Lisa Heth bought a rundown motel and transformed it into a shelter for sex trafficking victims, hoping the Pathfinder Center could provide refuge and an understanding of the sexual violence Native American women still face

The small Louisiana town of Cameron could be the first in the US to be fully submerged by rising sea levels – and yet locals, 90% of whom voted for Trump, still aren’t convinced about climate change

In America’s south, alcohol has been steeped in stigma. But attitudes are changing, and lawmakers have been exploring ways to boost their economic potential

When the small-town college I worked at shut down, logic suggested I should set off for the big city. But what if you can’t? And what if you just don’t want to?

The gap between the number of affordable units available and low-income families in one Iowa county is wide, with just 30 units for every 100 families

The number of drug-exposed babies in child protection custody in Ohio has jumped over 200%. Workers agreed to break protocol to tell their stories

After a job took her from Connecticut to Kansas, Betsy Rubiner has spent three decades in the midwest. But Trump’s presidency has exacerbated feelings of not quite belonging wherever she goes

Many progressives trade in stereotypes about Kansas with childlike pride, writes Sarah Smarsh. But to use geography to separate the righteous from the scourge is dangerously simplistic

Can coal country become ‘Silicon Holler’? The answer is yes, if America lets it

Rob Quist supported Bernie Sanders for president, was called a ‘cowboy hat wearing hippie’ and now wants to flip Montana into Democratic territory

The remote Keweenaw peninsula grew rich on its native copper deposits. Now a project to revive underground worlds mirrors optimism about the region’s future