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NPR's Cheryl Corley reports on racial diversity in the Democratic Party. For more than twenty years Democrats have been showcasing diversity at their conventions, but the nomination of Joseph Lieberman has raised some questions within the African American leaders.

Commentator Frank Deford points out that despite the hype the Sydney Olympics probably won't be the event of the millennium.

Host Madeleine Brand talks with Natayla Yefimova of the Moscow Times about the Russian submarine stranded on the floor of the Barents Sea. Russian officials have rejected international help in raising the sub, saying their equipment wouldn't be compatible with other rescue equipment. But time is running out for the sub's crew.

NPR's Julie McCarthy reports that officials in Poland are trying to come to terms with the truths of their Communist past. The moves come years after Czechoslovakia and Germany barred former high level Communist officials from holding office and opened secret police files to the public.

NPR's Melissa Block reports on the second day of events at the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles. Last night's string of high-powered Democratic speakers include Jesse Jackson, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg, former US Senator and presidential candidate Bill Bradley and Congressman Harold Ford the youngest member of congress.

Commentator Rose Nolan says now that everyone is working they should be happy... or should they?

Host Madeleine Brand talks to Gerald McLees, one of 33 sailors rescued from the USS Squalus, when it sank off the coast of New Hampshire 61 years ago. 26 of his shipmates died in the accident.

The developer of the Trail East project in Uptown Normal has pulled out of the deal. Bush Construction tells the town the time is not right to go ahead.

Katie Bausler reports on Chris Clark, the only American competing in the women's marathon at this year's Sydney Olympics.

This week in Los Angeles, organized labor has played an active and enthusiastic role at the Democratic National Convention. But bringing the party home to working men and women, rallying them to get out and vote for Al Gore, remains a challenge for Gore and union officials. NPR's Don Gonyea reports from Los Angeles.