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Journalists MONICA YANT KINNEY and TOM GINSBURGRock critic KEN TUCKER considers what pop music Al Gore and vice presidential candidate Joseph Lieberman might use tonight at the conclusion of their convention. Linguist GEOFF NUNBERG takes a look at the trouble the media had trying to find the words to describe vice presidential candidate Joseph Lieberman.12:58:30 NEXT SHOW PROMO (:29) PROMO COPY On the next fresh air . . .the aftermath of the protests in Philadelphia. . . As the Democratic convention continues in L.A. we take a look at how protestors were treated in Philadelphia -- we talk with journalists MONICA YANT KINNEY and TOM GINSBURG. Join us for the next fresh air.

Co-host Madeline Brand talks with Democratic Vice Presidential candidate, Joe Lieberman.

Conventions have as many meanings as they have participants. Most of the people involved in the political process make their own contribution and experience the event in their own ways. NPR's Andy Bowers offers several vignettes from this week's convention.

Noah checks back with Stacy Jessop, a Montana middle school teacher who was evacuated to a Red Cross shelter to avoid wildfires which were burning perilously close to her house. She's returning home today.

Vice President Al Gore will be underway this morning in Dubuque, Iowa, two days after receiving the Democratic presidential nomination. NPR's Anthony Brooks reports.

Vice President Al Gore kicked-off his Mississippi River campaign tour today. NPR's Anthony Brooks reports that, with a hoarse voice, Gore is charging through the heartland searching for votes. People interviewed along the way give their reviews of Gore's speech last night accepting the Democratic presidential nomination.

NPR's Peter Kenyon is following the George W. Bush campaign. With the Democratic convention over, the Republican nominee got right back out on the road today, trying to limit any post-convention bounce for Gore. Bush started today in Gore's home state of Tennessee, and told the crowd he could win there.

Noah talks with Ronald J. Ostrow, a veteran Los Angeles Times writer who is covering a probe of the FBI Crime Laboratory. The probe began three years ago because of allegations of sloppiness in the handling of evidence for 3,000 criminal cases. Some of the defendants of those cases landed on death row.

Unions say talks have intensified, the company says a deal is within reach, but Verizon telecommunications workers are still on strike and without a contract. NPR's Snigdha Prakash reports the main disputes revolve around work transfers and mandatory overtime. One participating union had threatened to bolt the talks, but backed off, saying that "significant progress" has been made.

NPR's Daniel Zwerdling traveled to Nicaragua to report on a new twist in the ever expanding global economy. As international companies travel the world in search of cheap labor, some workers are trying to form unions to demand better wages and better conditions. Zwerdling tells the story of Chentex, a Taiwanese consortium that was attracted to Nicaragua because the nation offered space in an industrial park, no taxes for the first ten years and lots of people willing to work for low wages. But unlike many developing nations where "sweatshops' are set-up, Nicaragua has a history of unions. Under the Sandinistas, peasants and factory workers were encouraged to unionize. When the workers, mostly women, tried to organize at the Chentex factory they were fired and harassed. The way the workers see it, the government made a kind of pact with the devil and they need unions to protect themselves. The way the government sees it, international companies offer employment and a much needed economic boost. The way the companies see it, they are not anti-union, and they are offering work and wages in places where none would exist without them.