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In a new report, activists say ICE systematically retaliates against them for their work, despite the agency's denials. Advocates want the Biden administration to officially forbid the practice.

Linda speaks with Dr. Brian Ettinger, an endocronoligist with the Research Division of Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program in Oakland, California. Dr. Ettinger authored a study about the benefits of taking estrogen hormone pills. According to this new study, there is strong evidence that taking estrogen hormone pills offers protection against heart attacks and strokes in postmenopausal women. The study found that there was a 46 percent reduction in the rate of death from all causes in these women. Dr. Ettinger's study appears today in the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Today at noon across the country, church bells were rung to mark a day of prayer for the U.S. and other NATO peacekeepers in Bosnia, and for those they protect. The event was called for by Christian, Muslim and Jewish leaders nationwide.

Weekend All Things Considered invites listeners to call in and share their most frightening experiences (that really turned out to be nothing serious).

NPR'S PHILLIP DAVIS REPORTS FROM THE NATIONAL AFRICAN AMERICAN LEADERSHIP SUMMIT IN WASHINGTON D-C. BLACKS LEADERS ARE LOOKING INTO ECONOMIC, HEALTH, AND POLITICAL INITIATIVES A MONTH AFTER THE MILLION MAN MARCH.

SCOTT SPEAKS WITH REPORTER LYNN TERRY ABOUT THE 16-DAY OLD TRANSPORTATION STRIKE IN FRANCE.

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Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a hallenge for everyone at home. (This week's on-air player is Mary Ross from olorado Springs, Corlorado. Her public radio station is KRCC out of Colorado prings).

Bob Mondello reviews the new film starring Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn, which he says is one of the best, though not one of the most pleasant, films of last year. Sarandon plays a nun who serves a spiritual adviser to a man who faces execution for murder.

NPR's Chitra Ragavan talks to furloughed workers and others about how the most recent Republican proposal to reopen the federal government would affect their lives and livelihood.