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February 23, 2023
Timothy Noah
The Midwestern Voters Who Don’t Like Democrats but Do Like Their Ideas
A new poll shows that economic populism trumps anti-woke ranting in the industrial heartland.
February 22, 2023
Phil Christman
Searching for the Spirit of the Midwest
Was the nineteenth-century Midwest “the most advanced democratic society that the world had seen”?
June 28, 2022
MagazineBen Jacobs
How Iowa Fell in Love With the Republican Party
Barack Obama won the state twice. Now Democrats are an endangered species there.
April 22, 2019
Mike Rosmann, Emily Atkin
I Work With Suicidal Farmers. It’s Becoming Too Much to Bear.
Mike Rosmann left seminary to become a clinical psychologist for farmers. Now, as historic flooding ravages the Midwest, he's never been more overwhelmed.
March 27, 2019
Emily Atkin
Climate Change and the Death of the Small Farm
The catastrophic flooding in the Midwest is forcing more farmers to consider a stark choice: quit or consolidate.
June 28, 2018
Haidee Chu
Spurned by Harley-Davidson, Trump courts Foxconn.
March 23, 2014
Matthew Wolfson
"Flyover Country" Is an Insult to Midwesterners Like Me. So Is "Heartland" Sentimentality.
December 21, 2012
Allison Lemnos
Waiting in the Midwest
November 1, 2012
Nate Cohn
Don't Focus On National Early Voting Numbers
September 13, 2012
John B. Judis
Nobody Likes Mitt
September 10, 2012
Nate Cohn
The Ohio Strategy
July 25, 2012
Molly Redden
Meet Mark Pocan, the Original ALEC Spy
July 18, 2012
Nate Cohn
How Obama's Weakness With Independents Could Change The Electoral Map
July 12, 2012
Nate Cohn
Super PAC Expands Midwestern Playing Field
June 19, 2012
Nate Cohn
The Diversity of the White Working Class
June 14, 2012
Nate Cohn
Will Obama Regret His Decision Not to Buy Ads in Michigan?
May 14, 2012
Howard Wial
Did Manufacturing Job Losses Hold the Midwest Back?
February 11, 2012
William Galston
Why Obama Would Be Glad If the Culture War Is a Major Election Issue
January 31, 2012
Jonathan Rothwell
Reports of the End of Segregation Greatly Exaggerated
January 24, 2012
Alec MacGillis
An Ethnographic Theory Of The GOP Primaries

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