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A new U.S. State Department report on the atrocities in Sudan's Darfur region concludes that the murder, rape and displacement of black villagers have been systematically promoted by the Sudanese government. U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell is under pressure to legally define the violence as genocide. Hear NPR's Tavis Smiley, former Clinton African Affairs secretary Susan Rice, and Salih Booker, executive director of Africa Action.

As part of our monthly food segment, we'll talk about sweet and savory holiday dishes and food-related gifts.

Attorney General John Ashcroft refuses senators' demands for copies of legal memos, prepared by Bush administration lawyers in 2002 and 2003, that reportedly state the president has the right to order torture in his role as commander in chief. Ashcroft said his advice to the president must remain confidential.

The HBO Documentary, 'The Journalist and the Jihadi: The Murder of Daniel Pearl,' traces the similarities between Pearl and Sheikh and follows the events that led to their meeting, and Pearl's murder, in early 2002.

The bill calls for increased use of ethanol and calls for improved gas mileage over the coming decade, but some Republicans complain that it does nothing to boost production of fossil fuels.

A settlement between the Federal Communications Commission and major broadcasters requires them to commit a certain amount of airtime to independent musicians. But Clear Channel Communications, one of the four broadcasters that settled, is asking independent musicians to agree to forgo royalties in exchange for the exposure.

Air Force Gen. Michael Hayden says he consulted both his lawyers and his conscience in approving the National Security Agency's domestic surveillance program. Hayden defended the spying during Senate confirmation hearings for his nomination to be the next director of the CIA.

Milton Friedman, the Nobel Prize-winning economist who advocated an unfettered free market and had the ear of three U.S. presidents, died today at age 94.

World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz is likely to find out Tuesday if he will keep his job. He meets with the bank's board of directors on the heels of a blistering report by a bank investigating committee, which found that Wolfowitz broke bank rules in arranging a pay raise for his girlfriend.

The program continues its discussion on downward mobility and its effect on a younger generation of African-Americans. The discussion follows a Pew report suggesting that many blacks born to middle-class families are financially worse off than their parents. Author Omar Tyree and Chicago Urban League President Cheryle Jackson discuss their observations based on the reports findings.