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The Federal Reserve said it would buy $40 billion a month on bond purchases to stimulate the economy.

The Census Bureau announced that 15 percent of Americans lived in poverty in 2011 — a slight drop from the year before. But income disparities continue to grow. Host Michel Martin talks with Harvard professor William Julius Wilson, author of the 1987 book The Truly Disadvantaged: The Inner City, the Underclass, and Public Policy.

Some 15 percent of the U.S. population lived below the poverty line in 2011, according to a report from the Census Bureau. Tavis Smiley and Cornel West, co-authors of The Rich and the Rest of the U.S., argue that both political parties virtually ignore the issue of poverty.

The rules of the game in education are shifting. The same sort of work rule changes that are at the heart of the teachers' strike in Chicago are being debated in school districts and states across the country.

To understand many of the triumphs, tragedies and conflicts in the world, geopolitical analyst Robert Kaplan says to look no further than a map. In his book The Revenge of Geography, Kaplan argues that geography is central to understanding the history and future of world affairs.

Critic David Bianculli says of all the new programs premiering this fall, there isn't one you have to add to your weekly viewing list. The best new show, he says, is Emily Owens, M.D., which is just like Ally McBeal if she were a doctor instead of a lawyer — but it's graded on a curve.

The Federal Reserve chief said the new policy aims to stabilize economic growth.

A scientist discovered the first lesula specimen being kept as a pet in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2007.

Surprisingly, some analysts are putting Hawaii's Senate race in the tossup column this year. Hawaii hasn't elected a Republican to the Senate since 1970. But with former Gov. Linda Lingle running, Republicans believe they have a chance. And whoever wins, the state will have its first female senator.

Envoys representing institutions that lend money to Greece are back in the troubled eurozone nation Saturday. Without the money, Greece will default and likely exit the eurozone. But more than two years after the bailout, the big question remains: Is austerity the wrong medicine? Joanna Kakissis reports.