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Communities around the country pass resolutions criticizing the Patriot Act. Attorney General John Ashcroft has urged Congress to expand the anti-terror law to allow the government to hold more terrorism suspects indefinitely, but critics say the increased powers threaten civil rights. Hear NPR's Juan Williams.

Some of the most powerful people in Washington, including senators and cabinet members, tested positive for COVID-19 this week. Meanwhile, federal funding for the pandemic response is running out.

Scott Simon speaks to Yemen analyst Nadwa Al-Dawsari about the Yemeni president's transfer of power and its significance.

The Federal Communications Commission will vote on whether to relax restrictions on the number of radio and TV stations media conglomerates can own. Protesters around the country take to the streets, speaking out against the proposal they say will lead to less diversity of content and viewpoints. Hear NPR's Susan Stone.

Commentator and cowboy poet Baxter Black has a poem on the struggle between a cowboy and a horse.

He starred on Broadway in M Butterfly, and in the TV series Law & Order: SVU and HBO's Oz. He's the author of the new book Following Foo (the electronic adventures of the Chestnut Man). It's about the premature birth of his twin sons in August 2000. The twins suffered a rare medical disorder. One of them died shortly after birth, and the other twin, Jackson Foo, was in neonatal intensive care for three months. At the time Wong began an e-mail correspondence with family and friends on Jackson Foo's progress.

At the first meeting of the International Society for Stem Cell Research, scientists express frustration over restrictions the Bush administration has placed on the research. The strict limits have significantly slowed progress, they say. Hear NPR's Joe Palca.

The Israeli army faces little resistance as it dismantles 10 uninhabited settlement outposts on the West Bank under the terms of the U.S.-backed "road map" to Mideast peace. But Jewish settlers vow to block the destruction of any populated outposts. Israeli officials say they will "proceed with the plan" and ignore the protests. Hear NPR's Linda Gradstein.

Recent surveys show that many high school students don't understand the basics about money and the economy. It's estimated that fewer than a quarter of school-age children receive any financial education classes. NPR's Jack Speer reports.

Slightly more than half of voters likely to participate in the 2004 presidential election think the country is headed in the right direction, and 66 percent approve of the job President Bush is doing, according to a new poll for NPR. And voters are focusing more on the U.S. economy now that the war with Iraq is over. NPR's Mara Liasson reports.