Gulf Coast four years later. Has the recovery effort stalled?

Four years on from Hurricane Katrina and with a new president in the White House has anything changed? We look at recovery and rebuilding on the gulf coast. Claude Anshin Thomas discusses his new book, At Hell's Gate: A Soldier's Journey From War to Peace. And the story of Fiji water. How'd it become so cool?

The American News Project and The Huffington Post Investigative Fund on how a weed killer, Atrazine, is polluting our water. The second most widely used pesticide in the US, Atrazine is commonly found in groundwater. The corn and ethanol industries depend on it. But what are the risks? The entire EU has banned the use of Atrazine, produced by Syngenta in Switzerland, but in the United States it's still widely used.

A power shift is underway in Washington. Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick announced on Monday that a special election to replace the late Sen. Ted Kennedy would not take place until January 19, 2010. With Kennedy’s seat empty, the Democrats no longer have the 60 votes they need to break a filibuster in the Senate.