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President-elect Joe Biden plucked Tom Vilsack to serve as agricultural secretary, a former Iowa governor who filled the role under President Obama.

A rendering of Frank Lloyd Wrights unbuilt design for the Arizona State Capitol. STEVE GOLDSTEIN: Some of Arizonas best known and striking designs were created by international legend Frank Lloyd Wright. Not included in that group is the state Capitol, but that isnt for lack of trying. In the late 1950s, Wright offered his architectural vision for the Capitol complex, but lawmakers were unenthusiastic. A story about Wrights approach to the Capitol — and visuals of what those ideas would have ...

Black farmers, civil rights advocates seething over Vilsack pick POLITICO 12/10/2020 © Alex Wong/Getty Images Tom Vilsack. President-elect Joe Biden’s decision to bring Tom Vilsack back to lead the Agriculture Department has enraged many farmers of color who say his record on civil rights should have disqualified him from the job. The criticism comes as Biden is under intense pressure to name a historically diverse Cabinet and expectations had been particularly high for USDA, which has b...

President-elect Joe Biden’s decision to bring Tom Vilsack back to lead the Agriculture Department has enraged many farmers of color who say his record on civil rights should have disqualified him from the job. The criticism comes as Biden is under intense pressure to name a historically diverse Cabinet and expectations had been particularly high for USDA, which has been almost exclusively led by white men and systematically discriminated against farmers of color and women, giving them far les...

the whigs use crockett and teased about running him for president in some of them are very serious. i think crockett was more genuine than a lot of these so-called down-home candidates we have today. and i will tell you this, he was a lot greater. [laughter] [applause] i think you would probably be astounded by the dumbing down of the country because he was always trying to improve himself. he really did. we found his copy. this guy has been portrayed as a bug in. there was something r...

to us by design. for our annual design issue weve come to the dream house of ledgeenary newspaper publisher william randolph hearst but hes hardly the only american to have followed his dream as john blackstone will report in our cover story. >> reporter: where is your dream house? is it a light house on the coast of maine, a silo by a trout stream in utah or an aerie made of steel and glass high above the pacific ocean in californias big sur? you cant get closer to the edge of the con...

publisher william randolph hearst but hes hardly the only american to have followed his dream as john blackstone will report in our cover story. >> reporter: where is your dream house? is it a light house on the coast of maine, a silo by a trout stream in utah or an aerie made of steel and glass high above the pacific ocean in californias big sur? you cant get closer to the edge of the continent than this. >> no, you really cant. >> reporter: well follow some dreamers to their dream ho...

weve come to the dream house of legendary newspaper publisher william randolph hearst. hes hardly the only american who have followed his dream as john blackstone will report in our cover story. >> reporter: where is your dream house? is it a light house on the coast of maine, a silo by a trout stream in utah, or made of steel and glass high above the pacific ocean in californias big sur. you cant get closer to edge of the continent than this? >> no, you really cant. >> reporter: well ...

who have followed his dream as john blackstone will report in our cover story. >> reporter: where is your dream house? is it a light house on the coast of maine, a silo by a trout stream in utah, or made of steel and glass high above the pacific ocean in californias big sur. you cant get closer to edge of the continent than this? >> no, you really cant. >> reporter: well follow some dreamers to their dream houses later on sunday morning. >> osgood: hearst castle was designed for entert...

about how far away their food is coming from, and so there is a group of people in the food movement that are thinking beyond just how cheap it is. and yeah, they also have more disposable income. but i think theres room to start thinking about adding those concerns to -- if im going to pay a little more for organic, do i want to pay a little more for a company thats providing health care? for farm workers or that is paying a sustainable wage? and i think thats -- theres a promise in t...