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Lisa speaks with NPR White House Correspondent Don Gonyea about the talks amongst world leaders at the Summit.

NPR's Gerry Hadden reports from Guatemala, one of the world's leading centers for international adoptions. Americans are turning more often to Latin America to adopt, and most are arranged legally, but there are problems.

NPR's David Molpus reports on an alluring new book about getting the most out of your employees.

Lisa speaks with two former mayors of Cincinnati, Ohio: David Mann, who is white, and Dwight Tillery, who is black. They discuss the racial tensions that seem present in Cincinnati after the shooting death of an unarmed black citizen by a white police officer. Because of rioting and looting, a public curfew was imposed, which ended last week.

A judge in Atlanta ruled yesterday that a book patterned after Margaret Mitchell's classic Gone With the Wind is not a parody, and therefore not constitutionally protected. NPR's Cheryl Corley reports.

Lisa talks with reporter Jason Beaubien from Quebec City about protest demonstrations by groups opposed to the Summit of the Americas meeting.

In the wake of Mississippi's voting to keep the Confederate Battle Flag as a symbol, commentator Diane Roberts looks at the new south and finds disturbing reminders of the past.

Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. (This week's winner is Matthew Cahill from Gustavus, Alaska. He listens to Weekend Edition on member station KTOO in Juneau.)

The Federal Reserve Board's interest rate cut this week was meant to stimulate investment. But as NPR's Snigdha Prakash reports, small businesses still need more help.

In our third monthly installment of Along for the Ride, guest reporter Michele Serros travels in search of mole and Mexican roots in New York City. Poet Serros is author of Chicana Falsa and Other Stories of Death, Identity, and Oxnard (Riverhead Books).