Arts & Culture

Georgia Garden Connects Cherokee Nation to Its Roots

Tribal elder helps safeguard Cherokee culture with more than 400 traditional plants

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

Living With the Freedom Caucus

Wyoming, the first state where the caucus gained control, shows what happens when “limited government” advocates direct public policy

My Life in Funerals

At my age, farewells to the departed are the mainstay of my social life

White America Gets a Look in the Mirror

“Natchez” is a snapshot of all America, not just the South

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.

A Strategy to Heal America’s Rural-Urban Divide

Political scientist Suzanne Mettler sees county party chairs as key to our democracy

Our Readers’ Favorite Books of 2025

The books—old and new—that our readers and staff enjoyed this year
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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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Culture
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

Agriculture
December 18, 2025

‘Homesick for the Land Itself’

Author, farmer and advocate Brooks Lamb on cultivating common ground through love for the land

Culture
November 27, 2025

Coal Country Thanksgiving

The meaning of an old mountain tradition before it became “heritage cooking”