Politics & Policy

2026 Elections
September 25, 2026

‘Wasn’t Jesus Woke?’

Kansas pastor challenges party lines in tight Senate race

Agriculture
September 17, 2026

A New System of Labor Threatens Farmworker Power

Harvesting machines and H-2A visas are concentrating power with growers and away from self-organized farmworker crews

Essay and photography by David Bacon
2026 Elections
September 16, 2026

Got Oxy? How Michigan’s Mike Rogers Helped Fuel the Opioid Crisis

The Republican Senate candidate spent 10 years in Congress as Pharma’s point man working to push prescription opioids

Alexander Zaitchik, Drop Site News
Native Life
September 15, 2026

Native Americans Build Strategies to Overcome Voter Suppression

Trump administration targets a voting bloc that could decide election results in multiple states

2026 Elections
September 12, 2026

Will Rural Discontent Flip This Border Tossup District?

Health care and the economy drive voter frustration

2026 Elections
September 10, 2026

The Movement to Ban Glyphosate Grows

Some environmental groups and Democratic leaders miss the boat

Agriculture
September 5, 2026

MAHA and the Politics of Cancer

Corn Belt candidates buck party lines to win votes

Barn Raisers
September 4, 2026

For These Rural Teens, Organizing Is Their Extracurricular

A high schooler confronts isolation and disconnection in rural Maine

2026 Elections
September 2, 2026

Rural Organizations Step Up to Protect the Ballot Box

Trump’s attempt to federalize elections targets rural voters

2026 Elections
August 29, 2026

Can a Black Veteran Farmer Win in Rural Georgia?

Gap narrows in a district once held by Marjorie Taylor Greene

CAFOs
August 27, 2026

Do Rural Residents Have the Power to Say No?

From CAFOs to data centers, corporate America dodges local control

Politics
August 22, 2026

A Coming Revolution in American Democracy

These three reforms could make elections fairer

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