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We gathered writers from around the country to tell us about where they discovered religion and politics in their states. Both part of a union and cultures unto their own, these states reveal stories of people, places and histories of the American experience.
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Mississippi
A Historian Challenges H.L. Mencken.
By Alison Collis Greene![](https://religionandpolitics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/1007-Marston-Nevada-584-x-380-257x208.jpg)
Nevada
A Novelist Tours a Nuclear Testing Site.
By Rachel Marston![](https://religionandpolitics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/1003-Harvey-ColorfulColorado-257x208.jpg)
Colorado
A Scholar Drives Through a Swing State.
By Paul Harvey![](https://religionandpolitics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/0925-Silk-GovWilburCross1-257x208.jpg)
Connecticut
A Blogger Revisits the Yale Athletic Fields.
By Mark Silk![](https://religionandpolitics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/0904-Frederick-DNCCharlotte-257x208.jpg)
North Carolina
A Southerner Mines the Meaning of Progress.
By Marla Frederick![](https://religionandpolitics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/0822-McCloud-ReaganIndiana-257x208.jpg)
Indiana
A Hoosier Remembers Eating Government Cheese.
By Sean McCloud![](https://religionandpolitics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/0806-Watt-AlabamaHB56-257x208.jpg)
Alabama
A Son of the South Returns to the Heart of Dixie.
By David H. Watt![](https://religionandpolitics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/0730-Curtis-Massachusetts-257x208.jpg)
Massachusetts
A Teacher Strolls Along the Freedom Trail.
By Heather D. Curtis![](https://religionandpolitics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/0723-McNally-Ellison-Bachman-257x208.jpg)
Minnesota
A Professor Tells a Tale of Two Congressional Districts.
By Michael D. McNally![](https://religionandpolitics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/0719-Lewis-RhodeIsland1-257x208.jpg)
Rhode Island
A Resident Hears Dissent in Roger Williams’ State.
By Thomas A. Lewis