Arts & Culture
Arkansas public libraries face uncertain future
There are 133 public libraries in Arkansas, and many of them could be in jeopardy of closing because of cuts from the Trump administration. The …
Texans brace for financial impact of trade wars
Texas is the number one exporting state in the nation - and although tariffs with Mexico and Canada have been delayed, Texans are still uneasy about …
April celebrates the creative combo of libraries, poetry
April is both National Poetry Month and National Library Month, and younger generations are embracing both. The American Library Association says …
Chicago nonprofit transforms former toxic site to feed community
By Angela Burke for Civil Eats.Broadcast version by Judith Ruiz-Branch for Illinois News Connection reporting for the Solutions Journalism Network-Pub…
Library funding at risk, even as literacy scores drop
This has been "National March Into Literacy Month" but it may become tougher over the summer to "march" into a public library and ask for help finding…
AR heroes celebrated at National Medal of Honor Museum
Some 29 Arkansas Medal of Honor recipients will be recognized Tuesday as the National Medal of Honor Museum opens in Arlington, Texas. The museum is …
Film highlights reform need of IL’s parole system through one man’s fight
An Illinois documentary takes a deep dive into the Illinois Prisoner Review Board and the politics that influence its decision-making through one man'…
Iowa 'dance fighter' interprets his world through artform
By Frankie (Amy) Felegy for Arts Midwest.Broadcast version by Mark Moran for Iowa News Service reporting for the Arts Midwest-Public News Service Coll…
Art, action unite at Florida Climate Correction Conference
As Florida grapples with rising sea levels, stronger hurricanes and extreme heat, the state's vulnerability to climate change is impossible to ignore…
Forget the divide! Arts project seeks urban-rural solidarity instead
By Anya Slepyan for The Daily Yonder.Broadcast version by Mike Moen for Minnesota News Connection for the Public News Service/Daily Yonder Collaborati…
GA performance honors Bloody Sunday, spotlights today’s challenges
Sixty years ago this weekend, young activists marched across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, demanding their right to vote and changing …
Alabama teens use art to honor Bloody Sunday and push for change
Sixty years ago this weekend, young activists marched across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, demanding their right to vote and changing history in …