Georgetown University’s legal and finance scholar Emma Coleman Jordan looks at the politics of the Wall Street bailout debate on Capitol Hill and ‘Main Street’. Watch now.

Charles Babington (AP), Jeanne Cummings (Politico), John Dickerson (Slate), and Jeff Zeleny (NYTimes) and host Gwen Ifill discuss:
* Biden, Palin Face Off in Vice-Presidential Debate
* Congress Passes Financial Rescue Bill
* Eventful Week May Be Crucial Shift in Campaign
Watch here. Originally aired 10/3/2008

Worldfocus anchor Martin Savidge is not just another talking head, he’s reported extensively from the Middle-East, Asia, Russia, Europe, and more for NBC and CNN. He shares with thirteen.org some insight into how Worldfocus will approach their difficult tasks ahead.

Should kosher certification depend not only on how an animal is slaughtered but on how workers are treated? R & E reports from Iowa, where authorities have uncovered evidence suggesting serious safety violations and child labor abuse by plant officials in a kosher meat packing plant. Watch.

NOW on PBS travels to New Mexico to see how the campaigns are hoping to attract—and secure—first-time voters on college campuses, as well as voters in New Mexico’s large Hispanic population. This southwestern state was won by fewer than 400 votes in 2000, and 6,000 votes in 2004. Watch.

NOW on PBS takes a look at the “10 Most Challenged Books of 2007″ during Banned Books Week, Sept. 27 -Oct. 4. See the previous lists and more on book censorship on the Banned Books site of the American Library Association.

We interviewed a number of novice teachers, and asked them to recount the realities of a special education classroom. Below is a glimpse into the Teaching Fellows program and the problems with the program’s crash-course training. Read more…

Authorities in India blame homegrown terrorists for bombings that have killed more than 150 people in that nation in recent months; A young activist from Hiroshima revives the memory of The Bomb; And will Israel elect a woman Prime Minister? Watch now.

Despite losses in the 2006 elections, the Republican right remains a powerful force in American politics. In his book The Conservative Ascendancy, Donald Critchlow explores the anomaly of the Republican right’s anti-statist ideology. In Critchlow’s view, though today’s intensified partisanship can be unsettling, it reflects the vibrancy of a mature democracy and deepening political participation.

Most telling in the Vice-Presidential candidates’ debate were the responses to the questions concerning vice presidential power. These questions neither candidate anticipated (or, it was very low on their list of prepared talking points), and neither candidate got it exactly right. Read more…