‘Margarita Happy Hour’, a Reel 13 Indie broadcast late night 9/27, has generated a heated discussion on the web. Is the film’s content, which includes profanity, nudity, and drug use, inappropriate, or is it the job of Public TV to push the boundaries of programming to provide challenging, relevant content for adults?

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.

For some veterans it takes years before they choose to speak about their war experiences. And some veterans never do. What happens when veterans finally share their stories? How does it feel to be heard? And how are we, as listeners, affected?

Recent bankruptcies and buy-outs of America’s largest and oldest financial institutions including Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch and AIG have affected tens of thousands of New Yorkers – on and off Wall Street. Thirteen/WNET’s award-winning public affairs series NEW YORK VOICES examines how the downfall of these major financial powerhouses will affect the city’s economy. The special also takes a personal look at the hardships in Queens, where the subprime mortgage crisis hit hardest in the city.