Rachael Hanel
Rachael Hanel began her career as a newspaper reporter and now teaches creative nonfiction at Minnesota State University, Mankato. She’s the author of Not the Camilla We Knew: One Woman’s Path from Small-Town America to the Symbionese Liberation Army (2022) and We’ll Be the Last Ones to Let You Down: Memoir of a Gravedigger’s Daughter (2013).
Latest articles
page 1 of 1 Education
May 8, 2025
Beyond the Ivy League, International Students at Rural Colleges Are Being Detained by ICE
Students, teachers and staff work “day and night” to protect the rights of international students, often the lifeblood of rural college towns
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Politics
October 16, 2024
Crime Is Down. Why Do So Many Rural Americans Think It’s Going Up?
False claims of “migrant crime” echo the Ku Klux Klan’s fear mongering
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