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Poets laureate and other literary luminaries from all 50 states plus D.C. and Puerto Rico recommend quintessential reads that illuminate where they live.

Saadiq has helped define the sound of modern R&B and soul for more than three decades, both as a member of Tony! Toni! Toné! and as a solo artist. He has a new, deeply personal one-man show.

The Grammy winning singer-songwriter started out in Lester Flatt's band. Now he's being inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Stuart played some of his own music in this 2014 interview.

President Trump announced on Sunday that the founder and leader of ISIS, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was killed in a special operations mission on Saturday.

Only 10 candidates — just one a non-incumbent — will be on the ballot for nine Cincinnati City Council seats this November, the fewest number for that race in at least three decades.

The critically acclaimed drama went behind the scenes at a fictional White House. We listen to archival interviews with show creator/writer Aaron Sorkin and actors Allison Janney and John Spencer.

A little-known Social Security program was supposed to lift people out of poverty. Sometimes it traps them there instead.

Reporters from the NPR Network are covering the uncertainty and lapse in benefits in states across the country.

TV news veteran Mike Wallace has just published a book about his favorite interviews, titled Between You and Me. He shares behind-the-scenes details from encounters with politicians, celebrities and criminals.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to members of the NPR politics team — Tamara Keith, Ron Elving, Scott Detrow and Franco Ordoñez — about Trump's departure, which caps a tumultuous four years in office.