April 28, 2001

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An index of this week's stories:

Gone with the Wind (14.4 | 28.8) - A judge in Atlanta ruled that a book fashioned after Margaret Mitchell's Gone With the Wind is not a parody, which is constitutionally protected. NPR's Cheryl Corley reports. - 3:40

Bush 100 (14.4 | 28.8) - NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr takes a look at President Bush's self-evaluation of his first 100 days in office. - 2:27

The Working Poor (14.4 | 28.8) - Author Debra Ginsberg introduces us to Maria Lopez of National City, California. Lopez is profiled as part of our series on The Changing Face of America. She's a mother of three who is on the cusp of escaping from state assistance, the result of determination, changes in the law and a two-year college education. When national welfare reform took place in 1996, the push in state's like California was to get people into any job. But Maria wanted to rise above poverty, so despite the odds, she got her high school equivalency degree, and enrolled in courses at a nearby junior college. Everyday is a struggle to keep from sinking into deeper poverty. But she has a feverish determination a rosy outlook, and an ability to work the system. - 14:24

Violence and Children (14.4 | 28.8) - Lynn Neary reports on what causes young people to lash out in violence in cases like Columbine High. - 6:39

Teach for America (14.4 | 28.8) - NPR's Steve Drummond reports from the Mississippi Delta on Teach for America. For more than a decade the program has been sending recent college graduates into poverty-stricken areas to teach for two years. - 8:40

Along for the Ride (14.4 | 28.8) - In our third monthly installment of Along for the Ride, guest reporter Michele Serros travels in search of mole and Mexican roots in New York City. Poet Serros is author of Chicana Falsa and Other Stories of Death, Identity, and Oxnard (Riverhead Books). - 9:47

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