Politics & Policy

2026 Elections
July 11, 2026

A Young Populist Heats Up the Texas Agriculture Commissioner Race

Data centers, Big Ag and the New World screwworm take center stage for rural voters

2026 Elections
July 7, 2026

Platner Volunteers Want to Move Forward With a New Candidate

The populist movement propelling Graham Platner’s senatorial campaign sees a replacement in former state senator Troy Jackson

Nathan Bernard, Drop Site News
2026 Elections
July 2, 2026

Let Us Remember: “We the People” Are in Charge

On our 250th anniversary it is time to renew our vows to democracy

2026 Elections
June 27, 2026

Maine Primary Voters Send Big Money Packing

Ranked choice voting helped defeat super PAC influence

2026 Elections
June 27, 2026

How the House Democrats’ Campaign Arm Is Getting Serious About Connecting With Rural Voters

For the first time in 150 years the DCCC has hired a rural engagement manager

Agriculture
June 20, 2026

Chris Jones Leads Fearless Campaign Against Big Ag

Will Iowa’s cancer crisis finally tip the political scale?

Agriculture
June 18, 2026

For Coachella Farmworkers, the Grape Strikes of the 20th Century Cast a Long Shadow

Reflections on what could have been, a half-century later

Essay and photography by David Bacon
Politics
June 13, 2026

What’s Behind the Attacks on the DNC Autopsy Report?

One assessment is indisputable: The Democratic Party needs to engage rural voters

2026 Elections
June 12, 2026

Rural California Voters Defy DCCC and Israel Lobby

Randy Villegas advances in contentious primary that could flip a key House district

History
June 11, 2026

When Rural Populists Took on Reagan

Democrats’ economic message once put a check on arch-conservative power

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