Wait —Wisconsin? Where is that again?

Wait —Wisconsin? Where is that again?

As a new student at Yale in the fall of 2016 whenever I mentioned that I’m from rural Wisconsin, an inevitable series of questions followed. “I literally have no idea what Wisconsin even is,” a friend once admitted over coffee. Never did I imagine that what I thought...
From Mining Gold to Farming Ice

From Mining Gold to Farming Ice

How an Icy Manmade Playground Transformed Ouray’s Wintertime Economy The color of money may be green, but in Ouray, Colorado, fortune has always come painted in primary colors. Red, for the nearby Red Mountains – iron-rich, glacier-carved remnants of ancient volcanic...
The Ways and Means: “Open the Doors”

The Ways and Means: “Open the Doors”

What if you could change the trajectory of someone’s life by giving them a huge financial gift, and it would cost you nothing? What if you could plant a seed of economic justice and generosity right where you live, not waiting for national policy to make it happen?...
Casting Anchor in the Scarcity of Rural Life

Casting Anchor in the Scarcity of Rural Life

This beautiful writing was submitted by Elisabeth Fondell who recently moved out of Chicago, where she had been living for more than a  decade, and back to her family homestead in rural Minnesota. “At every moment you choose yourself. But do you choose your self? Body...