Barn Raisers
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Young Candidates and Organizers Pave the Way for Rural Civic Engagement
These Oklahomans are under 35 and ready for leadership
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Jim Hightower on Texas Politics and What’s Next for the Country
You can’t crush the spirit of populism
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Voices of ICE Resistance Across Minnesota
Residents far outside Minneapolis are mobilizing to help their immigrant neighbors
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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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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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‘Homesick for the Land Itself’
Author, farmer and advocate Brooks Lamb on cultivating common ground through love for the land
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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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Democracy Begins With Place-Based Organizing
In an age of AI disruption and rising authoritarianism, our future depends on grassroots leadership
Letters to the Editor
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Agriculture
October 30, 2025
Mark Bittman’s New Restaurant Aims to ‘Turn the Food System on Its Head’
Community Kitchen explores how a restaurant can make food equitable for all—from the farmer to the diner
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Politics
October 27, 2025
Forty Organizations Offer a Plan to Revitalize Rural America
New Rural Policy Action Report highlights 26 legislative solutions that would benefit rural communities
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Native Life
October 13, 2025
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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