Politics & Policy
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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
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What Medicaid Cuts Mean to One Rural Hospital
Residents in a rural New York county wonder if their only hospital will survive
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A Winning Food and Farm Policy for Rural America
Here’s my plan to help farmers and rural communities gain independence from corporate domination
Rep. J.D. Scholten
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What Happens When Moms for Liberty Takes Over Your School Board
In Laramie County, Wyoming, concerned citizens are pushing back
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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”
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Immigration
July 28, 2025
The Unseen Workers Behind Maryland’s Iconic Blue Crabs
The labor of immigrant women sustains a cherished cultural tradition
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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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