by hillmag | Sep 25, 2020 | Featured Post, Religion
By Tegan Shockley September 25, 2020 Ministries undertake the issue of sexuality, revealing how the religion has hurt and isolated believers. I grew up going to church on Sundays like most people in the Bible Belt. Maybe not so normal, I put my faith in Jesus after...
by bgdedman | Dec 6, 2019 | Community, Featured Post
Social Media Activism Reduced to Reshares Dec. 6, 2019 By Olivia Boardman Heavily-filtered selfies flooded your feed. You could follow anyone and everyone, from people you didn’t know to celebrities in movies you had never seen. Amateur, grainy photos evolved into...
by bgdedman | Oct 24, 2019 | Community, Featured Post
Oct. 24, 2019 By Chase Reavis A week-long vacation to Beaver Lake Hide-A-Way Campground in October gave 32-year-old Stephanie Sims a much-needed break, not only from work but also from daycare costs for her 3-year-old twin girls, Jeanie and Sophie. The...
by bgdedman | Oct 4, 2019 | Featured Post, Health
by Katie Wayles “9-1-1, what is your emergency?” “My sister is going to kill herself. Please send an ambulance,” I said with a shaky breath. I reread the text from my sister: I don’t know how to say this, so I’ll keep it short. I don’t think I can continue on...
by bgdedman | Sep 27, 2019 | Community, Featured Post
by Beth Dedman Sept. 27, 2019 SPRINGDALE — “Hey, chief, how much for the gun belt?” He called everyone chief. Samuel Rivera Lopez looked much different from the rest of the vendors and shoppers at the Rodeo of the Ozarks antique car part show....
by bgdedman | Sep 20, 2019 | Featured Post, Health
by Karen Sue McKenzie In the Bible Belt, abstinence is ideal, but oftentimes people choose to have sex anyways. In turn, rates of sexual infections in the South continue to rise. In July 2017 I worked at an ice cream shop. I was scooping a sample of...
