Disconnected
Electricity transformed rural America nearly a century ago. Now, millions of people on farms and in small towns desperately need broadband.
The true scope of the broadband access problem is unknown because federal data is widely known to underestimate coverage gaps.
Rick Barrett, Kelli Arseneau and Christopher Miller, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Published
2:10 pm UTC Jun. 3, 2021
Athens, Wis.
- As the last hour of daylight fades, Kat Becker parks across the street from the Peterson/Kraemer funeral home.
Becker shuts off the engine of her powder blue Toyota Prius and reaches for her laptop computer. Her two children, Maple and Ted, peer over her shoulder from the back seat.
It was 1936 in Logan County and there was much going on at the local level just as the entire nation was rebounding from what would later be termed “the
This is the book cover of U.S.-Vatican Relations, 1975-1980: A Diplomatic Study by P. Peter Sarros. The book is reviewed by Timothy Walch. (CNS)
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American history is replete with concerns about the pope and the Vatican. From colonial times to well into the 20th century, many Americans feared the pope and his Jesuit minions had diabolical plans to corrupt American liberties.
Political leaders openly questioned the patriotism of American Catholics. Could they be loyal to both church and country? Could a Catholic become president of the United States? It was no small challenge for John F. Kennedy to convince the nation that he fully embraced the separation of church and state.