On a Thursday afternoon in early April, two young women addressed the school board in East Tennessee’s rural McMinn County. Both were raised in families ...

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This story was originally published by Journalism Lab. Visitors to the woods surrounding China Hat Road may recognize Zachary “Zack” Polton’s yellow school bus through the trees that line the road to ...

This story was originally published by Journalism Lab. Visitors to the woods surrounding China Hat Road may recognize Zachary "Zack" Polton's yellow ...

I left Mississippi believing opportunity waited elsewhere. After college, military service, and traveling the world, I never expected to return. But ...

This story was originally published by the Maine Monitor. Tractors stand at the ready along rolling wild blueberry barrens ...

When Jill Baker’s email pinged late on a Wednesday night in early April, she had no idea that her role as the director for Humanities Montana was about to ...

April 1, 2025 (no joke) was the spring election in Wisconsin for non-partisan offices. You may have heard about our judicial race for a 10-year-term on ...

At the entrance to the New Kituwah Academy in Cherokee, North Carolina, a big red sign reads ‘English Stops Here.’ The school, which teaches preschool ...