Politics & Policy
‘Wasn’t Jesus Woke?’
Kansas pastor challenges party lines in tight Senate race
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
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
Native Americans Build Strategies to Overcome Voter Suppression
Trump administration targets a voting bloc that could decide election results in multiple states
Will Rural Discontent Flip This Border Tossup District?
Health care and the economy drive voter frustration
The Movement to Ban Glyphosate Grows
Some environmental groups and Democratic leaders miss the boat
MAHA and the Politics of Cancer
Corn Belt candidates buck party lines to win votes
For These Rural Teens, Organizing Is Their Extracurricular
A high schooler confronts isolation and disconnection in rural Maine
Rural Organizations Step Up to Protect the Ballot Box
Trump’s attempt to federalize elections targets rural voters
Can a Black Veteran Farmer Win in Rural Georgia?
Gap narrows in a district once held by Marjorie Taylor Greene
Do Rural Residents Have the Power to Say No?
From CAFOs to data centers, corporate America dodges local control
A Coming Revolution in American Democracy
These three reforms could make elections fairer