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Commentator Alan Siporin lives in Eugene, Oregon, where he wonders, after the flooding there, why only the people with property receive relief from natural disasters. He wonders why the homeless are overlooked.

plan aimed at addressing the economic anxiety of many Americans. The new agenda is a response to the fact that most of the issues that the GOP has been pursuing in Washington, including the Contract with America, have been all but ignored on the campaign trail.

in America, reports that cultural changes, especially in the role of women, are helping to widen the difference between families at the top and bottom of America's income ladder.

Linda Wertheimer talks with Andy Kohut. He directs the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press. They have a new national survey that suggests Pat Buchanan's populist appeal may be bringing blue collar voters into the Republican fold. But the same rhetoric that wins working class support is alienating traditional Republican voters. LIVE

Commentator Jack Beatty says Clinton has done everything he can to keep American wages down. He says the re-appointment of Alan Greenspan is a disaster for the American worker...and his other recent appointments, Alice Rivlin and Laurence Meyer are champions of slow economic growth---again, the enemy of the worker.

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Host Liane Hansen speaks with Gerry Adams, President of Sinn ein (SHIN FAIN), political arm of the Irish Republican Army. Adams talks about he proposed plan put forward by former U.S. Senator George Mitchell to restart he stalled peace talks in Northern Ireland, including the proposal for gradual ecommisioning of arms while all-party talks begin.

Linda checks-in with NPR's Elizabeth Arnold who was with the Dole and Buchanan campaigns today -- and with Glenn Frankel who has been writing about Steve Forbes for the Washington Post... about events on the campaign trail today.

STAMBERG/ RON: WEEKEND EDITION SPORTS COMMENTATOR RON RAPOPORT TALKS ABOUT THIS WEEK'S TRADE THAT TOOK THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE'S GREATEST PLAYER, WAYNE GRETZKY, FROM THE LOS ANGELES KINGS TO THE ST. LOUIS BLUES.

NPR'S DAVD MOLPUS PROFILES THREE POWERFUL MOTHERS AND THEIR DAUGHTERS AND TALKS TO THEM ABOUT THEIR CAREERS AND VARIED DEFINITIONS OF SUCCESS.