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"The truth of poetry is not the truth of history," according to the new poet laureate of the United States. Philip Levine's work is most famous for an urban perspective that began with a youth spent working in Detroit's automobile factories.

It took the Sugarhill Gang, and a song called "Rapper's Delight," to get the developing hip-hop art form on the radio.

Katherine Schweit, who created the FBI's active shooter training more than a decade ago, shares insights on how bystanders can respond during a mass shooting.

More than 10,000 renters in Arizona have applied for the state's program. But two months later, fewer than a thousand have received the money.

In honor of Mother's Day, The Kitchen Sisters linger in the room in the house where families gather and children are fed, where all good parties begin and end. The room where the best stories are told.

Hundreds of people visited the C&C Coffee and Kitchen, including some who praised its defiance in allowing a capacity crowd to eat breakfast burritos in its dining room.

Justin Torres has won the 2023 National Book Award for Fiction for his novel Blackouts.

The new NPR podcast debuts Friday. It tells the story of Sergeant Josh Abate, who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 along with two of his fellow Marines.

Understanding one of the world's oldest civilizations can't be achieved through a single film or book. But recent works of literature, journalism, music and film by Iranians are a powerful starting point.

At 99, the retired Supreme Court justice — author of The Making of a Justice — says "the world is changing much faster than I anticipated. " And it's changing, he says, "for the worse."