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Bob Mondello interviews a performance artist who has written an article in the latest issue of the academic quarterly "Theater Magazine." It recounts the months he insinuated himself into various right-wing militia organizations for the purpose of creating performance art. He used disguises and subtrefuges, costumes, voices, false names. He then made films to document his encounters. He is continuing this pursuit, and so elected not to use his real name for NPR's interview, and uses the pseudonym he used for the article -- Blanche Davidian. He talks to Bob about his dual role as activist and artist, about the links between art and social change, politics, and grassroots discussion, and about his technique and performances. (12:30) (S

A sound montage of a few prominent voices in this past eek's news, including State Department spokesman Nicholas Burns, United Nations mbassador Madeleine Albright, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, UN ecretary General Boutros Boutros Ghali, House Minority Leader David Bonior D-Mi) and ValuJet CEO Lewis Jordan.

NPR'S Mara Liasson reports from Masssachusetts here President Clinton has been lending his presence to help raise money for emocratic candidates in the November elections.

leader Ralph Reed to urge the Democratic party to allow their anti-abortion views to be heard.

Robert talks with George Soros about his 50 million dollar donation to assist legal immigrants in the United States. Soros is a billionaire philanthropist and chair of the Open Society Institute. He was born in Hungary and emigrated first to England and then to the United States. As a legal immigrant who was once supported by social services, he says he is sensitive to the issue. He says the effort by lawmakers to deny social benefits to legal immigrants is an act of meanness and runs counter to the American spirit.

Linda went to breakfast this morning with the Florida delegation to the Democratic Convention, and talked with two of the delegates -- the youngest among Florida's group, Jonathan Poverud, who's 19, and one of the oldest, Diane Glasser, who's 68. They discussed different and not-so-different views on social security, fiscal priorities (when to save and when to spend), and each how each demographic group can support the other's ambitions.

A sound montage of a few prominent voices in this past eek's news, including several observers of Hurricane Fran. Also, President linton, Bob Dole and British Foreign Secretary Malcolm Rifkin on the crisis in raq.

Liane Hansen speaks with NPR's Tom Gjelten (JELL-ten) in arajevo about next week's elections in Bosnia. The vote - laid out in the ayton peace accord that ended four years of war in Bosnia - has been hreatened by problems and irregularities. Regardless, the U-S wants the lections to go ahead as scheduled.

This campaign season we will be airing candidate stump speeches as they travel around the country seeking support. This is an excerpt of an address Bob Dole made last week, on Labor Day, at a rally in St. Louis. In the speech, Dole pledges to cut taxes and balance the budget at the same time. He says his economic plan is pretty simple---it's time to give a break to everyone who pays taxes in America. He says there are three good reasons to cut taxes: too many families have both spouses working just to pay taxes, tax cuts will lift the economy and finally, the American people have waited too long for a tax cut---so he promises a 15% tax cut, a $500 per child tax credit, to cut capital gains by 50%, and to repeal the current tax on social security benefits.

Adam Hochberg reports from Raleigh, North Carolina that people are still struggling with the aftermath of Hurricane Fran. Hundreds of thousands of people in the state are still without power, stores are facing huge losses and nerves are fraying.