In a recent essay, Atlantic writer Clint Smith argues that without an understanding of our shared history, the “American experiment, as we understand it, will end.” In classrooms across the country, ...

In 2018, Richard Ojeda, a retired U.S. Army major, ran for Congress as a Democrat in West Virginia’s 3rd Congressional District, where, two years ealier, Donald Trump had won by 50 points. Although ...

In a crowded field of major names vying to replace Maine’s term-limited Gov. Janet Mills (D), Troy Jackson, a 5th generation logger from rural Maine who is running in the state’s Democratic primary, ...

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In March 2025, the Trump administration abruptly froze more than $1 billion in funds for local food purchasing programs, dealing a major blow to the schools, food banks and tribal communities who ...

Last September, Rev. Matthew Trewhella, pastor of Mercy Seat Christian Church in Hartland, Wisconsin, a town of 10,000 in Waukesha County, gave a sermon titled “Charlie Kirk, TPUSA, and Homosex: A ...

In September, Breanne Green was researching rising energy prices when she came across a public notice for a $1 billion, 1,07-acre data center proposal in Howell Township, Michigan, where she lives.

Not far from where I live in Columbia County, New York, is a wonderful neighbor called Churchtown Dairy. With its iconic round barn, a cathedral-like structure 80 feet in diameter built with tall ...

I was 23 in January 1956 when I stepped off the Cunard liner Britannic on American soil for the first time. I had worked hard to save the £68 for the six-day journey from England. I was met in ...

Dear Reader of The Nation, For too long, the story of rural America has been written by outsiders. The result? Caricatures, stereotypes and missed opportunities to understand the diverse communities ...