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Opinion
Donald ‘Vladimirovich’ Trump’s ‘Limited Military Operation’ in Venezuela
We are witnessing the ‘Putinization’ of U.S. foreign policy
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How a Small Nebraska Town Became an Arts Destination
The Bone Creek Museum of Agrarian Art has put David City on the map
Networks of Care: How Rural Immigrants Build Community
When formal systems fail, mutual aid sustains rural life
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Common Ground is Found at a Montana Barn Raising
The former speaker of the Montana House and Missoula mayor reflects on working together across differences
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Opinion
Robotics: The Last Nail in Rural America’s Coffin?
Farms without farmers are likely coming to a county near you
Politics & Policy
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Two Paths Forward for Democrats in 2026
Democrats found success in 2025, but the experience of rural candidates shows the paty’s challenges ahead
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The Myth of the Constitutional Sheriff
A once-fringe idea has gone mainstream—its flawed roots are as visible as ever
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Republicans’ Latest Gambit to Deny Rural Veterans Health Care
A new bill would incrementally defund and dismantle rural VA services
Religion
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‘Disciples of White Jesus,’ Disciples of Trump
Pastor and author Angela Denker discusses what’s happening to white men and boys in Trump’s America
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Megachurches: Streaming to a Barn Near You
How Pete Hegseth’s former Minnesota church is leading the new Christian “crusade”
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Did Religion Motivate Assassination of Minnesota Lawmaker?
The media has overlooked Vance Boelter’s connection to the New Apostolic Reformation in his alleged targeting of public officials
Special Reports
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Rethinking Immigration and Health in Rural America
How rural immigrants sustain networks of care and resistance in Maryland
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Protecting Rural Public Schools
The Movement to Defund Rural Public Schools
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The Fight to Prevent PFAS Pollution
Why PFAS—forever chemicals—contaminate wells in many rural areas
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Reimagining Rural Cartographies
Written and photo essays that examine nontraditional maps of the Midwest
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Welcoming the Wolf at the Door
By protecting endangered wolves, conservationists support a healthy environment
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Ethanol Promised a Low Carbon Future. Its Climate Footprint Shows Otherwise
“King Corn” dominates U.S. farmland and fuels the ethanol industry. But the fertilizer it relies on drives emissions and fouls drinking water.
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Can a Family Resurrect the American Chestnut Tree in Appalachia?
Virginia tree farmers reintroduce an iconic tree that was decimated by blight
Food & Agriculture
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‘Homesick for the Land Itself’
Author, farmer and advocate Brooks Lamb on cultivating common ground through love for the land
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Thanksgiving Is Built on Farmers. Our Food System Should Be Too.
Antitrust enforcement isn’t about punishing success. It’s about ensuring that farmers and eaters can thrive.
Native Life
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When We Win: Stories From the Frontlines of Ecological Resistance
After decades of struggle, indigenous leaders and organizers have shown how to win against billionaires and large corporations
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In Times of Trouble, My Mother’s History Tells Me We Shall Overcome
Our lives are marked by our creative journeys, both inward and outward
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History
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Barbara Kingsolver on the Women of the Great Arizona Mine Strike
“If we could just get rid of these broads, we’d have it made,” said an Arizona Department of Public Safety officer
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Iowa Republicans Are Erasing the State’s History
Sixty percent of the historical society archives are being trashed with no transparency
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How the U.S. Enlisted Farmers to ‘Feed the World’ in the 20th Century
As Trump eliminates U.S. international aid programs, a new history details the instrumental role Midwestern farmers played in establishing them
Barn Raisers
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‘This Is How People Find Their Voice’
Farmer and organizer Suzan Erem reflects on rural collective action in the Trump age
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Barn Raiser’s 2025 Year in Review
In a year of sweeping federal policy change and visionary rural organizing, Barn Raiser covered rural America from coast to coast
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Wendell Berry: What New York Times Columnist Paul Krugman Gets Wrong About Rural America
‘Those of us who speak for the country (“rural America”) must never give up’
Letters to the editor
Readers Respond to Wendell Berry
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Our Readers’ Favorite Books of 2025
The books—old and new—that our readers and staff enjoyed this year
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Coal Country Thanksgiving
The meaning of an old mountain tradition before it became “heritage cooking”
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Farm Aid, at 40, Offers a Lifeline for Farmers Facing Their Worst Crisis in Decades
Willie Nelson, Neil Young and Bob Dylan headline a milestone 12-hour benefit concert