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Inaugural poet Richard Blanco reads Twitter poem submissions for NPR's celebration of National Poetry Month.

'How To Love A Country' Poet Richard Blanco Reads Your #NPRPoetry

For National Poetry Month, Blanco, who was selected as President Obama's inaugural poet in 2013, says we can harness this time of isolation for observation in the name of poetry.

The women of the Brown Girls Book Club could not miss the opportunity to join together for this historic moment: the inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.

Brown Girls Book Club Comes Together To Celebrate And Watch Historic Inauguration

The group of women who've met for 25 years watched the event with tears and cheers. Some are, like Kamala Harris, graduates of Howard University and/or members of Harris' Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority.

This rendering shows a snapshot from a cosmological simulation of a Lyman-alpha blob.

Astronomers Find Clues In The Case Of The Glowing Space 'Blobs'

Blobs in space emitting eerie, unexplained light have been puzzling astronomers for more than 15 years. Now, they think they are on to the cause of the mysterious glow.

Battered And Bruised, Perry Returns To Texas

Gov. Rick Perry is back in Texas, after dropping out of the race for the Republican presidential nomination. He's returned battered and bruised, but he still has strong supporters in his home state.

Remembering Actor Chadwick Boseman

Actor Chadwick Boseman, who starred in Black Panther and many other films, has died at the age of 43.

Historian David McCullough, shown here in 2013, has died at 89. He wrote extensively and compellingly about American history and won two Pulitzer Prizes.

Pulitzer Prize winning historian David McCullough has died

He wrote acclaimed books about Harry Truman and John Adams, along with the Brooklyn Bridge and the Panama Canal. He also was the authoritative voice narrating TV films such as The Civil War in 1990.

<p>Sproul Plaza at the University of California, Berkeley. Tuition at U.C. Berkeley was about $700 a year in the 1970s. Today, families pay over $15,000 per year to attend. </p>

Why Is College So Expensive?

Occupy Wall Street protesters say the high cost of college is one of the barriers between them and a good life. College costs have skyrocketed, though maybe not as much as you might think.

Catholics at Villanova University, where Pope Leo XIV once attended, celebrate Mass

Pope Leo XIV once attended Villanova University. Catholics packed the St. Thomas of Villanova church to celebrate Sunday Mass and the new pope.

Pope Leo challenges Lebanon's political class to seek the 'common good'

In Lebanon, a country whose political leaders are accused of vast corruption, Pope Leo has asked the political class to set aside personal interests for the shared benefit of society.

Sick with chikungunya, Karla Sepulveda, 5, waits in a public hospital with her grandmother in Boca Chica, Dominican Republic, on May 15. The Caribbean nation has reported more than 100,000 cases this year.

Chikun-What? A New Mosquito-Borne Virus Lands In The U.S.

It's called chikungunya. And it causes severe joint pain that can last for months. A quarter of a million people have caught the virus in the Caribbean. So how big a problem will it be stateside?

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