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Jon Kalish reports on the crackdown in New York's Chinatown on charlatans practicing medicine without licenses.

NPR's Tovia Smith reports on the race for a senate seat etween Republican governor William Weld and Democratic incumbent John Kerry. eld made news last week when his pro-choice abortion views kept him off the peaker's podium at the Republican convention.

Commentator Joe Loconte (luh-KAHN-tee) talks about George Washington's 1796 farewell address, which was published in the Hartford Courant two hundred years ago today. Loconte says that Washington's emphasis on morality and virtue are as relevant in this year's political campaign as they were then. Joe Loconte is Deputy Editor of "Policy Review: The Journal of American Citizenship."

NPR's Richard Gonzales reports on the rush to learn English among California's legal immigrants. Those who are receiving government assistance - especially the elderly - are trying to become citizens, before California cuts off welfare payments to all legal immigrants.

- N-P-R's Jennifer Ludden reports on the delayed efforts of Zaire to hold democratic elections. In 1990, President Mobutu Sese Seko (moh-boo-TOO say-SEE say-KOH) mandated that Zaire hold democratic elections in 1995. Elections were never held and, one year later, reform groups are calling on Mobutu to follow his 1990 mandate. In calling for elections, reformers are identifying Mobutu and his corrupt government as the primary reason for the delay in Zaire's transition to democracy. But Zaire's troubles are not limited to governmental corruption; logistical and organizational problems abound.

NPR's Don Gonyea reports on the 8th district congressional race in Michigan.

Neal talks to John Haught, Professor of Theology at Georgetown University, about the Vatican's announcement this week that the Pope has recognized the Theory of Evolution.

NPR's Elizabeth Arnold reports on the new optimism of Bob Dole's campaign.

- NPR's Tom Gjelten reports on the very slow pace in which the Dayton Peace accord is being implemented in Bosnia. Even simple decisions such as where newly elected officials will meet...can take days of negotiations involving high level diplomats.

who's been covering the fighting in northern Iraq files an essay on "accuracy versus adequacy" in reporting on that region.