Politics & Policy

Politics
October 1, 2025

These Rural Counties Grow Crops for the World. They’re Also Going Hungry.

Food insecurity rates are rising faster in farm-dependent counties than almost anywhere else in the nation

Ben Felder, Investigate Midwest
Culture
September 29, 2025

Farm Aid, at 40, Offers a Lifeline for Farmers Facing Their Worst Crisis in Decades

Willie Nelson, Neil Young and Bob Dylan headline a milestone 12-hour benefit concert

Health Care
September 25, 2025

The False Promises of VA Privatization

Thanks to Congress, accessing health care will now be more difficult for rural veterans

Politics
September 15, 2025

Field of Dems

Who dreams of replacing Joni Ernst as U.S. Senator from Iowa?

Agriculture
September 10, 2025

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

Health Care
September 8, 2025

What Medicaid Cuts Mean to One Rural Hospital

Residents in a rural New York county wonder if their only hospital will survive

Politics
September 4, 2025

A Winning Food and Farm Policy for Rural America

Here’s my plan to help farmers and rural communities gain independence from corporate domination

Politics
September 1, 2025

What Happens When Moms for Liberty Takes Over Your School Board

In Laramie County, Wyoming, concerned citizens are pushing back

Politics
August 27, 2025

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
Health Care
August 21, 2025

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

Health Care
August 14, 2025

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
Politics
August 10, 2025

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

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