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To Catch a Unicorn

by tina.casagrand | Jun 14, 2020 | Department, New Message, Voices

Chronicles of a pre-school teacher. BY MARCUS WILLIAMS | THE NEW TERRITORY ISSUE 04 (sold out) “Kiss me, Marcus,” a particularly precocious 2-year-old told me in my class last year. He then marshalled all the romance that both his tiny body and our...

#NoCoast — Untaming the Mild Frontier: In Search of New Midwestern Histories

by Bryce McElhaney | Nov 22, 2016 | Department, Midwest, New Message

Any historical narrative is a particular bundle of silences. BY DOUG KIEL | THE NEW TERRITORY ISSUE 03 One idealized narrative through which midwesterners understand themselves, and link their region to the West, is the pioneer myth. Many of the Midwest’s inhabitants...

Cover Crops Saving Farm Soil, Wildlife and a Warming Planet

by tina.casagrand | Oct 15, 2016 | Department, New Message

Like any good superhero, cover crops look like ordinary plants. And when the conventional crops aren’t growing, cover crops are saving farm soil, wildlife and a warming planet like nothing else can. BY SAMI TELLATIN AND ROB MYERS | THE NEW TERRITORY ISSUE 02 In...

Slavery, Freedom and African American Voices in the Midwest

by Bryce McElhaney | Aug 9, 2016 | New Message, Voices

Conflicts over race and slavery in the Lower Midwest have often set the stage for critical national conversations. BY MELISSA STUCKEY | THE NEW TERRITORY ISSUE 02 While reading Jon Lauck’s essay, “Regionalist Stirrings in the Midwest,” I was struck by the author’s...

Feminist Theory: From Jesus to Center

by Bryce McElhaney | Aug 9, 2016 | New Message, Voices

Intersectionality paves the road to understanding. BY LYSAUNDRA CAMPBELL | THE NEW TERRITORY ISSUE 02 Should anyone ever wonder what my passions are, simply ask what I’m currently reading. It’s a question that brings the biggest smile on my face, and the answer will...

On the Range: Converting Food Waste to Pig Feed

by tina.casagrand | Jul 27, 2016 | Department, New Message

Finding innovation in Ag Tech can shift policy to adopt food waste conversion. BY LAUREN MANNING | THE NEW TERRITORY ISSUE 01 If you listen to the news, it seems we have a food crisis: chronic hunger and rising population, solved only by doubling output. The...