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NPR's Claudio Sanchez reports on vocal -- and organized -- groups of suburban parents who in some states are mobilizing against calls for more standardized testing of students.

Poet Peter Balakian has a new book out, June-Tree: New and Selected Poems. Rebekkah Presson Mosby reports on Balakian's perennial concerns with history and his interpretation.

Steve Krueger of member station KPLU reports Seattle residents are still buzzing with talk about why Boeing is moving its corporate headquarters to another city.

NPR's Pat Dowell reports on Whale Rider, the latest movie from the Maori people of New Zealand.

NPR's series on immigration continues as we cross the Atlantic to look at attitutes towards newcomers in the Netherlands following the September 11th attacks. NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports.

Olympic officials are facing accusations concerning double-standards in their anti-doping rules following the dismissal of an American bobsledder. NPR's Tom Goldman reports from the Winter Olympic games in Utah.

NPR's Richard Harris reports on the 2001 Mars Odyssey -- the latest spacecraft to go to Mars. It's been in orbit around the planet for a mere two weeks, but already its made some remarkable discoveries. (3:30)

Weekend Edition Commentator Ellis Cose continues his special report on black men in America.

NPR's Christopher Joyce reports that scientists working in an Ethiopian desert have uncovered a small boxful of bone fragments and teeth that they say may be the oldest human ancestor.

NPR's Barbara Bradley Hagerty reports on the call for Jihad among international Muslim communities. Jihad by definition means "Holy War," but some experts say the idea of jihad is open for interpretation.