Arts & Culture

Midwest Connections
November 1, 2023

Rage Against the Outrage Machine

The virtue of seeing the other in their many dimensions

History
October 25, 2023

How the ’70s Counterculture Shaped My Ozark Childhood

Going back-to-the-land meant confronting my family's, and our nation's, fraught racial history

Culture
October 17, 2023

Ecliptical Realities

A writer's quest to discover the allure of the eclipse

Health Care
October 9, 2023

As Rural Hospitals Disappear, Air Ambulances Struggle to Fill the Gap

Air ambulances are now a lifeline for many rural communities. But there is no guarantee they'll stick around.

History
September 18, 2023

Pioneer Letitia Carson Escaped Slavery to Became One of Oregon’s First Farmers

Racial justice advocates work to memorialize the historic homestead of Letitia and her white husband David Carson

Jaclyn Moyer, High Country News
Midwest Connections
September 13, 2023

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Seek Common Ground

To build community, we have to step outside of our bubble

Politics
September 7, 2023

Why the Health of Rural Communities Depends on Universal Broadband

Telehealth could save lives and reduce costs for underserved rural households.

Politics
September 6, 2023

Rural Tennessee County Uses Opioid Settlement Funds to Collect Highway Litter

None of the $2.7 million Greene County has received has been used to address its epidemic of drug overdose deaths

Aneri Pattani, KFF Health News
History
August 24, 2023

The Forgotten Victims Downwind of Oppenheimer’s Bomb

How popular narratives obscure the victims of America's first dirty bomb.

Joshua Wheeler, photography by Reto Sterchi
Environment
August 23, 2023

Montana Youths Win Landmark Climate Case. How Will It Shape Energy Policy in the State?

In the first legal opinion of its kind, a judge ruled in favor of a constitutional right to a healthful environment.

Amanda Eggert, Montana Free Press & Micah Drew, Flathead Beacon
Agriculture
July 6, 2023

Are Cannabis Growers Farmers? More Than a Name Is at Stake

Vermont and other states consider how to regulate the new industry

Culture
June 2, 2023

How Two Iowa Librarians Are Standing Up for Readers

Rural libraries build community and push back against censorship

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