Long before red carpets and standing ovations, Hilary Swank’s life was defined by instability, sacrifice, and determination. Born in Nebraska and raised in a trailer park in…

At twenty three my life split cleanly in half. One day I was planning a future filled with shared dreams and ordinary comforts and the next I…

The “Sun-Liner” was a forgotten ghost of the 1970s, a mildew-covered eyesore that had spent a decade sinking into the mud of my neighbor’s yard. To most,…

The night rain hammered against my windows like a frantic warning when my sister Clair appeared on my porch looking like a ghost. In her trembling hand,…

Long before she was a household name, Wynonna Judd was just a young girl named Christina Claire Ciminella growing up in the deep poverty of Appalachia. She…

For over two decades, Brad Arnold’s voice — gravelly, emotive, and unmistakable — has been at the center of some of rock music’s most enduring anthems. As the frontman…

Ten years after I adopted my late girlfriend’s daughter, a single sentence one Thanksgiving morning threatened to shatter the world I had built for myself and for…

Former U.S. Senator Ben Sasse, a prominent Republican from Nebraska, revealed in a deeply emotional letter this week that he has been diagnosed with terminal stage 4…