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Author Joanna Dee Das explores how Branson, Missouri, transformed from an Ozark tourist town into a hub for faith-based and patriotic entertainment that shaped American conservatism.
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Director Simon Mesa Soto talks about his indie film A Poet and how filmmaking can serve as catharsis.
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The Academy of American Poets gives prizes to university and college students. One of them is Lauren Chumbley.
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A selective look at the dramas, rom-coms, action adventures, and would-be blockbusters Hollywood has in store for cinema audiences before Memorial Day.
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We look back on Jesse Jackson's 1991 Saturday Night Live appearance reading Green Eggs and Ham in honor of Dr. Seuss. Jackson died on Tuesday at age 84.
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A preview of the Feb. 7 symposium from the Black History Commission of Arkansas in Little Rock, as historian Ralph Wilcox explains the origins, reach and fragile legacy of Rosenwald schools across the South. -
Courtesy/Little Rock Public RadioArkansas lawmakers raised concerns over a DHS proposal to shift Medicaid in-home personal care eligibility decisions to physicians. Officials agreed to pull the rule and rework it.
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