Politics & Policy

Field of Dems

Who dreams of replacing Joni Ernst as U.S. Senator from Iowa?

MAHA Strategy Report Finds the Movement at a Crossroads

The report’s timid language around industrial farming practices has MAHA supporters—and critics—digging in for battles ahead

What Medicaid Cuts Mean to One Rural Hospital

Residents in a rural New York county wonder if their only hospital will survive

A Winning Food and Farm Policy for Rural America

Here’s my plan to help farmers and rural communities gain independence from corporate domination

What Happens When Moms for Liberty Takes Over Your School Board

In Laramie County, Wyoming, concerned citizens are pushing back

Great Lakes Microplastics Research Could Inform National and Global Policy

Microplastics are increasingly present in samples pulled from the Great Lakes. Researchers are working to understand them—and to remove them.
Sarah Mattalian, Inside Climate News

Band-Aid Care: When Keeping Rural People Healthy Requires Creative Solutions

Improvised networks of health care remain a lifeline for communities that formal systems have failed

A GOP Rural Hospital ‘Slush Fund’ Raises Questions

Republicans passed their tax bill in part by funding $50 billion for rural health. But health experts say the “devil’s in the details.”
Sarah Jane Tribble, KFF Health News

For This Rural Town, a Fluoride Debate Is About More Than the Water

Citizens of Woodlawn, Tennessee, grapple with how public health decisions are made
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From Inside the Farm Bill

Inside the Farm Bill

Can Democrats Stop the GOP From Taking a Chainsaw to the Farm Bill?

Republicans are gearing up to cut SNAP programs and increase payments to the largest farmers

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Politics
August 4, 2025

The Long-Time Organizer Leading a New Wave of Rural Organizing

“When people work together across differences it’s good for the community”

Immigration
July 28, 2025

The Unseen Workers Behind Maryland’s Iconic Blue Crabs

The labor of immigrant women sustains a cherished cultural tradition

History
July 24, 2025

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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