I’ve been thinking a little about the Dust Bowl, prompted by the Ken Burns documentary that we’ve just now gotten around to watching. Yeah, I know. It’s five below out, ...

Ramtin talks with filmmaker Ken Burns about the revolution that made the U.S., and the surprising lessons he thinks it holds for us today. Ken Burns, documentary filmmaker. To access bonus episodes ...

About 90 years ago, American farmers in the Great Plains had so ravaged the thin soil there that a series of droughts turned the region into a vast expanse of dust, which formed monstrous storms and ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - The Kansas Dust Bowl scarred part of the prairie and damaged agricultural land in the 1930s. On Wednesday Humanities Kansas hosted an event remembering the Kansas Dust Bowl. The ...

Two paintings by Oklahoma artist Mike Wimmer are featured in Ken Burns' new PBS docuseries, "The American Revolution." The documentary series explores the founding of America and features voice work ...

It was 1860 and America was at an inflection point. It wasn't just slavery that was on trial: the Founding Fathers' vision itself was up for grabs. A growing segment of America’s population—mostly in ...

BETTENDORF, Iowa — A Bettendorf middle school student who earned national recognition for a documentary on school book bans has now received guidance from one of the most renowned documentary ...