Politics & Policy
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Five Seismic Shocks to Religious Freedom in the Military
And why the freedoms of all Americans could be shaken
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Rural America Knows How Greenland Feels. We Just Don’t Have Its Universal Health Care.
Like Greenland, rural America has a history of decisions being made by people who do not live with the consequences
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Changes to Federal Loans Leave Rural Students Behind
Congress is helping widen the rural-urban gap in education and opportunity
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From the Old Country: ‘Alive to Tell the Tale’
Life in your 90s means coming to terms with how much the world has changed
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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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Donald ‘Vladimirovich’ Trump’s ‘Limited Military Operation’ in Venezuela
We are witnessing the ‘Putinization’ of U.S. foreign policy
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Two Paths Forward for Democrats in 2026
Democrats found success in 2025, but the experience of rural candidates shows the paty’s challenges ahead
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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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The Myth of the Constitutional Sheriff
A once-fringe idea has gone mainstream—its flawed roots are as visible as ever
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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November 20, 2025
‘Disciples of White Jesus,’ Disciples of Trump
Pastor and author Angela Denker discusses what’s happening to white men and boys in Trump’s America
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Health Care
November 12, 2025
Republicans’ Latest Gambit to Deny Rural Veterans Health Care
A new bill would incrementally defund and dismantle rural VA services
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Agriculture
November 7, 2025
As SNAP Benefits Lapse, Rural Americans Step Up to Meet Their Neighbors’ Needs
“ Lots of people are having to make really tough choices”
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