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She's the chief diplomatic correspondent. Wright has just returned from Iran, Iraq and Kurdistan. She'll talk about the future of the Persian Gulf if the U.S. goes to war with Iraq and ousts Saddam Hussein.

Bruce McEwen is a pioneering expert on the ways in which the brain influences the body. He is the author of ""The End of Stress As We Know It" (with Elizabeth Norton Lasley, published by Joseph Henry Press). The book examines the response of the body to stress, what happens when the body's stress response turns against us, and how to keep that from happening. Dr. McEwen is head of the Harold and Margaret Milliken Hatch Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology at Rockefeller University in New York City.

Latino students make up the largest minority group of America's school-age population -- and there's broad consensus that public schools aren't meeting their needs. In Arizona, educators and parents remain bitterly divided over bilingual education, which voters banned two year ago. NPR's Claudio Sanchez reports.

A new poll by The Pew Research Center for the People and the Press shows that around the world -- and especially in Muslim nations -- there's been a marked negative shift in peoples' opinion of the United States. NPR's Vicky O'Hara reports, and NPR's Lynn Neary and NPR's Jacki Lyden discuss the poll results with Pew director Andrew Kohut.

Poet Ise Lyfe presents a poetry documentary on the violence afflicting Oakland, California. This year, the city has suffered more than 100 homicides. Many of the victims are young people. Ise Lyfe performs with the spoken word poetry project Youth Speaks in San Francisco, California. The documentary is produced by Youth Radio, in Berkeley, California.

The notions of freedom, democracy and free speech are sometimes difficult for adults to comprehend and express. NPR's Neva Grant visits a group of eighth-graders trying to make sense of the First Amendment. It's part of Morning Edition "Citizen Student" series on civics education.

This month, Weekend Edition Sunday is putting a question to people in the music community: What are the best albums that never made it to CD? The series continues with radio host and recording artist Laura Cantrell, Goldmine magazine editor Greg Loescher, and culture writer Mark Anthony Neal.

NPR's gardening expert Ketzel Levine speaks with Rick Darke, author of The American Woodland Garden. Darke has more than a few suggestions for using lessons from the forest to bring drama and mystery into the garden. NPR Online has photos and an excerpt from Darke's book.

A new poll by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press suggests a significant negative shift in perceptions of the United States among people in 44 nations, including many in the Muslim world. But as NPR's Vicky O'Hara reports, the poll also exposes many contradictions. Much of the world, for example, believes that Iraq is a threat to Mideast stability -- but are suspicious of American motives. Read the results of the entire poll.

President Bush meets with Brazil's leftist President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at the White House. Market reform talks are on the table with the key South American trading partner. NPR's Michele Kelemen reports.