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In her book Lives of the Trees: An Uncommon History, author Diana Wells explores the history of and people's relationship with about 100 trees. She says she hopes the book will inspire readers to discover the trees around them because "we need the trees and they need us."

Madisonville and Bowling Green are hosting "Uncommon Wealth," a traveling exhibit of work by Kentucky Artists who have received the Kentucky Arts Council…

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Julie McCarthy has spent most of career traveling the world for NPR. She's covered wars, prime ministers, presidents and paupers. But her favorite stories "are about the common man or woman doing uncommon things," she says.

The family-owned Marion County Record stands out for holding local officials accountable. That role is becoming increasingly rare as local newspapers vanish across the country.

Commentator Lee Cullum says too many Americans have no acquaintance with the past. Cullum says most Americans don't know where Medicare or welfare came from or why, and even some of our elected representatives believe history began with Ronald Reagan. But she draws some hope from the fact that "Sense and Sensibility" is both a best selling book and movie.

Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower envisioned the Kennedy Center as an "artistic mecca." President Trump recently told reporters he'd never seen a show there.

NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr compares two incidents involving American spy planes: the current standoff with China over the damaged EP-3E and the 1960 standoff with Russia over a downed U-2.

In September, the NPR Politics Podcast put together an episode on the U.S. history of abortion rights. Given the leaked Supreme Court draft decision, it provides some helpful context for this moment.