Power of Place

American industrial workers in steel, grain, textiles, and shipping tell their stories of labor and life along the Erie Canal. These are the men and women who built American economic prosperity on the Canal for 150 years, and bore the brunt of its decline in the final decades of the 20th century.

WOSU Public Media, in collaboration with the Ohio History Connection, a Tribal Advisory Council, and historical, archaeological, cultural and tribal experts, is creating a 6-part digital docu-series focused on the Hopewell culture and their Ceremonial Earthworks. The Hopewell culture thrived from 1 AD to 400 AD and included diverse peoples from eastern North America. Many of Ohio's historical tribes trace their origins back to this remarkable civilization. The series will hig

MinneHistory introduces young viewers and families to diverse people and events from Minnesota history.

Hurricane Harvey became the nation’s worst rainstorm, flooding more than 154,000 homes across Harris County, Texas and forcing citizens and representatives to rethink long-term flood mitigation plans. Nearly one year later, everyday Houstonians reflect on how the storm changed their lives – from the way they define community to how they envision their future and the future of Houston.

Little Rock, Arkansas's, West 9th Street was once a vibrant, African-American business and entertainment district. Taborian Hall is the only remaining historic structure on West 9th Street and stands as a living witness of the street's former glory days.

Explore the effects of the 1930’s depression-era Dust Bowl, not only on Arizona’s economy, but also the area’s demographics and culture.

It Started Here: Early Arkansas and The Louisiana Purchase, chronicles the people and land of Arkansas, between the signing of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, leading up to Arkansas statehood in 1836.

As a child growing up along the Bering Sea in Alaska, Clyde Oxerok hunted walrus with village elders, relying on solid sea ice for nine months of the year. But as Arctic temperatures have risen, the ice is now dangerously thin, and only appears for three months. That’s transforming the foods that indigenous communities hunt, forcing them to find new prey as the temperature steadily rises. In the After the Ice series, elders from villages in the Bering Sea region of Alaska sha