Religion

The Great Spirit (Why I am a Pagan)

Zitkála-Šá, born on the Yankton Indian Reservation in 1876, embraces the religion of her ancestors
Zitkála-Šá

Eating Disorders in Farm Country

We speak openly about the dangers of not wearing a seatbelt or abusing drugs or alcohol, but we don’t routinely talk to our young people about the dangers of eating disorders.
Rev. Dr. Judy Kincaid
Two women stand waist-deep in water holding a spool of kelp attached to a rope

Shinnecock Farmers and Nuns Use Kelp To Restore Bay Ecosystem

Casey McCorry

Let Everyone Take a Chance on Romance

Rev. Dr. Judy Kincaid
hands clasped in prayer over an open book

The Battle Over Religion in Public Schools

Jonathan Zimmerman
USDA inspectors at a meatpacking plant

Meatpacking, Migration and the American Dream

Dayton Martindale
Pigs on a truck on their way to a slaughterhouse

God and Hogs

The vertical integration of faith and death at Tyson Foods
Kristy Nabhan-Warren

The Reverend’s Solution to New Year’s Resolutions

Rev. Dr. Judy Kincaid
a red rural church in the background with fields of crops in the foreground

The Politics of Loving Your Neighbor in Rural America

Rev. Dr. Judy Kincaid
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