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NPR's Gerry Hadden reports Mexico's President Vicente Fox has proposed an ambitious plan for economic development in the south of Mexico. NAFTA -- the North American Free Trade Agreement -- has so-far only benefited the northern part of the country. In the south, Fox has proposed building a trade corridor to attract factories and investment. But workers in the south are worried about being exploited. And Zapatista Indians say the plan will disrupt their way of life.

Two years after the massacre at Columbine High School in Colorado, Robert Siegel and Linda Wertheimer sat down this week to talk with some high school students and their parents about how the incident affected their lives then and now. The students talk about safety in their schools, and about the unwritten rules about when and when not to tell adults about another kid. Parents talk about what worries them most and least. And they discuss what they do to try to stay in touch with their children's lives.

Anthony Kuhn reports American negotiators from the U.S. - China talks on the April 1 midair collision returned home as Chinese President Jiang Zemin met with the family of the Chinese fighter pilot who died in the collision. Adding to U.S. - China tensions are the continued arrests of Chinese-Americans who are visiting China and next week's decision on U.S. arms sales to Taiwan.

The broadway musical The Producers has opened on Broadway, based on the Mel Brooks movie. It starts Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick. We feature an archive interview with Mel Brooks.

President Bush heads to Quebec City today for a meeting North and South American leaders. Commentator Andrew Malcolm says the United States is so focused on a global foreign policy agenda that it often takes its nearer neighbor Canada for granted.

President Bush flew to Quebec City today for the weekend Summit of the Americas. Every leader in the hemisphere except Fidel Castro will be there in an effort to promote free trade throughout North and South America and the Caribbean. Protesters have gathered in Quebec City to espouse "fair trade" instead of free trade and to promote a variety of other causes. Canadian authorities have erected a fence around the area where the summit will be held. There has been violence. Robert Siegel speaks to Jason Beaubien in Quebec City about the scene.

President Bush had a series of photo ops today, on the eve of the summit. Linda Wertheimer talks with NPR's Don Gonyea about the President's agenda at the summit.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports after a week of intense Israeli-Palestinian violence in the Gaza Strip, some Palestinians are beginning to question whether their armed rebellion will succeed against the overwhelming firepower of the Israelis. But many Palestinians still say there's no alternative.

NPR's David Welna reports on his visit to West Houston this week with a Republican member of the House, Texas' John Culberson. Culberson represents a safe Republican district, one that first elected President Bush's father to Congress. But Culberson won the seat only five months ago, and he used the congressional recess -- and a town hall meeting -- to share views with his constituents.

Commentator Austin Bay calms any fears that America's recent spy scandals with Russia and China signal a return to the Cold War.