Racial Justice

Susie Clark: The Bravest Girl You've Ever Seen tells the story of the 13-year-old girl and her family who desegregated Iowa schools nearly a century before Brown v. The Board of Education.

Acclaimed Iowa author Paul Kix discusses his book about the 1963 Birmingham campaign, You Have to Be Prepared to Die Before You Can Begin to Live.

Center Street was the main business and entertainment district for Black residents in Des Moines through the early to mid-1900s.

For many of the domesticated animals we live with, it’s pretty easy to see how they might be related to their wild ancestors — but where did cattle come from?

Paul Kix, acclaimed author from Iowa, discusses his new book about the 1963 Birmingham campaign, You Have to Be Prepared to Die Before You Can Begin to Live.

Business developer is another credit to add to Marquas Ashworth's resume.

The 14th annual 80/35 music festival will take place at Gateway Park for the last time this weekend. The new location will be announced at the festival.

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.

Juneteenth, a federal holiday, honors the emancipation of enslaved people in Galveston, Texas on June 19, 1865, the final group of Americans to be notified they were free.

The natural climate phenomenon El Niño has emerged this June. What will that mean for temperatures and precipitation in the coming months?