Arts & Culture
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Our Readers’ Favorite Books of 2025
The books—old and new—that our readers and staff enjoyed this year
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How a Small Nebraska Town Became an Arts Destination
The Bone Creek Museum of Agrarian Art has put David City on the map
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‘Homesick for the Land Itself’
Author, farmer and advocate Brooks Lamb on cultivating common ground through love for the land
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Coal Country Thanksgiving
The meaning of an old mountain tradition before it became “heritage cooking”
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At Gilliard Farms, Food, Healing and Heritage Grow Together
For 150 years, a family of Gullah Geechee descent has preserved their story through family land
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How an Oil Boom Town Is Building New Opportunities Outside of the Oil Field
A decade after the Bakken oil rush, Watford City has remade itself into a growing community by keeping young people local
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Farm Aid, at 40, Offers a Lifeline for Farmers Facing Their Worst Crisis in Decades
Willie Nelson, Neil Young and Bob Dylan headline a milestone 12-hour benefit concert
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Iowa Republicans Are Erasing the State’s History
Sixty percent of the historical society archives are being trashed with no transparency
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Will Cuts in Rural Programs Leave the Same Lasting Wounds as the 2008 Financial Crisis?
Rural families like mine are still grappling with the long-term mental health consequences of housing loss
From Midwest Connections
Midwest Connections
On Caucus Day in Iowa, a Different Kind of Spin Cycle
Ordinary acts of care teach us to look beyond false claims to glory
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July 16, 2025
What You Can Do to Protect Public Radio and TV
Our public media was designed to be free from political interference. Let’s keep it that way.
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Culture
June 23, 2025
Spearfishing Makes a Splash in Michigan
How one man’s passion brought new life to the sport in the Great Lakes
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Agriculture
June 16, 2025
Barbara Damrosch’s Life in the Garden
The acclaimed garden writer’s latest book is part memoir, part garden guide and part call to action
Holli Cederholm; photos by Kelsey Kobik
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