Topic: Rural Life

Energy production on native lands is polluting the reservation and leaving poverty in its dirty shadow.

"It was obviously the dirtiest coal-fired plant in the West."

The Black Mesa and Kayenta mines became the largest coal strip-mining complex in the world.

"Water has the power to take life and to give life. If you don't respect it, you might find yourself in a serious situation."

Explore the largely untold story of industrialized hard rock mining in Butte, Montana.

When the mines closed, a poisonous silence settled over Butte.

The Granite Mountain mine fire killed 168 miners, sparking a strike.

"Every night I prayed that I’d get killed instead of gettin' crippled."

Filmmaker Pamela Roberts offers a behind-the-scenes look at the making of Butte, America.

How do you teach the children of war that there are choices beyond violence and drug trafficking?

“Love thy neighbor” is easier said than done.

The Parish prepares for Christmas midnight Mass.

The racial divide in Lawrence extends even to the homeless.

Sometimes racial tension boils over into violence.

Follow members of the Zionist elite from birth to the crisis that weakened the kibbutz movement.

Is imitation sincerely flattery, or could it be an insidious form of mockery?

When the crops dry up and the neighbors move away, rural schools struggle to stay open.

For the guardians of the corner parking lot, it’s more than a job … it’s a state of mind.

“People were definitely considering the existential implications of the job.”

“That’s kind of where the evening can turn good or bad a lot of the time.”

“I bought the car. How could there not be a place to park it? Surely, it comes with a parking space.”

"Welcome to the CPL, life in a nutshell. Could be heaven, could be hell."

On Wilson Creek, neighbors grapple with a tough choice: saving land or livelihood?

While community opposition to the mine grows, friends still argue over what's best.

Beverly May worries that no one will speak up to mining interests at a public hearing.

While voices opposed to the mining prevail, Terry Ratliff describes the victory as bittersweet.

Step into a virtual mining town in Second Life.

Life in a small town is anything but small.

Judicial candidate Don Luce records a campaign message.

A barber shop patron describes the rhythms and routines of small town living.