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As we count down to the new year, we asked our readers what they thought were the top political stories of 2021. Here's what they picked.

Organized pressure groups, not individual parents, are leading the fight to remove books from shelves, according to a new report from the American Library Association.

Weekend Edition Saturday host Scott Simon talks with Milton Esterow, editor of ARTnews, about this year's list of the world's top 200 art collectors.

The 2022 Yukon Quest got underway on the Chena River in downtown Fairbanks at 11 Saturday morning. Seven mushers, all Quest veterans, are in the 350 mile race: including past thousand mile race champions Brent Sass and Matt Hall. While this year’s race is again shorter, it still traverses the challenging terrain along the stretch of the standard Quest trail from Fairbanks to Central, plus an added 70 mile loop outside of Central, before heading back to Fairbanks. KUAC’s Yukon Quest reporter Lex Treinen talked with mushers about the challenges ahead.

"It is HIGHLY unlikely that we will find any legal sprinkles that we will use as a replacement," says Rich Myers, owner of the Get Baked bakery in Leeds. "I am extremely passionate about sprinkles."

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with former Department of Defense special counsel and New York University law professor Ryan Goodman about the Jan. 6 committee's fifth public hearing on Capitol Hill Thursday.

The Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol has left a lasting impact on everything from relationships between members of Congress to the political focus of lawmakers.

Top leaders in the House and Senate agreed this weekend on a bill that would extend government funding in two-tiers with some programs expiring on March 1 while others would be extended to March 8.

The United Nations has long been in the spotlight over allegations of child rape and other sexual abuses by its peacekeepers, especially by those based in Congo and the Central African Republic.

Chairman Bennie Thompson's letter to Jordan asks for information and an interview to discuss his conversations with President Donald Trump on Jan. 6.