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Life in the Crosshairs

What happens when an ER doctor, who spends his days trying to save lives, goes to hunting school to learn how to take them?

  • 07 August
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A Walk in the Woods

The Statesider, Issue 60: Swimming horses, really big trees, solo trips into the wilderness, hunting school and a Weird Al pilgrimage.

  • 07 August
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Cross-eyed in Appalachia

A cross is a symbol of peace and love to many, but to Robin Caldwell, a Black woman in a county with a visible KKK presence it can mean something very different.

  • 03 July
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Down to the Crossroads

The Statesider, Issue 59: American crossroads, old maps, noodling with King Catfish, Filipino Virginia, an ode to Costco, and rethinking Native art and cuisine.

  • 03 July
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Notes on SCOTUS, Mt. Rushmore, and Elko, Nevada

Palestinian dessert, cowboy poets, and a really big rock. The Statesider’s Pam Mandel on the pain of loving America right now.

  • 28 June
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Mapping American Journeys

An exhibit at Chicago’s Newberry Library explores how we navigate the US, from Lewis & Clark to enslaved people to the first road trippers.

  • 07 June
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Statesider Originals

Life in the Crosshairs

Ramesh Reddy

Cross-eyed in Appalachia

Robin Caldwell

Notes on SCOTUS, Mt. Rushmore, and Elko, Nevada

Pam Mandel

Mapping American Journeys

Ryan Ver Berkmoes

A Borrowed Ride and a Slice of Pie

John McMahon

More Statesider Originals



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