Midwest

From deadly wildfires to choking dust storms to decimated crop harvests, this year’s drought has left its mark across the country. For the hardest hit areas, such as the Great Plains, recovering from the far-reaching impacts of this historically dry year won’t be easy.

The Trump administration’s formal withdrawal of the U.S. from the Paris Agreement on climate change has members of the Mississippi River Cities and Towns…

It’s only midmorning, but shrimper Thomas Olander is already calling it quits for the day in a small bayou in St. Mary Parish, on the central Louisiana…

With the United Nations and New York City hosting Climate Week 2019 this week, climate change has been on the minds of many. But what does climate change…

Inspired by the work of Nelly, Chingy and other St. Louis rappers, a group of linguists at New York University began studying the “urr” sound in the mid-2000s. At the time, many linguists still wrongly believed that African-American English sounded the same all across the country — a myth that persisted in the field for decades.

Whether you’ve lived here your whole life or just moved to St. Louis, you’ve probably noticed the, erm, particularities of the way St. Louisans speak.…

It's likely that every single person in St. Louis has either heard someone refer to the Midwest as “fly-over” country — or maybe they’ve even used the…

Encore (Original Air Date: 12/20/12)The Midwest sometimes gets short shrift from people on both ends of the country. They often call it “flyover country.”…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: At the KDHX Midwest Mayhem bash last week, people and music came together at the City Museum:So Many…

The Midwest sometimes gets short shrift from people on both ends of the country. They often call it “flyover country.” In other words, they ask, “Why…