Politics & Policy

In Red States, Rural Voters Are Leading the Resistance to School Vouchers

Convincing rural voters to walk away from public schools could be a greater obstacle than expected for the GOP

Donald Trump, MAGA and the Logic of the Gun

Trump’s image as a vigilante “peacemaker” reflects the religiously-tinged violence of the American frontier
Rachel Wagner, Religion Dispatches

Undoing the Power of Big Ag

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

USDA ‘Cut Off at the Knees’ by Musk’s Mass Firings

Interviews with 15 recently fired employees reveal an agency thrown into turmoil
Sky Chadde, Investigate Midwest

As GOP Moves to Cut Taxes for the Rich, Bernie Sanders Rallies Iowans to Fight Oligarchy

“Trumpism will not be defeated by politicians in the D.C. Beltway,” says Sanders

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

‘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

Advocates for County-Owned Nursing Homes Take Their Fight to the Wisconsin State Capitol

Across Wisconsin, citizens continue to organize to save their county homes from privatization
Addie Costello, Wisconsin Watch and WPR
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J.D. Vance’s Populist Charade

Thoughts on a dangerous vice presidential candidate as President Biden steps aside

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Politics
February 6, 2025

Small Businesses—the Engines of Rural Economies—Need a Fair Tax System

Tax breaks for corporations and the ultra-rich hurt working people

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February 3, 2025

‘They’d Rather We Be Dead’: New York’s Home Health Care Gambit

The state’s plan for corporate control of home health care is chaotic, dangerous and a scandal in the making

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