Why a Mexican Flag Flies in Trump Country

Rural America faces a choice around immigration–one of exclusion or shared community

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Immigration
May 7, 2026

On May Day, Farmworkers and Their Children Defy Poverty and Deportations

Hundreds of farmworkers, students and community activists make their voices heard

Essay and photography by David Bacon
Immigration
March 26, 2026

What Rural America Can Learn from Haitian Immigrants

Immigrant communities have developed sophisticated survival strategies. Those lessons can serve rural people facing their own crisis of abandonment.

Immigration
January 26, 2026

Voices of ICE Resistance Across Minnesota

Residents far outside Minneapolis are mobilizing to help their immigrant neighbors

Health Care
January 11, 2026

Networks of Care: How Rural Immigrants Build Community

When formal systems fail, mutual aid sustains rural life

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