Politics & Policy

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

The report’s timid language around industrial farming practices has MAHA supporters—and critics—digging in for battles ahead

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

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

In Laramie County, Wyoming, concerned citizens are pushing back

Microplastics are increasingly present in samples pulled from the Great Lakes. Researchers are working to understand them—and to remove them.

Improvised networks of health care remain a lifeline for communities that formal systems have failed

Republicans passed their tax bill in part by funding $50 billion for rural health. But health experts say the “devil’s in the details.”

Citizens of Woodlawn, Tennessee, grapple with how public health decisions are made

“When people work together across differences it’s good for the community”

The labor of immigrant women sustains a cherished cultural tradition

Sixty percent of the historical society archives are being trashed with no transparency