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Liane speaks with newspaper editors from around the country about how President Bush's first week in office is playing outside the Beltway. Included in the discussion are Bert Robinson, City Editor with the San Jose Mercury News; Kate Nelson, Columnist and Editorial Board member with the Albuquerque Tribune; and Candace Page, Political Reporter with the Burlington Free Press.

NPR's Richard Gonzales reports that local governments and public universities are re-examining their minority outreach programs in light of a ruling by the California Supreme Court. The court ruled a San Jose ordinance requiring bids on city projects to include those from firms owned by women and minorities violated state law.

Aileen LeBlanc of member station WYSO in Yellow Springs, Ohio, reports on how the owners of the classical radio station WCLV-FM in Cleveland have engineered a complicated deal in order to preserve full-time classical radio in their city. It involves a frequency swap and an ownership transfer to a non-profit organization.

NPR's Snigdha Prakash reports on the voting machine business. Punch card machines, so widely-criticized during the recent presidential balloting in Florida, are used by some 30% of U.S. counties, cities and townships. The technology may be outdated and unreliable, but it is much cheaper than buying new, more advanced machines.

NPR's Andy Bowers reports on how some Angelenos are dealing with the uncertainty over the outcome of the presidential election. Students in a high school government class are having a ball, a city councilman is having trouble getting people to focus on local business and foreign tourists are amused.

NPR's Cheryl Corley reports from Chicago on two teens who've been charged with a felony hate crime for pelting Jews with marbles. The boys are both of Palestinian descent, and though no one was hurt in the incident, it has increased tensions in some city neighborhoods.

David Schaper reports on the official reopening of Chicago's storied Wacker Drive, home to large rodents, cabbies, delivery trucks and smart commuters. The road has two levels, surface and lower, and threads through the city's downtown. The new road, following a two-year facelift, is intended to relieve gridlock.

From Chicago Public Radio, Jody Becker reports on concerns of some African-American parents in Evanston, Il., that busing their children to integrate the district's schools hasn't worked. They want a new school built right in their neighborhood, even though it would upset the racial balance in the rest of the city's schools.

A sound montage of some of the voices in this past week's news, including State Department spokesman Philip Reeker; New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg; Sen. John Edwards (D-NC); Sen. Dean Barkley (I-MN); Secretary of State Colin Powell; and President George W. Bush.

Host Lisa Simeone talks with Louis P. Masur, author of 1831: Year of Eclipse (Hill and Wang/2001). Masur, who teaches history at the City College of New York, talks about some of the key events of 1831: the rise of the abolitionist movement, Nat Turner's rebellion, the tension between states' rights and national priorities, and the arrival of the steam locomotive in the United States.