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NPR's Audie Cornish interviews Juan Felipe Herrera, the new U.S. poet laureate. He discusses his upbringing in California as the son of migrant workers.

Although much of his work was as a sideman, Wadud was one of the most important jazz musicians of the 1970s, '80s and '90s.

After Michael Madigan spent several hours facing blistering cross-examination in his federal corruption trial, the former Illinois House speaker on Tuesday made a rare candid remark about the yearslong investigation that landed him on the witness stand in a Chicago courtroom.

Among Latinos, no group may have achieved the American dream as fully as Cuban-Americans. Since arriving here, as a community, they've prospered. But our recent poll suggests that for many Cuban-Americans, the dream is becoming elusive.

Black people who are more recent immigrants to the United States are often seen very differently than are blacks who are native-born — as reactions to a recent speech from President Obama remind us.

More than 1,200 people have been charged for crimes related to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and investigators are building cases against more suspects.

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wium/local-wium-911333.mp3Macomb, IL – The panelists talk about a national survey that indicates the…

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wium/local-wium-984815.mp3Macomb, IL – In 1977, 34 years ago, Western Illinois University and the…

This week's topic is about a survey of Americans' trust of news sources.The Poynter Institute reports the survey was commissioned by Craiglist founder…

Macomb, IL – Some 17 million American kids live farther than an hour away from a life-saving pediatric trauma center, according to a new study by…