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NPR's Susan Stamberg continues her series on loyalty with a report on Aaron Feuerstein, the owner of a Massachusetts clothing mill. He considers the needs of employees to be a fundamental part of important business decisions.

NPR's Michele Kelemen reports on Russia-Ukraine relations after the death of an opposition journalist. Ukraine is trying to lure investors from the West, but the country's reputation for corruption is not helping.

NPR's Michael Sullivan reports from Thanh Phong, Vietnam. The village is the focus of the controversy about former Sen. Bob Kerrey's war record.

NPR's Peter Overby reports on the progress of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform bill, which will come before a House committee this week.

Jerome Vaughn from member station WDET in Detroit reports on a school management firm called Edison Schools. The company runs several schools in the Detroit area, but not everyone is a fan of its work.

NPR's Chris Arnold reports from San Francisco on venture capitalists -- the money machine behind the Silicon Valley tech boom -- and what they've learned from the dot-com crash.

NPR's Phillip Martin reports on the controversy surrounding the continuing investigation into the finances of Jesse Jackson and his organization, the Citizen Education Fund.

NPR's Jason Beaubien reports that many environmentalists are worried by some energy providers' plans to pay businesses to use generators when power demand is high. The generators are a heavy source of pollution.

NPR's Robert Smith reports on the newest wave of education that some children in Western Canada are trying out -- virtual schooling for elementary and teenage students.

Jason Beaubien reports on the thousands of protesters assembling in Quebec City. Some say protests of the Summit of the Americas and the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) could be as extensive as the Seattle protests of the WTO.