The oldest surviving place of worship for Muslims in the United States is a white clapboard building on a grassy corner plot, ...

The heartland also offers comparable advantages, relative to coastal states such as Florida and California, for businesses looking to mitigate the impacts of climate change and natural disasters.

“Heartland” does not belong to the right or the left, or to the Midwest only. Every American dwells in the heartland—from sea to shining sea.

Last month my wife and I traveled through the Heartland of America. At each stop, we witnessed firsthand the traits that make our country great.

Monica Potts’s book The Forgotten Girls is a document of the effects of poverty, sexism, and, of course, the rapacious capitalism that has abandoned communities across America.

America's population center is edging away from the Midwest, pulled by Hispanic growth in the Southwest, according to census figures. The historic shift is changing the nation's politics and even ...

After plans for a Disney-level theme park in Oklahoma crumbled, many asked if the state's other massive project could still come to fruition.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with columnist Ernest Owens about his contention that the real American heartland is African American-dominated cities.

The Transcontinental Railroad unites the nation and transforms the Heartland. Native American civilizations decline as farmers settle the continent.

Kristin L. Hoganson's new book, The Heartland: An American History, is a product of its time — seeking to answer questions about the Midwest that have arisen since the election of Donald Trump.