Editorial Note: Last week I reached out to three writers and asked them to write stories in the context of the 2016 election–what’s next for our political landscape, economy, environment, and media? I’m joined by some good folks who are volunteering their skills to help get this thing quickly off the ground. Super special thank […]
Running blue in Ohio’s 12th District requires sacrifice without much hope to sustain you. The incumbent was Pat Tiberi, an eight-term US House member buoyed comfortably by a gerrymandered, blood-red constituency and $4 million in the coffers. Not to mention he’d been knighted, an honor bestowed in 2013 by the Italian ambassador to the United States. The […]
Danielle Danielle “Sissy” McLeod Ojibwe, Sault Tribe of Chippewa Indians Bay Mills Indian Community, MI I’m a single mother of two children, and I feel like what’s happening at Standing Rock affects me because I feel like it will be happening here next, with the Great Lakes. People who are high up see it as […]
At 2:55 on a Friday afternoon, the halls of New Sweden Consolidated School sit silent and empty, except for a cluster of backpacks ranged along the wall outside the main office. With a rush of sound, the door from the playground bursts open, and students stream in from afternoon recess, gathering belongings and hurrying toward the main […]
“We need to drop by Dollar General and pick up some Gatorade, lip balm, and toilet paper,” announced my wife. “And some socks.” “I didn’t know you can get socks at — wait, why do we need any of those things?” I asked. “For the forest firefighters up at Lake Lure. The fire station is […]