Anyone who ever encountered me in print knows what I think of Donald Trump. I quote from page 107 of “Bible Belt Blues,” a book with my name on the dust jacket: “God help us, we have what we …

In the roller-coaster horror show we’re trying to survive in the second year of the Second Coming of Donald Trump, the unprecedented miracle is that each day seems to bring something more …

The Fourteenth Canto of Dante’s “Inferno” introduces the third ring of the Seventh Circle of Hell, the ring of burning sand that grips and torments those who were violent against God, Art and …

On a sub-zero day in Willmar, Minnesota, 15 residents gathered around a table at a restaurant in town. It was the middle of the usual lunch rush on a Saturday, but the group sat alone. The restaurant …

By ROB DAVIS and STEVE SUO / ProPublica

I’m not sure I know anyone who thought the late Charlie Kirk made important contributions to the national conversation. I don’t know anyone — I hope — who thought he deserved …

Many years ago, when I was a media columnist for the Buffalo News, I hosted an interview program for the local NPR station. My co-host was a tall, attractive Black woman from the Midwest, a star …

By Nicole Foy | ProPublica

There are really two nations here now, of virtually equal size, with almost nothing in common.

Mass layoffs in the National Park Service and U.S. Forest Service threaten public safety, rural economies, and wildfire prevention. By Claire Carlson / The Daily Yonder