This new documentary, linking objects around 9/11 with people’s experiences, airs 9/11 at 12:30 am.
See a trailer about the film; see stills of the objects talked about. More info at Objects and Memory site. Produced in conjunction with the NY Historical Society.

*Africa’s rapidly changing environmental landscape
*”The Promise of Freedom:” a video report about an aid worker who helps Iraqis start new lives in the U.S.
*The social and environmental consequences of urbanization

A live audience joins David Broder (Wash. Post), Peter Baker (NY Times), Jeanne Cummings (POLITICO), Todd Purdum (Vanity Fair), and host Gwen Ifill to discuss:
* Race in High Gear After Conventions
* McCain, Obama Set Themes
* Palin Slams Media for Bias
Watch here.

David Brancaccio sits down with former New Jersey Governor and EPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman to discuss the political tolerance of the modern Republican Party, and her perspective on the current race. Watch. (Originally aired: 9/5/2008).

A roundup of all streaming video online from PBS and Thirteen programs that aired last week. See the list for all full episodes and full segments.

Researchers have mapped the genetic blueprint of two of the deadliest forms of cancer, detailing the mutations that lead to tumors of the pancreas and brain. Learn more…

Since Jacob Riis first took photos there, artists and reformers have used the Lower East Side to make social statements. In the late 1930s, a young photographer named Rebecca Lepkoff simply went out into the streets and took pictures of the people she saw. Watch a video about the photographer.

Mothers of autistic children in the ’50s and ’60s had few resources or information about their children’s condition. And so they took the blame when medical orthodoxy blamed autism on the mother’s failure to bond with her child. Watch documentary. Read more.

Here’s a schedule of upcoming election-related programming on PBS, September to October. PBS is the source for *all* of the Presidential and VP debates and discussions. Some coverage will be watchable online.

Can lessons learned from the Twin Towers’ collapse make new buildings safer? In 2006, Nova broadcast an episode all about how September 11 changed building technologies in regards to fire prevention, evacuation procedures, and structural stability. Their site has articles about the Towers themselves, an amazing survival story and other features.