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A Year In Pandemic Part 2

Illustration of person wearing a facemask.

2020 was a long year. We don’t have to tell you. It was a constant barrage of reality-shaping events, and it hasn’t stopped. What is different for us now that we are on the verge of—maybe, knock on wood—coming out of the pandemic? How are the leaders we elected approaching their duties now? How are…

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Reconciling with the past through place and story

Aerial view of trees and snowy ground.

February 12, 2021 – Snap open a map and read the place names listed across the landscape. Those words—the place names on the map—are decided by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, a federal agency created more than a century ago to standardize place names throughout the United States.   But the world outside is different…

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