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The rural vote is vital on November 5. Even a small shift in the electoral margins of rural counties could determine the outcome of the presidential election in battleground states. Down ballot, the ...

In late 1966, residents of Point Pleasant, West Virginia, began reporting encounters with a six- or seven-foot tall creature with glowing eyes and large wings. Local papers dubbed it the “Mothman,” ...

All too often, rural America is neglected by candidates at the top of the ticket. And when those candidates do the token farm stop, they often hit on a handful of tired messages about feeding the ...

Since 1964, I have consistently voted for third-party candidates in presidential elections—but not this time. This year, I am tossing my political purity and sanctimony out the window and voting for ...

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The epitome of the holler tale gone viral is that of the Jersey Devil. This story has so many variations in the nearly 250 years since it originated. While many do not associate New Jersey with the ...

Wenda Sheard became a candidate for public office not because she thought she’d win, but because nobody else was willing to run. The self-described grandma, attorney, former teacher and trained ...

Native voters in swing states could help decide the 2024 election. Young voters are leading a push to make Native voices even ...

On October 3, Sauk County citizens gathered in Baraboo, Wisconsin, to meet with Lina Khan, chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and discuss community concerns about the county’s publicly-owned ...

This is the third story in a series of travel-based dispatches from rural America. Over the next few months, Oklahoma-based journalist Kristi Eaton will travel throughout rural America in search of ...