In One Small Prairie Town, Two Warring Visions of America
In an America increasingly split by warring visions of itself, division doesn’t just play out on cable television, or in mayhem at the US Capitol
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In an America increasingly split by warring visions of itself, division doesn’t just play out on cable television, or in mayhem at the US Capitol
BENSON, Minnesota (AP) — The newspaper hit the front porches of the wind-scarred prairie town on a Thursday afternoon: Coronavirus numbers were spiking in the farming communities of western Minnesota. “Covid-19 cases straining rural clinics, hospitals, staff,” read the front-page headline. Vaccinate to protect yourselves, health officials urged. But ask around Benson, stroll its three-block […]
The headline in the little newspaper said COVID-19 numbers were spiking in the farm towns of western Minnesota. Doctors urged people to get vaccinations, the Monitor-News reported. But to some
BENSON, Minn. -- The newspaper hit the front porches of the wind-scarred prairie town on a Thursday afternoon: Coronavirus numbers were spiking in the farmin...
One little town. Three thousand people. Two starkly different realities. It's another measure of how division has seeped into the American fabric, all the way to a single street in