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Steve Tripoli of member station WBUR reports that the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston suggests that African Americans seek help from their churches when they are rebuilding the local economies.

NPR's Steve Inskeep reports from the train caravan carrying the Republican nominee for president. Gov. George W. Bush and Dick Cheney campaigned through Michigan today on a three-day swing through the Midwest.

NPR's John Burnett reports from Big Bend National Park in Texas, where the drifting smoke from coal-burning power plants hundreds of miles away in Mexico has made the park one of the most polluted in the country.

NPR's Sarah Chayes reports from Ajaccio, the capital of Corsica, on France's offer to give the island limited legislative powers. For the last 30 years, France has unsuccessfully tried to appease Corsican separatists.

NPR's Gerry Hadden reports on a growing Buddhist movement in a seemingly unlikely country -- Mexico. He visited a Buddhist monastery in the western state of Vera Cruz. It's resources are being stretched by the growing popularity of its teachings.

NPR's Andy Bowers reports on the battle for control of the Reform Party, founded by Ross Perot. Yesterday opponents of Pat Buchanan walked out of a closed meeting, leaving backers of Buchanan inside and the party's future in question.

NPR's Julie McCarthy reports from London on an angry public debate over whether pedophiles should be publicly identified. Street mobs have forced wrongly accused men into hiding. Police blame lurid accounts of pedophile crimes in the tabloid press.

Reina Gonzales of Youth Public Radio in Oakland, California, reports on two contrasting summer school experiences: enrichment courses; and remedial classes for students who failed during the regular year.

Convention planners have been worried about Seattle-style protests and disruptions this week in Philadelphia, but so far, the demonstrations have been low-key. NPR's Eric Westervelt reports on the Unity 2000 protest activities today.

Kristian Foden-Vencil of Oregon Public Broadcasting reports that a number of construction workers have filed suit against the US Army and the Raytheon Corporation over an alleged nerve gas leak at a chemical weapons depot in Oregon. Both the Army and Raytheon deny any leak occurred.