ImageJuly 7, 2017<July 5, 2017 No Trespassing by Lisa Witz Pozzi Farm, just outside of Valley Ford, California (2014) In the place where I grew up, there are many fences, barbed wires, stakes, and…
ImageApril 14, 2017<March 27, 2017 Rocky River Series: Bridge by Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma Three Rivers, Michigan (March 2017) One of the reasons I love living in downtown Three Rivers is that I get to experience the pleasures…
EssayFebruary 14, 2017<February 14, 2017 Rural is plural by Alex Joyner We were in danger of becoming a caricature. When a parent stood up at a local school board meeting and expressed her dismay at…
EtceteraFebruary 8, 2017<February 6, 2017 Re-imagining rural politics by Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma To establish rural strongholds, progressives must stop stereotyping rural, working-class people as White, reactionary hillbillies who automatically swing Right. History reveals a much more complex truth….