Mikey Weinstein didn’t want to fight the Pentagon. But he saw no other choice. As the founder and president of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF), Weinstein’s battles—in the courts and ...

It wasn’t until 2018, when he made his way back to Michigan, that he would try spearing in the Great Lakes. Up until 2022, speargun fishing in the lakes was only legal for junk fish, meaning less ...

In 2023, Trump-appointed Judge Iain D. Johnston of the U.S. District Court for the District of Northern Illinois ruled that John Deere must face similar claims from farmers who filed a class action ...

In recent years, public schools have been under attack from from outside groups that profess “parents’ rights” and advocate for “school choice.” The leaders of this anti-public school movement has ...

PFAS, also known as “forever chemicals,” are used by industry and are found in consumer products such as nonstick cookware. They can cause cancer, birth defects, liver problems, damage to the immune ...

“The urge to take control of our food supply is a sane one in times of insecurity, especially if we can do it in our own backyards,” she writes in her latest book, A Life in the Garden: Tales and Tips ...

I knew the envelope’s postmark, too: Vanleer, Tennessee—a place with green hills and old tobacco barns and fences that no longer mark much, a place my third graders used to struggle to find on a map, ...

Whether or not one agrees with Tweed’s definition of religion, his choice to begin his story in ancient Texas toward the end of the last Ice Age in North America, rather than New England or Jamestown ...

They didn’t take his bombast and grandiose promises seriously. Like establishing high tariffs. Abolishing the Department of Education. Arresting diverse “enemies,” including a federal judge, a ...

As Americans in communities across the nation prepare to celebrate No Kings Day, Barn Raiser is honored to share the following essay by novelist Robert Jackson Bennett. It was originally published in ...

This story was originally published by Minnesota Women’s Press. “Y our mother’s art is so direct, so full of hard lessons and stories, and so full of love. That’s what amazes me—your writing is the ...