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NPR's Juan Williams talks with former senator and one-time Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole about the challenging period between winning a party nomination and officially getting it. Dole was the Republican nominee in 1996.

In the final part of a series on Brown vs. Board of Education, NPR's Juan Williams reports on the integration of public schools in Prince Edward County, Va., and its effect on two white families. Monday is the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling that brought desegregation to the classroom.

Slate contributor Ben Williams offers a weekly round-up of what film critics are saying about the weekend's major film premieres: Alfie, The Incredibles and It's All About Love.

Singer Hayley Westenra is fresh from success on the international classical charts, and hoping to win new fans in the U.S. NPR Senior Correspondent Juan Williams talks with the 17-year-old New Zealand soprano about her voice and her new album, Pure.

Slate contributor Ben Williams sums up what the nation's critics are saying about the weekend's major film premieres -- The Manchurian Candidate, The Village and Garden State.

Slate contributor Ben Williams presents a roundup of what film critics are saying about this weekend's new releases, including Mean Creek, Without a Paddle and Exorcist: The Beginning.

Slate contributor Ben Williams summarizes what film critics are saying about this weekend's new releases, including Fahrenheit 9/11, The Notebook and White Chicks.

Slate contributor Ben Williams rounds up what critics are saying about the latest major movie releases, including Collateral, Little Black Book and Open Water.

Environmentalist William Powers' new book is Whispering in the Giant's Ear: A Frontline Chronicle From Bolivia's War on Globalization. Powers is also the author of Blue Clay People, about Liberia. He has worked for over a decade in development aid in Latin America, Africa and Washington DC.

A sound montage of a few prominent voices in this past eek's news, including former Colorado governor Richard Lamm, NAACP President weisi Mfume, President Bill Clinton, Secretary of Defense William Perry, the ate NBC journalist John Chancellor and music from the group "Smashing umpkins", whose keyboardist died this past week.

A sound montage of a few prominent voices in this past eek's news, including President Bill Clinton, Secretary of Defense William erry, State Department spokesman Nicholas Burns, President of the Reform Party oss Perot, Pat Choate, vice presidential nominee of the Reform Party and epublican presidential nominee Bob Dole.

NPR's John Ydstie reports on today's Nobel Prize in economics, awarded to Canadian William Vickery of Columbia University in New York and James Mirrlees, a British professor at Cambridge University in England. The two economists won the Nobel prize for their theories of how institutions make financial decisions and plans based on incomplete information.

NPR's Neal Conan reports on the statement by US Defense Secretary William Perry that the US would not allow Libya to finish construction of a suspected chemical weapons plant. Perry told Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak that the US has photographs showing of an "extensive" weapons program, and would not rule out using force to destroy the plant. NPR's Neal Conan reports.

A sound montage of a few prominent voices in this past week's news, including Former Senator Bob Dole, House Ethics Committee Chairman Nancy Johnson, L.A. Police Chief Willie Williams, Mitch Skandalakis, Commisioner for Fulton County on the bombing of an abortion clinic in Atlanta, and the sound of a second explosion at the clinic.

- Daniel talks with William Martin, author of the book "With God On Our Side: The Rise of the Religious Right in America." Martin says the Christian Coalition sucess in recent years is based in the members ability to form highly organized grassroots campaigns. Martin also says that suggestions that the Christian Coalition has peaked politically is not accurate.

She is a leading portrait photographer specializing in writers. Over the years her subjects have included Truman Capote, Tom Wolfe, William Styron, Raymond Carver, Joyce Carol Oates, Sue Miller and Sarah Vowell, among others. She is currently working on a book of her author portraits to be released next year.

Host Bob Edwards talks to NPR's Senior Correspondent Juan Williams about the pressure put on Republican Trent Lott to resign as Senate majority leader. The pressure came from Senate Republicans, conservative commentators and the Bush White House. Lott will keep his seat as a senator from Mississippi.

From a sluggish economy to threats of terrorism and war with Iraq, 2002 may be remembered by Americans as a year of heightened fears and anxieties that stood in sharp contrast to the peaceful, economically flush era of the 1990s. NPR's Juan Williams reviews the year's issues and newsmakers.

President Bush picked investment banker William Donaldson of Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette to head the Securities and Exchange Commission, replacing Harvey Pitt. President Bush said Donaldson is a strong leader who would "vigorously enforce our nation's laws against corporate corruption." NPR's Jack Speer has the story.

Bob Edwards talks with Paul Eisenstein, publisher of TheCarConnection.com about Ford's new plans for their historic Rouge manufacturing plant in Dearborne, Michigan. William Clay Ford, great-grandson of Henry Ford, wants to turn what has become a toxic waste dump into an environmental success story.