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In the final report of a summer series about Juarez, Mexico, reporter Scott Carrier of the Hearing Voices radio project looks at the ongoing struggle to solve the numerous murders that plague the border town.

Some companies are embracing the belief that a faith-friendly workplace will create higher profits -- or at least happier workers. At Atlanta-based HomeBanc Mortgage Corp., employees can take part in prayer groups or speak with corporate chaplains. In the first of a three-part series, NPR's Barbara Bradley Hagerty reports.

The Supreme Court rules against a law intended to keep pornography away from children using the Internet. The court ruled 5-4 that the 1998 Child Online Protection Act likely violates the First Amendment, citing less restrictive alternatives such as filtering software. The case now returns to an appeals court for further review. NPR's Nina Totenberg reports.

For more than 120 years, six generations of Mohawk Indian ironworkers, known for their ability to work high steel, have helped shape New York City's skyline. The Sonic Memorial Project talks to the children and nephews of those who built the World Trade Center. In the fall of 2001, many of them had to dismantle what their elders helped to build.

NPR's Alex Chadwick talks with Slate technology writer Paul Boutin about a new computer virus that attacks users when they simply visit an infected Web site.

The legacy of child heroes runs deep in African-American history. Commentator Janus Adams shares the stories that should be taught to children today.

NPR's Alex Chadwick talks to Zainev Al-Hadi, a 30 year-old civil servant living in Baghdad, about the reaction by Iraqis to the handover of power.

To honor the voices stilled when the Twin Towers were destroyed Sept. 11, a team of independent radio producers set out to compile a "sonic memorial" -- an audio project commemorating the life and history of the World Trade Center. This story introduces that project.

Sudan's government promises to fight militias that have been raping and murdering thousands of black African villagers in the western Darfur region. But Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS), who recently returned from Sudan, says evidence strongly suggests the militias have government support, and calls for a greater international presence in the region. Brownback speaks with NPR's Steve Inskeep.

In 1967, the Esso Trinidad Tripoli Steelband caught the ear of one of the most popular entertainers of the day: Liberace. The flamboyant pianist was so taken by this new, luminous sound that he took the renamed Trinidad Tripoli Steelband on tour with him for two years.

NPR's Michele Norris talks with Robert Sanchez of The Rocky Mountain News and Jonathan Swain, a 21-year-old man who contracted AIDS as a child. Sanchez learned about Jonathan while doing a story on education, and traced him to Utah. Swain discusses how he lived with AIDS his whole life. He now is married, and is expecting a child of his own.

Educator and producer Camille O. Cosby, whose play Having Our Say was nominated for a Tony Award, has teamed up with Emmy Award-winning journalist Renee Poussaint on a written and audio history project. Their collaboration looks at the professional and personal stories of African-American visionaries who helped shape America.

A look at the neighborhood around the World Trade Center before the buildings were built. A six-block area contained the largest collection of radio and electronics stores in the world.

NPR's Michele Norris talks with Jerry Fowler, staff director of the Committee on Conscience at the United States Holocaust Museum, about defining genocide. Secretary of State Colin Powell told NPR Wednesday that the conflict in Sudan's Darfur region does not yet equal genocide. Fowler explains how the concept is defined in international treaties and then parsed by countries.

Commentator John McWhorter responds to last night's commentary by Joe Davidson. McWhorter thinks that President Bush was right in not accepting the NAACP's invitation to its annual national convention. McWhorter thinks the NAACP is obsolete.

Thousands of Hmong refugees from Laos are being resettled in the United States. Government officials say budget cuts may curb social services for the newcomers. Tom Scheck of Minnesota Public Radio reports.

The House passes legislation requiring food manufacturers to list common food allergens in plain English on their labels, a move already approved in the Senate. Some allergens, such as peanuts, can cause fatal reactions. President Bush is expected to sign the bill into law soon. Hear NPR's Julie Rovner.

There are rumors and reports from Baghdad portraying Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi as being particularly tough on terror. Some say he's personally executed terrorism suspects. We'll try to separate fact from fiction with Alissa Rubin, Baghdad reporter for the Los Angeles Times.

The great apes of Africa and Asia have long been threatened by hunters, loggers and farmers. But scientists say another threat is rising fast: infectious diseases carried or spread by humans and livestock. NPR's John Nielsen reports.

Slate military affairs columnist Fred Kaplan talks with NPR's Madeleine Brand about the final report of the 9-11 Commission. He takes issue with the commission's assertion that the terrorist attacks happened because of a "failure of imagination."

Weekend Edition film music commentator Andy Trudeau speaks with NPR's Liane Hansen about the life's work of composer Jerry Goldsmith, who died this past Wednesday at the age of 75. Though he created hundreds of film scores and won an Oscar, Goldsmith never achieved the fame of some of his peers.

Next week, Sen. John Kerry and his fellow Democrats will be courting potential voters at the Democratic National Convention. But which voters are they really targeting? NPR's Mike Pesca says a small slice of the voting public will determine this election.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks to Sasha Baron Cohen -- aka Ali G, host of Da Ali G Show on HBO. Cohen, in the character of a Cockney-accented, dim-witted wannabe "wiseguy," regularly fools government officials and other interview subjects who believe he's a popular but unorthodox British "hip-hop journalist."

The White House steps up efforts to help create a centralized repository for medical records. Proponents say a more uniform record-management system would benefit both patients and doctors -- as can be seen in a visit to two Atlanta hospitals. NPR's Joanne Silberner reports.

The Sept. 11 commission's final report suggests changes to U.S. foreign policy, particularly with regard to Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan and Pakistan, aimed at trying to win what it calls the war of ideas in the Islamic world. But it avoids controversial elements of the Bush administration's Iraq policy. Hear NPR's Michele Kelemen.