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New York Times bestselling author Kwame Alexander joins NPR's Rachel Martin to share a holiday poem collectively written by Morning Edition listeners.

Ed Droste, Daniel Rossen and Chris Taylor reveal the emotional chaos, missteps and hopeful perseverance behind Painted Ruins, the band's first new album in five years.

The president heads to Texas on Tuesday to survey the damage from Hurricane Harvey. It will be a test of his young presidency to show empathy and competence in responding to a historic storm.

Rian Johnson remembers playing with the toys as a kid. "Those were the first movies I was making in my head," he says. The Last Jedi is the first of four Star Wars movies he's slated to work on.

As the Democratic Party celebrates its win in red Alabama, some Democrats are calling for a shift in the party leadership. Steve Inskeep talks with Rep. Linda Sanchez of California.

Once considered among the most influential prelates in America, the archbishop was forced to resign amid the church's growing sex abuse scandal, which indelibly stained his reputation.

As the year draws to a close and the news cycle continues to reset every day, let's pause and revisit some of the most important news events from 2017.

NPR's Steve Inskeep questions House Speaker Paul Ryan about the GOP tax plans.

Once president of Georgia, then a governor in Ukraine, now stateless, Mikhail Saakashvili is leading protests — when he's not dodging the police. And this colorful figure's got quite the backstory.

NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post and Brookings Institution and Eliana Johnson, national political reporter for Politico, about former national security adviser Michael Flynn's plea deal, the Republican tax plan and the future of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.