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There's been an apparent coup in Sudan. The military has seized power, dissolved the government and arrested the prime minister. Two years ago, a revolution ousted longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir.

NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks with Lodriguez Murray, United Negro College Fund senior vice president, on recent protests over student housing at HBCUs and where President Biden's pledge to HBCUs stands.

In Charlottesville, Va., the trial of far-right extremists associated with 2017's Unite the Right rally has begun. Experts say the deadly rally helped usher in an era of extremism and radicalization.

The Biden administration is lifting its ban on international travelers on Nov. 8. On Monday, it released some of the details of the new rules.

Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan tells lawmakers he doesn't believe the economy needs short-term stimulus. Congress, he says, should focus on actions that promote long-term growth. And he admonishes Congress to get deficits under control. NPR's Jim Zarroli reports.

Host Renee Montagne talks to reporter Jon Miller about the latest developments in Peru. Yesterday a group of soldiers staged a revolt seizing a southern mine and taking five hostages including an army general. Ever since the release of a video showing spy chief Vladimiro Montesinos apparently bribing an opposition member of congress, Peru has been embroiled in turmoil.

Muslims and Arab-Americans have been working hard this year to become a political force in the United States. However, they say they are seeing some unwelcome roadblocks. NPR's Shirley Jahad reports.

NPR's National Political Correspondent Elizabeth Arnold reports that this year's Presidential election may be decided by a handful of states. In the final week before the election Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush takes his campaign to California as he continues to challenge Vice President Al Gore in states that are traditionally Democratic.

Charles Perkins, the man who was at the forefront of Australian Aboriginal struggles for civil rights, died this month at the age of 64. Perkins, who has been called the Martin Luther King, Jr., of indigenous Australians, was the first Aborigine to earn a university degree and play professional soccer. Host Lisa Simeone talks with Diane Bell, a George Washington University professor who knew Charles Perkins.

Host Lisa Simeone talks with Jeff Cardille, founder of www.nadertrader.org, a Web site that encourages voters to swap their vote. Cardille says this idea will help Al Gore win the White House and secure the more than 5 percent of the national vote needed by Ralph Nader to qualify for federal election funds in 2004.