Laura Ingalls Wilder

Laura Ingalls Wilder's "Little House" series is the best introduction for a child to virtues indispensable to liberty.

A recent documentary reminds us of her family’s strength and our own weakness.

A network of professional librarians seeks to destroy a beloved literary heroine and malign her creator.

Librarians are once again raising concerns over the book’s depiction of Native Americans.

How Laura Ingalls Wilder’s frontier vision of freedom and survival lives on in Trump’s America.

Melissa Gilbert's lost bid for Congress and the forgotten political history of 'Little House on the Prairie.'

The beloved family show left a lasting legacy.

The fashion trend is shorn entirely of the racism and colonial entitlement it once cloaked.

When a trillion locusts ate everything in sight.

For its ubiquity and richness, the American library building stands as a reflection of the country’s enlightened calling.

The traditional wooden barn persists even as family farms have been almost entirely replaced by multinational agribusiness.

Two recent books examine the idea of the Midwest as a haven for white supremacy and patriarchy.

Power and ambition in women are often hidden, buried, disguised, crushed, mocked, diminished, punished, or excoriated.

The 1874 locust swarm was estimated to be twice the square mileage of the state of Colorado. Why don't locusts swarm anymore?

Fear of diminishing broodstock got the gals going outdoors.