In this extended interview, 19-year-old Gladys Dominguez shares her emotional journey to find information about her father, Alfonso Martinez Sanchez, who was lost crossing Arizona state’s border desert while trying to re-enter the United States.

PBS Need to Know sat down with survivors of the Simon's Rock shooting, as well as family members of the victims, to learn how a trauma of this magnitude continues to reverberate even two decades later.

“Need to Know” correspondent Rick Karr travels to the state of Washington to report on The National STEM Consortium – a program designed to target this type of structural unemployment by improving the scientific, technical and mathematical know-how of American workers.

Interview with Acting Secretary of Labor Seth Harris. Prior to joining the Department, Mr. Harris served as a Professor of Law at New York Law School and Director of its Labor & Employment Law Programs. Prior to his work at the New York Law School, Mr. Harris served for seven years at the Department of Labor during the Clinton Administration, under Robert Reich and Alexis Herman.

Animated map of STEM training programs by type.

Six months after Superstorm Sandy hit the New York City area, neighborhoods like Far Rockaway in Queens are still picking up the pieces — but residents are getting some help from local nonprofits dedicated to rebuilding after the storm's destruction.

Richard Cordray is the first director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the new federal agency charged with supervising financial institutions, enforcing consumer financial laws, and educating consumers.

To mark financial literacy month, "Need to Know" correspondent Stacey Tisdale travels to Mississippi to examine a program designed to help low-income, mostly African-American children save for college - and teach them about banking and money along the way. Statistics show that families and students who plan to save -- even a minimum amount -- have a much greater chance of attending college.

Maria Hinojosa interviews Damon Moglen, Climate and Energy Director for Friends of the Earth, who says nuclear power will not solve our country's energy and environmental problems.

Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain said recently that he would support building an electrified fence at the U.S.-Mexico border that could "kill" illegal immigrants. Presidentiality looks at the history of immigrants braving all kinds of violence in order to start a new and better life on American soil.

Jeff Greenfield explores the "Occupy Wall Street" and Tea Party movements in a report that examines the politics of resentment throughout American history.

Author Fran Lebowitz weighs in on Need to Know's ongoing series, Fixing America.

Need to Know anchor Scott Simon goes with author David Simon to Baltimore's inner city to talk to young men with little or no work who often simply hang out on the street.

Fifteen years after David Simon and Ed Burns spent a year chronicling an inner city neighborhood in Baltimore in the book and HBO miniseries "The Corner," Need to Know returns to see how life has changed for one of the main characters they profiled.

Need to Know takes a look at a small town plagued by chemical pollution and disease, and the regulatory system some say has failed its residents.

Jon Meacham examines the effect that programs initiated by FDR and LBJ continue to have on Americans, despite unawareness of the role government plays in our everyday lives.

The candidates are talking a lot about war these days -- in particular, the "class war." But what exactly is class warfare? The use of the phrase is a not-so-subtle allusion to its roots, as one of the pillars of communism. And although America has always rejected Marxist ideas, we've struggled with class divisions ourselves -- sometimes with violent results.

Host Maria Hinojosa talks with former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm about efforts to rebuild her states economy in the midst of the fiscal crisis.

Need to Know visits one Michigan town that is trying to reinvent itself as a green community after the biggest employer in town moved its operations to Mexico.

Former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm talks with Maria Hinojosa about getting more women in political office.