Oct 22nd, 2007 · In Texas, the land commissioner has stirred a huge public outcry by refusing to sell a stretch of state-owned badlands to Big Bend National Park. The commissioner says the Christmas Mountains won't go to any entity that would ban firearms and hunting, as every national park now does.
May 15th, 2006 · A visit to an isolated, poverty-stricken village in China's mountainous Northwest illustrates how far some rural areas lag behind the country's cities -- and the challenges Beijing faces in improving life for Chinese farmers.
Jan 24th, 2006 · Marty Stuart has a handful of new albums that celebrate American roots music. Soul's Chapel is based on gospel; Badlands is an homage to the Lakota tribe; and Live at the Ryman focuses on bluegrass.
Nov 8th, 2005 · A group of paleontologists doing field work in the badlands of South Dakota are the subject of this next item -- a short, short story by Jeff Ryan. In it, a dig for dinosaur fossils turns up more than expected.
Oct 21st, 2004 · For the past 20 years, Philadelphia's Mural Arts Program has transformed 2,500 city walls into art. The latest project gives voice to the victims and perpetrators of crime in north Philly's Badlands community. Marion Winik reports.