Troy McKinley was launching the first day of his Minnesota Prepper Expo on June 20 when someone handed him a phone with breaking news. An FBI agent had described alleged political assassin Vance ...

Homestead is real. And by “Homestead,” I mean the sprawling, largely self-contained and -sustaining compound in the Rocky Mountains that inspired and informed the best-selling post-apocalyptic Black ...

When people talk about getting ready for disaster, two groups always come up — preppers and survivalists. At first glance, they seem alike: both value self-reliance and readiness when life takes a ...

What exactly is a prepper? It’s anyone who anticipates a calamity resulting in some degree of social collapse, and makes plans—or prepares—to survive independently. Behind that definition lies a gamut ...