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When Moms for Liberty Cancelled a School Librarian’s Mother’s Day Lesson, Concerned Parents Fought Back
Here is what they said at the Hamilton County, Tennessee, school board meeting
Joel Bleifuss
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Uprooting Invasive Plants Across America
Maggie Gigandet
What Liberal Elites Don’t Know About Rural Americans Can Hurt Us
Wendell Berry
The New York Review of Books strikes out, again
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For My Immigrant Family, the Library Opened New Doors
What libraries can do to reach more families like mine
Andrea Duarte-Alonso
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A USDA Pilot Project Funds Vermont Farmers Who Practice Sustainable Grazing
"It’s a lot easier to participate in these kinds of programs when there’s money in the checkbook," says dairy farmer Guy Chioniere
Mario Reinaldo Machado
Science & Environment
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Canadian ‘Super Pigs’ Threaten Minnesota. How Will the State Respond?
Experts say once a feral swine population is established, it’s nearly impossible to remove.
Madison McVan, Investigate Midwest
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Don’t Let Your Food Waste Become Sewage Sludge
The solid waste industry is greenwashing food waste-to-sewer programs
Laura Orlando
Politics & Policy
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Native Communities Fight Oil Pipeline in Wisconsin and Michigan
The 70-year-old Line 5 pipeline threatens lives, livelihoods and Great Lakes ecosystems
Perceval Calderwood
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Changing Rural America One County at a Time
Joel Bleifuss
Native Life
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The Black Snake Threatens Turtle Island
When I moved to the Great Lakes, I did not know a pipeline threatened my ancestral homeland
Monica Cady
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Five Native Groups Have Established Rights of Nature
"For Ho-Chunk, rights of nature has always been around.”
Craig M. Kauffman & Pamela L. Martin
Culture
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“We’ve Had Death Threats, Bomb Threats”
Rural libraries, often a lifeline, now face efforts to ban books and restrict funding
s.e. smith
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How Two Iowa Librarians Are Standing Up for Readers
Joel Bleifuss
Barn Raisers
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Finding Common Ground at a Montana Barn Raising
The former Montana House speaker and Missoula mayor reflects on working together across differences
Daniel Kemmis
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Rural America Isn’t What You Think
From “Flyover Country” to “The Heartland,” public perceptions of rural America are based on political rhetoric rather than data
Bryce Oates
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Welcome to Barn Raiser: Your independent source for rural and small town news
Joel Bleifuss & Justin Perkins
Religion
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The Politics of Loving Your Neighbor in Rural America
Rev. Dr. Judy Kincaid
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Let Everyone Take a Chance on Romance
Rev. Dr. Judy Kincaid
Food & Agriculture
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Back to the Land in the Ozarks
Alex Sandy Primm
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Helping Midwest Farmers Go Organic
The region is becoming a “hotbed” for organic agriculture
Sheila Julson
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The Labor Department’s Program To Protect Farmworkers Is in Disarray
Sky Chadde, Investigate Midwest & Johnathan Hettinger, Investigate Midwest
History
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This Small Nebraska Town Hosted Negro League Clubs and Possibly an Official Major League Baseball Game
Kevin Warneke & John Shorey
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“The Religious Life of the American Indian”: A View from 1911
Ohiyesa aka Charles Eastman