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Author Jerry Harrington discusses his new biography on Iowa. Governor and Senator Harold Hughes.
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Looking back at 100 years of the Equal Rights Amendment and looking ahead to what's next
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Colson Whitehead won the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize for his novel about a young enslaved woman who escapes a Georgia plantation on a literal train to freedom.
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Native people discuss the realities of being Indigenous in 2023, and the former principal chief of the Osage Nation offers his perspective on Killers of the Flower Moon.
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In 1971, a highway crew uncovered the bones of 28 people.
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The State Historical Building of Iowa, including its museum and research center, fully reopened in October after five years of renovations.
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Talk of Iowa host Charity Nebbe speaks with author David Treuer about his book, The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present.
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The Grout Museum, founded in 1956, created the Black Stories Collective exhibit in an attempt to correct years of underrepresentation.
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When colleges close, they don’t disappear. Closures leave students in flux and facilities unattended. And in the case of Iowa Wesleyan University, a collection that needs a home. The University of Iowa has taken on the role of safeguarding the now-shuttered university's archival records.
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The author of Wrong Tree: Adventures in Wildlife Biology partnered with his wife, an illustrator and environmental educator, to bring readers into the world of a wildlife technician.