Déjà Vu
Abortion is back on the ballot
The View from Rural Missouri by Jess Piper
My name is Jess and I was a high school Literature teacher for 16 years until I decided to run as a Democrat in a rural, red district in Missouri. I bring you news and politics from Missouri and beyond from a rural progressive point of view.
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Dystopian Boots
My name is Jess and I was a high school Literature teacher for 16 years until I decided to run as a Democrat in a rural, red district in Missouri. I bring you news and politics from Missouri and beyond from a rural progressive point of view.
Give Them an Inch...
And they'll take away women's sports...
Firemen Not Necessary
The end of reading
Built to Fail
I just found out that I live in one of the worst ranked states in the country. Well, I already knew that instinctively, but my thoughts were confirmed when I came across a CNBC study of the worst ranked states in the country. Here is the ranking : Tennessee Texas Indiana Louisiana Georgia Utah Missouri Alabama Oklahoma Arkansas States ranked at the bottom of the list were penalized for high crime…
I Know a Thing or Two About a Thing or Two
A blueprint
Vetting
Platner
It Never Ends
Persisting
Don't Threaten Me With A Good Time
My name is Jess and I was a high school Literature teacher for 16 years until I decided to run as a Democrat in a rural, red district in Missouri. I bring you news and politics from Missouri and beyond from a rural progressive point of view.
Soft White Underbelly
I am a hillbilly. No, really. My high school mascot was a Hillbilly. I graduated from Ozark, Arkansas, in 1993 — Home of the Hillbillies. To my knowledge, it is the only school in the country with that mascot. The West Virginia Mountaineer is a wink and a nod to the hillbilly spirit, but while the WV mascot wears a buckskin outfit and coonskin hat and carries a musket, more of a frontiersman, the…
Unhinged
My name is Jess and I was a high school Literature teacher for 16 years until I decided to run as a Democrat in a rural, red district in Missouri. I bring you news and politics from Missouri and beyond from a rural progressive point of view.