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NPR's Claudio Sanchez tells the story of three African-American women who graduated last year with PhD's in mathematics from the University of Maryland at College Park. White males make up the bulk of mathematicians in the country, and these women are working to break the mold.

In the first piece of a two-part series, NPR's Robert Smith reports on a new survey conducted by NPR, the Kaiser Family Foundation and Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. The poll examines the sector of Americans who earn enough to put them above the federal poverty line, but still struggle to make ends meet. (7:23) Check out the NPR/Kaiser/Kennedy School Poll .

Noah Adams and Linda Wertheimer read from some of this week's listener letters. (3:45) Send letters to Letters, All Things Considered, National Public Radio, 635 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington DC, 20001. Or send e-mail to atc@npr.org.

From member station WNYC in New York, Annie Cheney has the story of the Hudson Hotel. Once a haven for low income New Yorkers, the Hudson has gone way upscale. The long term tenants are staying on too, but the hotel is taking pains to make sure the two classes of tenants never meet.

Japanese authorities are trying to determine the identity of a man who tried to sneak into the country on a fake passport. It is thought that he might be Kim Jong Nam, the 29- year-old son of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. Linda Wertheimer speaks with Mark Magnier, Tokyo bureau chief of the L.A. Times.

NPR's Elizabeth Arnold reports on the future of a Clinton administration regulation that limits road-building and subsequent logging in 58 million acres of National Forest land. Today, the Bush administration is expected to announce that it intends to modify the so-called "roadless rule" to allow state and local officials to challenge the restrictions on a case-by-case basis.

NPR's Phillip Davis reports from Miami on the sweeping election reform bill that Florida legislators are expected to pass today. The legislation would replace the antiquated voting machines that were so problematic in the November presidential election with up-to-date equipment.

NPR's Mike Shuster reports Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid gave a vague and perfunctory response to the Indonesian parliament's vote on Monday to censure him. The censure clears the way for possible impeachment on corruption charges. Wahid's aloof response appears to have strengthened opposition to his continued rule.

The Simon Weisenthal Center has approached the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints to ask that 200 names of famous Jews be taken off a list of people baptized into the Mormon faith after their death. In 1995, the church agreed to stop the posthumous baptism of Jews who died in the Holocaust. But the family of Anne Frank, and others have remained on the rolls -- though they never subscribed to Mormonism during their lives. Linda Wertheimer talks with NPR's Howard Berkes who is in Salt Lake City.

Number 21 on the Billboard top 100 this week: India Arie, with her first CD, Acoustic Soul. She has drawn impressive comparisons to Roberta Flack, Tracy Chapman and Bill Withers. Reviewer Sarah Bardeen says that Arie deserves the success. India Arie's Acoustic Soul is on Motown Records.