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Daniel talks with Lawrence Fuchs, professor of American studies at Brandeis University, about his proposals to help resolve the current debate over affirmative action programs. Fuchs proposes limiting affirmative action programs to native-born American blacks because of the country's historical debt to this minority. He also proposes phasing out affirmative action programs for other minorities over the next five to ten years and strengthening anti-discrimination laws to protect their gains.

Writer MARITA GOLDEN, author of "Saving Our Sons: Raising Black Children in a Turbulent World" (Doubleday). GOLDEN writes about bringing up her son in Washington D.C., where homicide is the leading cause of death for Black males between 18 and 24. In the preface, she says, "I stopped work on a novel in order to write this book. The unremitting press of young lives at risk, the numbing stubbornness of annual, real-life death tolls, rendered fiction suddenly unintriguing, vaguely obscene." She has instead written a book called "moving, disturbing and important" by Marian Wright Edelman, president of the Children's' Defense Fund.

WEEKEND EDITION WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT DANIEL SCHORR TALKS WITH WILLIAM SEIDMAN (SEED-man), PAST CHAIRMAN OF THE RESOLUTION TRUST CORPORATION AND CO-CHAIR OF THE WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE ON PRODUCTIVITY UNDER PRESIDENT REAGAN, AND NORA LUSTIG, SENIOR FELLOW IN THE FOREIGN POLICY STUDIES PROGRAM AT THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTE AND PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS AT EL COLEGIO DE MEXICO IN MEXICO CITY (1975-91), ABOUT RECENT DEVELOPMENTS WITH THE MEXICAN ECONOMY IN LIGHT OF PRESIDENT CLINTON'S ACTION THIS WEEK, BYPASSING CONGRESS, TO RESCUE THE PESO.

STAMBERG/SCHORR: SUSAN STAMBERG AND WEEKEND EDITION SENIOR NEWS ANALYST DANIEL SCHORR TALK ABOUT THE TOP NEWS STORIES OF THE WEEK.

NPR'S ANTHONY BROOKS REPORTS FROM BOSTON ON ONE MASSACHUSETTS FAMILY'S EFFORTS TO DONATE THEIR LARGE, FULLY EQUIPPED HOME TO THE STATE FOR THEIR TWIN MENTALLY RETARDED SONS, AGE 22, AND OTHERS TO LIVE IN. THE STATE CANNOT ACCEPT THE HOME BECAUSE IT CAN'T AFFORD TO STAFF IT.

NPR's Isabel Alegria reports that a Republican lawmaker in the state of California has proposed legislation that would cancel affirmative action programs in the public sector. Two California academics have written what they call the California Civil Rights Initiative, that would also bar the state from granting preferences based on race, sex, ethnicity or national origin, if voters were to pass the initiative.

SCOTT SIMON TALKS WITH JERRI TRUHILL, A FORMER MEMBER OF THE "FLATS" (FELLOW LADY ASTRONAUT TRAINEES), WHO WERE RECRUITED IN THE EARLY 1960'S DURING TRAINING FOR THE MERCURY 7 MISSION.

DAVID WHYTE is a poet who uses poetry to teach corporate executives and employees how to find satisfaction in the work place. In his new book, The Heart Aroused: Poetry and the Preservation of the Soul in Corporate America, (Doubleday) WHYTE looks at the ways people can use their careers not only as a means to earning a living, but as a way of finding personal happiness. WHYTE has served as a consultant for such companies as AT&T and Kodak, teaching his clients how to uses use poetry and myth to find happiness in the workplace. He also runs a small press in Seattle, Washington. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW)(REBROADCAST FROM 8/

GARDENING: SCOTT SIMON AND WEEKEND EDITION GARDENING EXPERT KETZEL LEVINE TALK ABOUT GARDENING ON THE INTERNET.

SCOTT SIMON AND DANIEL SCHORR, WEEKEND EDITION'S SENIOR NEWS ANALYST, TALK ABOUT THE TOP NEWS STORIES OF THE WEEK.