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President Clinton is visiting Nigeria. Scott speaks with NPR's Mike Shuster.

John Burnett reports on the debate over liberalizing US immigration policy along the Mexico border to allow guest worker visas.

Commentator Amy Dickinson heads for her hometown in New York state every summer. She sent us this audio postcard about this year's vacation -- and how her quiet getaway has changed.

Kate Seelye reports on parliamentary elections in Lebanon. Several Christian political parties are boycotting the elections, because they say Syria has too strong an influence on the outcome.

Scott talks with NPR's John Nielson about the controversy surrounding Japanese whaling research. Critics accuse Japan of using whaling research as an excuse to hunt whales, which are a popular delicacy. Japan argues that they have a right under international treaty to kill and study whales.

Scott talks with Ed Hula, editor of the independent electronic newsletter Around the Rings, about the problems Athens, Greece is having as it prepares to host the 2004 Olympic Games.

Scott remembers theater director Michael Maggio, who died earlier this week.

Scott speaks with Larry Merchant, boxing commentator and former sports columnist, about a new documentary called Ali-Frazier I: One Nation, Divisible, which is airing on HBO this month.

Mike Shuster reports on President Clinton's trip to Africa, which began today in Nigeria. Clinton hopes to promote democracy on the continent through Nigeria's example, and to encourage the country's leadership in regional peacekeeping.

On the 37th anniversary of Martin Luther King's March on Washington, Nancy Marshall reports on today's "Redeem the Dream" march in Washington, D.C. Demonstrators are demanding an end to racial profiling and police brutality.