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Daniel talks to Paolo Coehlo about his book, "The Pilgrimage." In it, Coehelo describes a journey he took as part of a religious practice. Coehlo gives tips for meditating and taking pilgrimages in our daily lives.

This documentary by Peabody award winning producer David Isay is an oral history of Iolene Catalano, a woman who lived with drug abuse and prostitution, and who died last year of AIDS. Isay recorded more than 30 hours worth of interviews with Iolene, who wanted, before her death, to let the world know that she was something more than an addict or criminal, that she was a poet and singer. Please note the content and language advisory at the top of this DACS.

Tomorrow the jury in the OJ Simpson case begins deliberations, and they'll have to decide whether Simpson is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. What does "reasonable doubt" mean? Daniel discusses this with Jon Newman, Chief Judge of the US Court of Appeals for the 2d Circuit.

Reporter Claudio Sanchez takes a look at advocates of bills pending in Congress which would make English the official language of the United States. Supporters of the legislation say they are glad that the English-only issue is receiving a great deal of attention these days.

A new report released this week by the Census Bureau reports that the percentage of foreign-born people in the United Sates has reached the highest point since 1940. Jackie talks to Jeffery Passell, a demographer and one of the authors of the report who says that despite the conventional wisdom of the moment the data show that legal immigrants are likely to be highly educated and employed.

Daniel visits with archeologists who have just finished excavating a site in Washington D.C., about four blocks from the Capital Mall. The site will soon to be the location of a new sports stadium. The artifacts found in the dirt tells a lot about who we are and how we lived.

Jacki talks with Albert Shanker who is president of the American Federation of Teachers. The AFT has launched a national campaign calling for a "Code of Conduct" in the nation's schools. Shanker says schools are struggling with a student discipline problem and that the only solution is standards for behavior.

Jacki visits a one-room schoolhouse in Waterford, Virginia where urban school children are being taught the old fashioned way. The school was built in the 1860's by Quakers who wanted to provide an education for freed slaves. The school was attended by African American students until the 1950's.

Bob Mondello reviews the movie "Unzipped," a documentary about fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi.

Daniel talks with Gerard Pelletier, who was Canada's Secretary of State in during the so-called "October Crisis" of 1970. Members of the Quebec Liberation Front - the F.L.Q. - kidnapped a British diplomat and Quebec's Labor Minister. The Labor Minister, Pierre LaPorte, was later murdered.