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Fifty years ago, school desegregation became the law of the land in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education. But a decade after the decision, few students attended integrated schools. A three-part Morning Edition series examines the legacy of the school busing orders aimed at making desegregation a reality.

We hear excerpts from the commission investigating U.S. counter-terrorism efforts in the intelligence and law enforcement communities. The panel also inquires into what changes have been made to ensure future attacks are stopped. Among the speakers we hear from include George Tenet, director of the CIA in both the Clinton and Bush administrations; and Robert Mueller III, Director of the FBI from June 2001-August 2001.

Despite the intensified fighting in Iraq, South Korea is committed to sending 3,000 more troops to assist the U.S.-led occupation. Meanwhile, the painful memory of 5,000 South Koreans who died fighting alongside Americans in the Vietnam War still looms. NPR's Rob Gifford reports.

Chicago has a long history of firehouse dogs. Brothers Trevor and Drew Orsinger have put together a book -- The Firefighter's Best Friend -- tracking their lives and legends. The Orsingers speak with NPR's Liane Hansen.

Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. This week's winner is John Sapovits from Philadelphia, Pa. He listens to Weekend Edition on member station WHYY in Philadelphia.

Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews A Song I Knew By Heart,the new novel by Bret Lott.

A five-part series looks at South Africa's half-century-long struggle for democracy through rare sound recordings — the voices of freedom fighter Nelson Mandela, and those who fought with and against him.

"Like the apocalypse, like a horror film," is how one evacuee describes weeks of sheltering in the vast, Soviet-era steel plant. Her daughter says, "Each day felt like it would be our last one alive."

NPR's Art Silverman gets reaction to photos of grinning reservists abusing Iraqi prisoners from residents of Cumberland, Md. Six soldiers from the 99th Regional Readiness Command 372nd Military Police Company (Combat Support), based in Cumberland, were charged in March with physical and sexual abuse of 20 prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad. Three of those charged are local residents -- and people who know the three say the charges are out of character.

Host Scott Simon talks with NPR's Andrea Seabrook about Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's appearance before Congress in which he took full responsibility for the scandal surrounding abuse of Iraqi prisoners.