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The March on Washington series continues with a remembrance of Curtis Mayfield's song, "People Get Ready." Although written more than a year after the march, the song evokes the spirit of the civil rights movement. NPR Senior Correspondent Juan Williams reports.

On August 28, 1963, a quarter million people braved the heat and humidity of the nation's capital to fight for their rights. NPR Senior Correspondent Juan Williams ends the four-part series on March on Washington with the voices that brought power and weight to this historical moment.

Slate contributor Ben Williams delivers a weekly roundup of what film critics are saying about this week's major new studio premieres -- Saw, Ray and Birth.

It's the 200th anniversary of the Corps of Discovery, and even the descendants of folks who may or may not have seen Meriwether Lewis and William Clark off as they departed into the West are gathering to mark the occasion. Hear NPR's Scott Simon.

In the first of a three-part series commemorating the 40th anniversary of the March on Washington, NPR's Juan Williams has a behind the scenes look at the making of the legendary march.

When Women Were Birds, Terry Tempest Williams' meditation on her mom's journals, appears at No. 10.

-Susan speaks with William Boone, Chairman of the political science department at Clark-Atlanta University in Georgia, and Ronald Walters, professor of Afro-American Studies at the University of Maryland about African American loyalty to the democratic party.

NPR'S John Ydstie reports on the death of William Vickrey, the Canadian-born economist who died from a heart attack three days after he won a shared Nobel Prize for economics.

Robert Siegel gets reactions from the states about Clinton's welfare proposals. He speaks with William Grinker, former head of New York City's social services, and Penelope Clarke, director of Sacramento county department of human resources.

NPR's Adam Hockberg reports on how marines are reacting to accusations of hazing at Camp Lejune in North Carolina. Yesterday, defense secretary William Cohen said that his department would not tolerate such behavior, which included pounding medals into the chests of soldiers.

- A group of black farmers is suing the Agriculture Department, claiming discrimination in their applications for government loans. Host Jacki Lyden speaks with Robert Williams, a black farmer from Texas who recounts the alleged discrimination he says he suffered when dealing with federal agriculture officials.

- Daniel talks with Phoebe Marr of the National Defense University about Iran's involvement in terrorist activities worldwide. Yesterday in an interview with NPR, Defense Secretary William Perry said Iran may have been involved in the bombing of a US barracks last month in Dahran, Saudi Arabia.

Scott speaks with William Lutz, author of "The New Doublespeak," about a court case in 1912 where a politician was sued by a voter for breach of promise. (4:20) -- "The New Doublespeak," published by Harper Collins

Last month, Philadelphia closed its homeless shelters to single adults. Linda talks with William Parshall, the Deputy Managing Director for Special Needs Housing for the City of Philadelphia, about the rationale behind the decision, and what this restriction has meant for the city and its homeless population.

Weekend Edition's Daniel Schorr speaks with Richard Haass, director of Foreign Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution, and William Maynes, editor of Foreign Policy journal at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, about President Clinton's announcement this week of a new foreign policy team.

NPR's Puzzlemaster Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. This week's winner is William Wallace from Belen, N.M. He listens to Weekend Edition over the Internet.

NPR senior correspondent Juan Williams analyzes Washington's changing political agenda toward the war in Iraq and the Bush administration's policies involving the Iraq insurgency.

William Beeman, professor of anthropology at Brown University, discusses the Iranian election results and what the outcome means for U.S.-Iran relations.

William F. Buckley, a pioneer in the modern conservative movement, died Wednesday at the age of 82. He was a CIA operative who founded the conservative magazine the National Review.

The memoir of the Motown group's co-founder, Otis Williams, plays out in Ain't Too Proud. Although the successes of the fractious group came at a cost, Williams says the power of their music lives on.