NPR (Scott Simon) - Opinion: America is still a work in progress Sat Jul 4 12:00:00 2026 Poets like Walt Whitman and Langston Hughes have written movingly about America. Channelt.me/News_Wire2 Sourcehttps://www.npr.org/2026/07/04/nx-s1-5871128/opinion-america-is-still-a-work-in-progress Keywordsamericausaopinionculturehistoryliteraturepoetrynprscott-simonamerican-identitysocietydemocracynational-culturewalt-whitmanlangston-hughesstorytellingamericana