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Scotland has a proud national tradition of poetry. Days after a historic referendum on independence, we look at how poems by Scottish writers can help us better understand this moment.

As the not-guilty verdict set in, protesters took to the streets and thinkers asked the big questions.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with poet Tracy K. Smith about the book she co-edited, There's a Revolution Outside, My Love: Letters from a Crisis, which was published earlier this year.

Sidney seeks oblivion.

Emma and Julien must do everything they can to stop the next attack.

by both Republicans and Democrats following President Clinton's meeting with Congressional leaders yesterday at the Capitol. The President and Vice President Gore met with Congressional leaders to discuss the budget and other matters.

Watch as the hospital war reaches a climax and Violet goes on the warpath.

Police say one killed the rest but did not say which of the six was the suspect. A husband and wife among the dead had invested with two of the others, suggesting that money could be a motive.

Adding a foreign word to your vocabulary is like adding foreign attire to your wardrobe. Sometimes you do it because it's practical and sometimes just because you think it looks cool. Linguist Geoff Nunberg says Americans' use of "spot on" falls somewhere between affectation and flash.

A third of black Americans say they avoid calling the police when in need because of fear of discrimination. And nearly half say they or a family member have been treated unfairly by the courts.