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Critics widely consider 1971 one of the best years in music history. For NPR's 50th anniversary, public radio stations turn back the clock and reflect on the year's best tracks.

New York Times correspondent Peter Baker has covered the last four presidents. He says President Trump has crossed so many boundaries that "it's easy to become inured to it."

In the old days, the Catholic Church was almighty and the cardinal was closer to king. The sexual abuse scandal and church's rigidity on social issues changed that.

How's it possible a twice-divorced casino mogul and former supporter of abortion rights is leading with evangelical voters? Donald Trump is channeling anti-establishment frustration, but can it last?

"Evangelical" is one of the most poorly defined terms in the U.S. political conversation.

NPR Music's Ann Powers moderates the first-time meeting of far-flung soulmates. Hurray for the Riff Raff's new album was inspired, in part, by adrienne maree brown's book Emergent Strategy.

The prolific and beloved musician, born Gregory Shorter Jr., died last week at the age of 40 — but not before helping found a musical movement in his hometown that has since spread worldwide.

“Will one of these fit?” Wendell R. Haag asks, holding out a couple pairs of well-worn creeking shoes he’s pulled from the back of his pickup, both…

Emerging from the soup of groovy San Francisco, The Residents went on to outweird them all. Last week, one of the group's co-founders and its central composer died at 73 — but not anonymously.

"I absolutely was an advocate" for destroying CIA interrogation tapes in 2005, Haspel said, if the act was found to be "conforming to U.S. law."