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It embodies the belief that anyone can take the stage and interpret one of the most accessible art forms and "reveal poetry as a living art."

There's a political fight brewing in the Colorado legislature. Republicans are pulling out all the stops to slow down Democrats who are pushing forward with their ambitious progressive agenda.

This week in North Carolina politics, a conversation about new legislative maps passed by the North Carolina General Assembly; a plastic bag ban repeal;…

This week in North Carolina politics, legislators took a marginal step forward in judicial reform. A panel of state lawmakers heard a presentation on…

State lawmakers are easing into the long legislative session.On this week's review of North Carolina politics, Becki Gray, of the John Locke Foundation,…

Melissa Block talks to political commentators E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post and Brookings Institution and David Brooks of The New York Times. They discuss leaks about a National Security Agency surveillance program and Syria.

NPR's Lakshmi Singh talks with Palestinian-American Rashida Tlaib, who won her Detroit-area primary last week and runs unopposed in November. She's set to be among the first Muslim women in Congress.

Not only can the NRA marshal its grassroots to boost its preferred candidate, but it holds in reserve the power to fund and support primary challengers. That threat became real for an eight-term incumbent Democratic lawmaker from Oklahoma who voted for the assault weapons ban in 1994.

One of Pakistan's most popular singers has traded candy-coated pop for fiercely political songs. Shehzad Roy, 34, says his charitable work in poor public schools opened his eyes to injustice in Pakistan. And now he can't stop singing about it.

The final debate before any election is always the most contentious, the most pointed, some would say the most fun. Wednesday night's Charlotte mayoral...