By Leah Richard As many residents of the colorful state of Louisiana will tell you, politics here is a crawfish to crack. The state voted firmly for Trump in the last election but elected the only Democrat Governor in the deep south. Like most state in the U.S., the cities tended to vote blue while... Continue Reading →
We talk a lot about the division between the rural and urban parts of states -- heck, it’s in our name. But there is one state where no such divide exists: Wyoming. Of course, the reason there is no rural urban divide in The Equality State is because there simply aren’t any large urban areas.... Continue Reading →
Oklahoma is one of the most conservative states in the union, having gone for the GOP in every election since World war II except one, Lyndon Johnson’s overwhelming landslide victory. It’s one of only three states where every county went red, and even the closest race was decided by more than 10 points. To say... Continue Reading →
The Standing Rock Native American Reservation has been in the news extensively recently, primarily due to the protests over the rerouting of Dakota Access Pipeline near their water supply. Straddling the line between southern North Dakota and northern South Dakota, the area is one of five remaining reservations leftover from the American conquest of the... Continue Reading →
About halfway up the state of Alaska is Fairbanks, the largest city in the interior and second only to Anchorage in the state. However, with a population of just over 33,000, it isn’t exactly a huge metroplex. The entire Fairbanks North Star Borough (the state’s equivalent of counties) is only about 100,000 people. But what... Continue Reading →