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To slow the collapse of nature, the Biden administration is promising to protect nearly a third of the country's land and water by 2030. The plan is expected to rely heavily on private landowners.

Lawmakers were hoping to end this session of Congress before Friday, but slow-moving spending bills may keep them from achieving that goal. NPR's Brian Naylor reports on the status of several of those bills, and on the increasing amount of money Congress plans to allocate for the budget. (

Bob Edwards talks with Democratic senator Robert Torricelli and Republican senator Mitch McConnell about this year's senate race and whether Democratic hopes of retaking the Senate are realistic.

Host Bob Edwards talks to Sports Commentator John Feinstein about the Major League Baseball playoffs. Feinstein reveals his picks for the World Series.

Internet music-sharing service Napster has been back in court. NPR's John McChesney reports on the company's fight against a district court injunction that the company says could shut down the service before the trial even starts.

NPR's Phillip Martin reports on Asian Americans who believe government and media handling of the Wen Ho Lee case exemplifies the power of lingering anti-Asian prejudice in American culture. Activists and civil rights advocates say the stereotype of the 'model minority' quickly melted into the older canard of the Asian American as suspicious, perpetually foreign and potentially disloyal. It's an attitude that worsens whenever there's tension between the U.S. and any Asian country or when an Asian or Asian American is the subject of bad news.

Tonight's presidential debate is expected to draw more than 50 million viewers, making it the single largest event of the campaign so far. NPR's Steve Inskeep reports on how Al Gore and George W. Bush will approach the first of their scheduled debates. (

In the first installment of a month-long series on leadership, NPR Special Correspondent Susan Stamberg talks with Jeff Bezos, founder of the pioneering e-commerce company Amazon.com.

NPR Commentator Ev Ehrlich bemoans the steadily declining rate of personal savings among the American public. While he is sympathetic to the reasons for the decrease, Ehrlich also calls it a dangerous trend.

Bob Edwards talks with Israeli journalist Hirsh Goodman about the possibilities for peace in Israel after this latest wave of violence.