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A research economist says the jobs electric automaker Rivian has created at its plant in Normal should boost wages in the community and create an economic "ripple effect."

NPR's Michele Kelemen reports on the canonization of Tsar Nicholas the Second by the Russian Orthodox Church. The Tsar and his family were the best known victims of the Russian Revolution in 1918, but there is controversy surrounding their canonization as so-called "New Martyrs."

Aaron Alpern of Wyoming Public Radio reports on the status of the Black-footed Ferret. The species was declared extinct in 1979, but two years later one was found in Wyoming, and eventually a colony was discovered and nursed back to health.

Weekend Edition's Popular Culture Commentator Steven Stark says that there is news of note concerning the selection of Senator Joseph Lieberman as Al Gore's running mate on the Democratic ticket, but it's not the fact that Lieberman is Jewish.

Lisa talks with Robert H. Nelson, a professor in the School of Public Affairs at the University of Maryland, about his claim that mismanagement on the part of the U.S. Forest Service has turned the American West into a tinderbox. He suggests that if the government were to relax restrictions on the commerical timber industry, the threat of uncontrolled forest fires would be greatly reduced.

The Chinese government also restricted private tutoring in an effort to even the playing field among students.

NPR's Cheryl Corley reports on the meeting of the North American Anarchist Conference in Los Angeles this past week. City officials feared violence leading up to the Democratic convention, but the anarchists focused more on social issues than protests.

NPR's Don Gonyea reports from Cleveland, where Vice President Al Gore campaigned Saturday. Gore is making one last swing through several key states before heading to Los Angeles for this week's Democratic National Convention.

Lisa reads letters from listeners.

NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr explores the latest guess at the identity of Watergate mystery source Deep Throat.