Ninety years ago, the worst dust storm in American history blasted the Great Plains. The Dust Bowl had arrived.

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Explore Tamara de Lempicka's bold Art Deco works at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, featuring 92 paintings and drawings.

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“The Refugees” and “Escape (Somewhere in Europe)” depict the human suffering inflicted by the coming of war, echoing the Depression-era photos of Dorothea Lange. Lempicka’s work is well ...

Early in Portlander Karen Russell’s latest novel, The Antidote, its titular witch is trying on names. Rather than cast spells, the Antidote’s powers as a so-called “prairie witch” are akin to an ...

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American photojournalist Dorothea Lange took photos in the hopes of effecting social change, and her most famous images emerged from her work with government agencies during the Great Depression.