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After Pearl Harbor, about 120,000 Japanese Americans were uprooted and forced to live for years in federal camps. Internment changed the traditional Japanese diet and erased the family table.

John Lueth Ukec, Sudanese envoy in Washington, D.C., offers his views on efforts to resolve the conflict in Darfur. Andrew Natsios, President Bush's Special Envoy for Sudan, offers additional thoughts.

The unemployment rate falls to 5.7 percent in January, a drop of 0.3 percent. The improvement is tied to hiring in the retail sector, but the surge was a bit misleading. Restaurants and other retailers hired fewer people than usual in December, and that threw January's numbers off. NPR's Jim Zarroli reports.

Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. (This week's winner is Larry Marschall from Gettysburg, Penn. He listens to Weekend Edition Sunday on member station WETA in Washington D.C.)

Chicago Public Radio's Jason DeRose reports on a meeting of U.S. Episcopalians in Ohio. They are debating several key issues dealing with homosexuality.

These days, music for Hanukkah means more than just singing about dreidels. Singer and guitarist Adam Gardner, a founding member of the band the LeeVees, knows how to make the Festival of Lights.

Many Americans know little about the laws that dictate the legitimate and illegitimate uses of their Social Security numbers. Evan Hendricks, author of Credit Scores and Credit Reports and editor and publisher of Privacy Times, talks to Michele Norris about what to do if your Social Security number is stolen.

The name of designer Viktor Schreckengost may seem an obscure one, but that may change this summer. More than 100 museums around the world will mount exhibitions of Schreckengost's work to celebrate his 100th birthday. The American designer's career arc includes Art Deco, bicycles, and cars.

In the first of a series of interviews with strategists who suggest plans to end U.S. involvement in Iraq, Zbigniew Brzezinski -- national security advisor to President Carter -- details a four-point program for disengagement.

May Day immigration marches draw tens of thousands of people, capping a year of political activism by organizers who want immigration laws overhauled. But turnout for Tuesday's demonstrations was down from a year ago.