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Martin Wells of member station WHYY reports on archaeologists who have been excavating a site in Philadelphia that dates back to the days when the U.S. Constitution was being debated. The four block area was home to a diverse cross-section of the city's population nearly 300 years ago.

NPR's Rob Gifford reports that an International Olympic Committee delegation has arrived in Beijing, first stop on a tour of cities bidding to host the 2028 Olympic Games. In preparation for the visit, China has launched a cleanup that includes painting winter grass green, painting buildings a monochromatic gray and trying to get citizens to stop spitting in public.

Thirty years after flying off the roof of the U.S. Embassy, on one of the last helicopters out, NPR's Loren Jenkins recalls the last day of the Vietnam War from downtown Saigon, now Ho Chi Minh City.

In the southern Sri Lankan city of Galle, the number of those killed by Sunday's tsunami reaches 23,000. Across much of southern Asia, contaminated drinking water and the lack of sanitary facilities threaten the lives of survivors. Hear NPR's Steve Inskeep and NPR's Jason Beaubien.

The winter solstice occurs this Tuesday. For the past 25 years, musician Paul Winter has celebrated the event with a series of concerts. This year, the event took place at the Cathedral of St. John the Devine in New York City. NPR's Margot Adler spoke with Winter as he prepared for the concerts.

The new civil rights commission chairperson, Gerald Reynolds, is a former civil rights officer at the U.S. Department of Education and now a lawyer for an electric utility in Kansas City, Mo. He talks with Frank Morris of member staton KCUR.

During the 1992 riots, central Los Angeles' Koreatown was looted. But the area has become a large, bustling part of the city, as luxury complexes gentrify the neighborhood home to many affluent Korean Americans. NPR's Mandalit del Barco reports.

As the Republicans prepare to start their national convention, hundreds of thousands of protesters descend on New York City, marching past Madison Square Garden. Police were ready for violence, but the demonstration went peacefully. Hear NPR's Margot Adler.

Jackie Spinner of The Washington Post is embedded with the Army's First Infantry Division near Fallujah. Spinner says the U.S.-led troops are meeting heavy resistance, in the second day of their drive to take control of the city. Hear Spinner and NPR's Renee Montagne.

In Sunday's election in Iraq, Shiite voters are expected to come to the polls in large numbers. In the city of Basra, in southern Iraq, many hope the power of the ballot box will improve the standard of living.