Feb 13, 2018
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...
Jan 12, 2018
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...
Dec 20, 2017
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?...
Dec 13, 2017
After several phone conversations with Euneika Rogers-Sipp about her work in the Black Belt, I felt increasingly compelled to head down to Alabama to meet her in person and get a taste of her world. Two weeks before press deadline, I jumped in the car with two friends...
Dec 1, 2017
Volume 2 of Real Small Towns Magazine has been printed and is making its way into the world. I hope you will enjoy the rich content and beautiful photos. Please take a moment to check out the list of incredible contributors to whom I am immensely grateful! Currently,...
Jun 13, 2017
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...