Arts & Culture

Environment
August 23, 2023

Montana Youths Win Landmark Climate Case. How Will It Shape Energy Policy in the State?

In the first legal opinion of its kind, a judge ruled in favor of a constitutional right to a healthful environment.

Amanda Eggert, Montana Free Press & Micah Drew, Flathead Beacon
Agriculture
July 6, 2023

Are Cannabis Growers Farmers? More Than a Name Is at Stake

Vermont and other states consider how to regulate the new industry

Culture
June 2, 2023

How Two Iowa Librarians Are Standing Up for Readers

Rural libraries build community and push back against censorship

Culture
May 22, 2023

For My Immigrant Family, the Library Opened New Doors

What libraries can do to reach more families like mine

Culture
May 17, 2023

“We’ve Had Death Threats, Bomb Threats”

Rural libraries, often a lifeline, now face efforts to ban books and restrict funding

Culture
May 10, 2023

Eating Disorders in Farm Country

We speak openly about the dangers of not wearing a seatbelt or abusing drugs or alcohol, but we don’t routinely talk to our young people about the dangers of eating disorders.

Environment
April 21, 2023

Five Myths About Wild Horses in the West

Despite Bureau of Land Management claims, wild horses do not damage the ecosystems of the American West

History
April 3, 2023

This Small Nebraska Town Hosted Negro League Clubs and Possibly an Official Major League Baseball Game

Oxford, Neb., (pop. 1,141), hosted Negro league baseball games in the 1940s

Culture
March 18, 2023

Hunting the Dinosaurs of Lake Winnebago

Conservation, community and a hole in the ice

Culture
January 31, 2023

The Battle Over Religion in Public Schools

How school prayer, intelligent design, and Bible classes faded from the conservative agenda.

Politics
January 28, 2023

Critical Race Theory has Town on Edge

Bomb threats, bullying, Christian nationalists and critical race theory divide Kiel, Wisconsin

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