Politics & Society Short Take
Nathan BeacomSeptember 18, 2020As rural America becomes more diverse, it faces many of the problems associated with big cities, writes Nathan Beacom. The urban-rural divide in our politics does not reflect reality.
Politics & Society Short Take
Nathan BeacomMay 28, 2020In “Laudato Si’,” Pope Francis called drinkable water a human right. But as Nathan Beacom writes, our methods of farming and raising livestock are degrading our soil and polluting our waterways.
Politics & Society Short Take
Nathan BeacomOctober 23, 2019The current opioid crisis has strong parallels to drug addiction in Victorian England, writes Nathan Beacom, and the struggles of the Catholic poet Francis Thompson.
Politics & Society Short Take
Nathan BeacomJune 17, 2019This spring’s floods devastated farming and rural communities in the middle of the U.S. that were already struggling with economic and social decline, writes Nathan Beacom. But ”blue” America may find it difficult to sympathize.
Politics & Society Short Take
Nathan BeacomJanuary 14, 2019The latest five-year farm bill continues a pattern of subsidizing corporations while squeezing every last drop of use out of farm families and cropland.
Politics & Society Short Take
Nathan BeacomMay 04, 2018Preserving wilderness areas is a way to preserve the idea of the sacred. But the Trump administration is seeking a huge reduction in protected land.
Politics & Society Short Take
Nathan BeacomApril 06, 2018All those who eat are called to care about the plight of those whose work produced the eating.