“Small towns around Wisconsin are depopulating, the main streets emptying and shuttering. An American way of life is disappearing, and with it, an exchange is made. If there is no future for small-towns, what about local media like the Eau Claire Leader-Telegram? Who will report on the illegal acts of multinational corporations polluting the countryside? […]
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Eurovision Reminds Me of a Country That No Longer Exists
“Europe’s pop music Olympics makes me nostalgic for my motherland before war splintered it.”
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The Enduring Legacy of Elijah McClain’s Tragic Death
“In summer 2020, the nation’s attention turned to the killing of a 23-year-old Aurora man. His death prompted a flood of more than 8,500 letters from outside the state of Colorado—all begging Governor Jared Polis for justice. We read every one.”
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The Eloquent Vindicator in the Electric Room
No one remembers the assassination of Congressman James M. Hinds. What do we risk by making it just another part of American history?
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Fast Times on America’s Slowest Train
A surreal train ride between Chicago and New Orleans proves that Amtrak still has a lot to offer. (Not including speed or the food.)
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Tracking the Pacific Drug Highway
“How Latin American cartels are reshaping the narcotics trade across the world’s largest ocean.”
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By All Measures
Our problems are too vast, our distance from them too great. How do we navigate our derangement of scale?
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The Multiplying Border
“The border is an elastic regime, rather than a fixed line, that can exist anywhere and everywhere.”
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Death by Duxelles
“This was a story of culinary disguise, of meat concealed in dough and murder masquerading as lunch.”
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The Lessons of Lore
Ghost stories reveal our collective anxieties amid times of change.
