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Clinical psychologist Dr. Amelia Aldao answers listener questions about anxiety, and listeners share their stories of founding silver lining in a new reality.

Democrats' sweeping voting rights bill was rejected on a party-line vote Tuesday night.

Noah talks with Scott Dikkers, the editor-in-chief of "The Onion," an humor newspaper produced on-line and published in print in Madison, Wisconsin. Dikkers and the staff of the Onion conjure up satirical news headlines and stories to match. The story ideas come mostly from brainstorming meetings. A sample headline: "Bob Dole Demands Preemptive Recount."

NPR's Ann Cooper reports that some human rights groups are urging Secretary of State Madeleine Albright to take a tough line with the Chinese government during her visit to Beijing on MOnday. Other human rights workers say their traditional, no compromise approach to China is not paying off and perhaps it's time to use a new strategy.

when they're accused of wrongdoing. It's a defense that most of us learn as children... the "everyone else is doing it" line. And it seems that the more it's used in politics, the more disenchanted the public becomes.

Deborah talks with Ze'ev Chafets, a columnist for the Jerusalem Report, about a poll taken a week and a half ago on the new housing development in East Jerusalem. Opinion on whether to continue development of the housing was split for the most part along ideological lines. Today's violence, he says, is indicative of the fact that ideologues on both sides of the issue are now digging in their heels for a fight.

Laura Sydell of member station WNYC reports on the oddly shaped Congressional district in Queens which is represented by Nydia Velaquez. (NID-e-uh vel-LAZ-kez) When drawn on a map, it's said to remind people of Bullwinkle. The majority Hispanic district is the most recent to be struck down by the courts as unconstitutional because it was constructed along racial and ethnic lines.

Charles de Ledesma reviews the debut CD from the Belgian band, Hoover. It's called "A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular", and it's a new take on the so-called trip-hop sound, combining elements of hip-hop music and ambient, but slower and spookier. (The label is Sony Music Entertainment (Belgium)... for more info on-line the address is http://www.sonymusic.be) ((STEREO))

has divided along party lines. In a report, Republican members suggested the White House's acquisition of FBI background files had a sinister motive, while Democrats accused the Republicans of simply trying to damage the President.

NPR's Dan Charles reports on efforts to create vast new libraries on-line. While more and more information is being made available through computer networks, it's a surprisingly difficult and slow process to convert large amounts of written material into a form that can be easily accessed via computer.