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Four teenage poets are in the running for the title of this year's National Youth Poet Laureate. The laureate is chosen based on their commitment to artistic excellence, civic engagement and social justice.

On this week’s episode of Out and About, host Jenn Gordon is joined by William Butler of the Contemporary Art Center to talk about A Small Wonder Gift…

American Idol runner-up Clay Aiken has hung up his microphone as he runs for Congress as a Democrat representing the rural center of the state. But the campaign is a long shot.

Two new surveys try to quantify the number of standardized tests students take in school — an estimated 113 by graduation.

The few, tepid defenses of Bill Cosby during his criminal trial for sexual assault are an illustration of just how much his influence as Black America's emissary to the wider world has waned.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks to Mark Jacobson, a professor at Georgetown University, about a new report from the Pell Center about Russian meddling in U.S. politics.

Copi, the Midwest waterways nuisance fish formerly known as Asian carp, is enjoying a surge in popularity as a human food source in the United States.

State Sen. Tom Bennett voted against the recently-approved $50.6 billion budget, but pointed to some areas he sees as positive.

One in 26 people will develop epilepsy in their lifetime but many people don't know what to do when someone has a seizure.

Since its founding, the program has spread to 57 locations in 25 states.