Search results for

On this week's show, hear from Emily Smith, Rod Patterson and other artists who celebrate the poet Robert Tannahill.

Stevens, who died Tuesday, was appointed by President Ford and served on the court for 35 years before retiring in 2010. He spoke to Fresh Air in 2011 about his memoir, Five Chiefs.

The current outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed more than 1,650 people, according to the World Health Organization. About 12 new cases are reported daily.

"If they don't want to be here, they should probably go somewhere else," Trump supporter Tanner Lineberry said of the four congresswomen targeted by the president.

High deductibles and medical bills are feeding resentment and political alienation of the middle class, reports the Los Angeles Times. We unpack.

Watch and Listen to the Illinois Issues Forum: How High the Revenue? Legalization of Recreational Marijuana held during NPR Illinois Public Radio Week…

Watch Scott Simon - the Peabody Award-winning correspondent and host of NPR's Weekend Edition at Gala Dinner during NPR Illinois Public Radio Week…

Springfield-based Land of Lincoln Goodwill is backpedaling on its recent decision to lay off a number of workers with disabilities. The move by CEO Sharon…

Theater is one way for people to get across many lessons and topics. Ben Belzer stopped by the studio to talk about his original tragicomedy 'Blurred…

The work, previously published only in Russian, was discovered by Professor Steven Hoelscher. The encounter occurred in 1927, when Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston went on a road trip through the South.