Justin Perkins

Deputy Editor & Publisher

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Politics
April 3, 2025

‘Clean Water,’ ‘Equity,’ ‘Microplastics’ and Other Words Banned in Leaked USDA Memo

Agricultural Research Service sent out a list of 110 terms that can no longer be used

Politics
March 31, 2025

How Democrats Can Win By Organizing from the County Up

In her new role as a party leader, Jane Kleeb is organizing Democrats to go on the offensive

CAFOs
March 6, 2025

Undoing the Power of Big Ag

A conversation with author Sonja Trom Eayrs and Farm Action co-founder Joe Maxwell

Health Care
February 24, 2025

Bird Flu Spreads as Musk’s DOGE Cuts Public Health Funding

“It’s not enough for us to sit by on the sidelines,” says Dr. Michael Osterholm

Environment
February 13, 2025

‘Cruelty Is the Point’: The Toxic Trickle-Down of Musk’s Government Purge

Kyla Bennett, former EPA whistleblower, says Musk’s DOGE “coup” has major ramifications for rural America

Politics
November 14, 2024

As Goes the Black Belt, So Goes Georgia

As chair of the Bryan County Democrats, Keith McCants says that to win statewide, Democrats need to go outside of Atlanta