Texas Longhorns wore the most unruly, belligerent cattle. And so the idea that this little piece of barbed wire could keep them out of anywhere was just laughable.

The story of how barbed wire enclosed the American West

A double self portrait: the darker-skinned Frida on the right is the indigenous Mexican that was adored by her husband, and the lighter-skinned Frida on the left is the European Frida that her husband rejected.

Hours before the TV, my mouth
agape, repeating after every American cartoon…

Once there were coyotes…

Back in the 1930s, Alan Lomax traveled the country recording obscure musicians of all stripes for the Library of Congress. Lomax believed that the culture of poor Americans was important, and worthy of saving. And it was these same beliefs that led to an investigation by the FBI.