I’ve been asked the same question for a few months now. It goes something like this: “Why the religion beat?” That’s usually followed by: “I’ve never heard of religion as a journalism beat.” This question came up a lot earlier this summer during Report For America’s national gathering in Chicago. […]
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I grew up in a suburb of Cleveland in the 1950s and 1960s where in school we learned about “poor” people in Appalachia (we pronounced it Ap-a-LAY-shuh). Images of skinny, barefoot children playing in dirt and Pres. Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty. The words hillbilly, white trash and redneck were […]
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This article was written before FDA authorization of the COVID-19 vaccine for children under the age of 12. The COVID-19 pandemic has been by far the most distressing experience of my life. We learned to live wearing masks and only hang out with our friends outside. Over the past eighteen […]
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President Biden’s climate plan attempts to set America on a clear path towards carbon neutrality and updating our infrastructure to take into account the energy transition that needs to take place in our country to avoid further perpetuating the climate crisis. As he heads overseas to a climate conference in […]
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I drove to the polls on Election Day not knowing what to expect. I decided not to vote early, despite the many texts urging me to do so. I didn’t make this decision out of fear that my vote was in danger of not being counted, but because I’m not […]
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Counting every resident of the United States of America can seem a mundane and monumental undertaking all at once. Conducted every 10 years, the U.S. Census is a mandate of the Constitution. For rural communities, the scope of the work and its stakes couldn’t be higher. Why the Census Should Be […]
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