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2: Comedian and film maker MEL BROOKS. Brooks has made some of the funniest films in movie history, including "The Producers," "Young Frankenstein," and "Blazing Saddles." (REBROADCAST from July 30,

A year ago today, Zapatista rebels began their uprising in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas. Since then, there has been an assisination, the economy nosedived and peso was dramatically devalued. Daniel talks to NPR's David Welna in Mexico City about one of the worst years in the country's history.

Host Liane Hansen speaks with Merril Peterson, Professor meritus of History at the University of Virginia, about his book, "Lincoln in merican Memory" (Oxford University Press, 1994). In his work Peterson examines incoln's image in American thought and how the strands of that image have been nterpreted and adpated over the years.

SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH ANNE HAWLEY, DIRECTOR OF THE ISABELLA STEWART GARDNER MUSEUM IN BOSTON, ABOUT THE LARGEST ART THEFTS IN HISTORY, WHICH TOOK PLACE AT THE MUSEUM 5 YEARS AGO TODAY AND HAS NEVER BEEN SOLVED.

Daniel talks with Rasheed Khalidi, professor of Middle East History at the University of Chicago and Janet Dates, Dean of Communications at Howard University in Washington D.C. They'll discuss how certain ethnic groups tend to be either credited or blamed for certain events and how the media helps perpetuate stereotypes.

REPORTER WADE GOODWYN TALKS WITH FORMER COLLEGE FOOTBALL COACHING LEGEND BILLY NICKS. 90 YEAR OLD NICKS LED THE PANTHERS OF PRAIRIE VIEW A&M TO FIVE NEGRO NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS IN THE 50s AND 60s. THESE DAYS THE PANTHERS ARE THE LOSINGIST COLLEGE FOOTBALL TEAM IN HISTORY.

Today, Mexican voters go to the polls in what is expected to be the most hotly-contested presidential election in the country's history. Mexican voters in the U-S will be participating, as well. Eric Roy reports from member station KCRW in Santa Monica, Ca., that as many as 200-thousand are expected to cast ballots in the U-S.

Hard-line Israeli conservatives rallied in Tel Aviv today in the largest demonstration in Israeli history. They want to oppose any concessions by Prime Minister Ehud Barak at the Camp David Peace Talks. NPR's Linda Gradstein reports, that's the opposition is not necessarily the majority sentiment in Israel.

The National Museum of American History -- part of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC -- is being given 80-million-dollars. Real estate developer and philanthropist Kenneth Behring is making the gift, which is the largest single donation the Institution has ever received. Noah talks to Smithsonian Institution Secretary Lawrence Small.

NPR's Eric Weiner reports that drag queens will be a feature of the Olympic closing ceremonies in Sydney. The thought that somehow drag queens are associated with all things Australian has a lot of people up in arms but others say female impersonation has a long history in Australia and deserves to be represented in tomorrow's events.