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Bill Kurtis reads three news-related limericks: Fraught Fromage, Dammit, Planet! and Scintillating Scallions.

This election season, hip-hop artists flocked to their mixing boards in unprecedented fashion in support of Barack Obama. Rapper Young Jeezy and professor Mark Anthony Neal discuss the effect of an African-American president-elect on hip-hop.

Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland introduced a bill that would have paid all federal workers. It didn't pass. NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks to Van Hollen about the stalemate in Congress.

The Trump Organization is unveiling a new line of four-star hotels. The first one is due to open soon in a tiny Mississippi Delta town.

Federal income caps are excluding many agricultural workers from affordable housing, leaving developments with vacant units and workers without homes.

Former Georgia Sen. David Perdue has launched a bid for governor, challenging sitting Gov. Brian Kemp in the GOP primary with the ultimate aim of defeating Democrat Stacey Abrams.

Listen to Ben Bemus as he recommends A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers.

Listen to Michael Maxwell as he recommends She Said by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey.

Doug Jones beat Republican Roy Moore, who faced sexual misconduct allegations, to become the next U.S. senator from Alabama. Jones is the first Democrat elected to the Senate from Alabama since 1992.