History

Erika Schwartz was born in a Jewish ghetto in Hungary in 1944, one day before Nazis sealed it off. Against all odds she and her mother survived the Holocaust, eventually moving to the United States.

Two developers received COVID-19 relief money to help bring more affordable housing to the city.

One can find unfounded conspiracy theories throughout U.S. history. On this episode of River to River — how conspiracy theories take root, grow and do real damage.

The Theatre Museum of Repertoire Americana opened in 1973 in Mount Pleasant, reflecting a longtime dream of repertoire theatre company owners and actors Neil and Caroline Schaffner.

We examine the history of the fully-integrated mining town of Buxton and the activism and advocacy of Alexander Clark.

A man of working class origins who overcame severe alcoholism to become the governor of Iowa and a U.S. Senator — on this episode of River to River, the life of Harold Hughes.

Rev. Ray Dial may be best known as the man who taught Pulitzer Prize-winner Nikole Hannah Jones the significance of the date 1619. Dial continues to inspire Iowans to strive, think and ask hard questions.

Author Jerry Harrington discusses his new biography on Iowa. Governor and Senator Harold Hughes.

Looking back at 100 years of the Equal Rights Amendment and looking ahead to what's next

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.