Arts & Culture
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Georgia Garden Connects Cherokee Nation to Its Roots
Tribal elder helps safeguard Cherokee culture with more than 400 traditional plants
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You Are Never Too Old to Believe in a Better Future
And that could be good for you
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This Reconstruction-Era Church Is a Place of Sanctuary, Liberation and Reunion
With many rural churches closing their doors, Riverhill has found a way to thrive for over 150 years
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Living With the Freedom Caucus
Wyoming, the first state where the caucus gained control, shows what happens when “limited government” advocates direct public policy
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What Rural America Can Learn from Haitian Immigrants
Immigrant communities have developed sophisticated survival strategies. Those lessons can serve rural people facing their own crisis of abandonment.
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A Strategy to Heal America’s Rural-Urban Divide
Political scientist Suzanne Mettler sees county party chairs as key to our democracy
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Our Readers’ Favorite Books of 2025
The books—old and new—that our readers and staff enjoyed this year
From Midwest Connections
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On Caucus Day in Iowa, a Different Kind of Spin Cycle
Ordinary acts of care teach us to look beyond false claims to glory
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December 24, 2025
How a Small Nebraska Town Became an Arts Destination
The Bone Creek Museum of Agrarian Art has put David City on the map
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Agriculture
December 18, 2025
‘Homesick for the Land Itself’
Author, farmer and advocate Brooks Lamb on cultivating common ground through love for the land
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Culture
November 27, 2025
Coal Country Thanksgiving
The meaning of an old mountain tradition before it became “heritage cooking”
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