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Red Silos, Blue Silos: Neither Side’s Listening

Red Silos, Blue Silos: Neither Side’s Listening

I remember the first Sunday after the 2020 election like it just happened. Joe Biden had beaten Donald Trump, and instead of a concession, Trump gave us talk of stolen votes, rigged machines, and conspiracies thick as molasses. No proof, mind you. Just the usual, “A friend of a friend

Guess What? It Really Is All About the Epstein Files

Guess What? It Really Is All About the Epstein Files

"I TOLD YOU SO!!!".... that’s the text I got from a MAGA buddy, all caps, with a link stuck under it like a tick on a hound. Now, when you live in a small rural town that went 85 percent for Trump last election, you are not

From Mayberry to MAGA

From Mayberry to MAGA

"From Mayberry to MAGA: The Dangerous (False) Nostalgia of The Andy Griffith Show"

Rural America Knows How Greenland Feels. We Just Don’t Have Its Universal Health Care.

Rural America Knows How Greenland Feels. We Just Don’t Have Its Universal Health Care.

Like Greenland, rural America has a history of decisions being made by people who do not live with the consequences

Democrats, There’s a Way Out of The Political Mess We’re In

Democrats, There’s a Way Out of The Political Mess We’re In

I remember Jesse Jackson in a camo jacket marching with the United Mine Workers of America during the Pittston Coal strike in 1989, fighting for our jobs. Back then, Democrats didn’t just talk about working people—they showed up. That felt like our party.

What Democrats Keep Missing About Rural Patriotism

What Democrats Keep Missing About Rural Patriotism

What Democrats Keep Missing About Rural Patriotism