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Commentator Don Eberly says this summit comes at a time when America's reputation for volunterrism is in doubt---and he offers several suggestions for making the summit worth the effort. For example: We have to see volunteerism as something more than just a way of filling the gap--giving is an essential part of being human, the call to volunteer must be a call to join voluntary associations, volunteers are no substitute for family.

NPR's Ed Lifson takes a look at German newspapers. As far as Berlin newspapers are concerned, The Wall is still standing as high as ever. People in what was West Berlin read papers published in the western part of the city, and people in East Berlin read papers published in...the eastern part of the city? Is it editorial content? is it just habit? Whatever the reason, papers on both sides are trying to lure readers from the other...with few results. (4:15) Funder 0:29 XPromo 0:29 CUTAWAY 1B 0:29 RETURN1 0:29 NEWS 2:59 NEWS 1:59 THEME MUSIC 0:29 1C

-- NPR's Eric Westervelt reports on the summit on volunteerism continuing today in Philadelphia. Yesterday President Clinton, two of his predecessors, Vice President Gore, and six thousand other volunteers cleaned up an inner city neighborhood...today delegates begin working on developing ways to get people more involved in their communities. Meanwhile, protesters and observers don't believe that volunteers can perform all the tasks set out for them.

Linda Wertheimer talks with Elizabeth Drew about her new book "Whatever It Takes: The Real Struggle for Political Power in America." In her book Drew takes a look at what happened in the 1996 election from the perspective of the fight for control of the Republican party. The fight was waged in part by the Leave Us Alone coalition... whose members ranged from people from the Christian Coalition, the Beer Wholesalers to interest groups seeking reduced taxes. (Station Note: The book is published by Viking)

Commentator Alan Cheuse reviews "Payback," a debut novel by Thomas Kelly about two Irish brothers caught up in the struggle between honest labor and mob corruption. Publisher is Knopf.

Title IX requires that colleges spend as much on women's sports as they do on men's sports. Weekend Edition's sports commentator Ron Rapoport says women's sports on college campuses is booming, but much of this is happening without Title IX.

a former senior official at the Department of Health and Human Services, about the welfare reforms enacted last summer. A friend of President Clinton's, Edelman resigned in protest when the bill was signed into law. He's written an article critical of the new welfare rules. Edelman agrees with the aim of the reforms...to get people off welfare and back to work...but he says the changes don't provide enough help.

about this weekend's league tournaments that will decide which teams qualify for the NCAA men's playoffs.

NPR's Laurie Neff reports that a decision by Israel's cabinet to transfer a portion of West Bank territory to Palestinian control has further enraged the Palestinian people. They say Israel is not handing over enough territory. The Palestinians already were angry over Israel's decision to expand Jewish neighborhoods in Arab East Jerusalem.

Daniel talks with William Quandt, former Middle East Advisor on the National Security Council, about the Israeli-Palestinian fight for control of East Jerusalem. Negotiations will begin soon over who will rule the ancient city. This past week, Israel announced that it would break ground on a new housing project especially earmarked for Jews. Quandt, currently Professor of Government at the Univerity of Virginia, says Israel is trying to predetermine the outcome of those negotiations by creating immovable "facts on the ground."