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July 4, 2024

Immigrants Find a Home in This Rural Minnesota Town

What Worthington’s history of welcoming immigrants can teach us about overcoming a polarized culture

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July 1, 2024

Driftless Water Defenders Go on the Offensive in Iowa

New group mobilizes citizens to protect Iowa’s “last island of ecological integrity”

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June 27, 2024

Ten Summer Reads for 2024

Ten reads to get you through the summer

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June 27, 2024

This Organizer Has a Proven Strategy to Win Affordable Health Care for All

With Health Care for America Now!, Margarida Jorge is building a coalition with a winning record of reform

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June 24, 2024

Harvesting Destruction

Reflections of a lifelong Montana rancher on the corporate takeover of our food system and what it means for the future of our nation and planet

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June 20, 2024

How a South Carolina Town Transformed into a Southeastern Arts Hub

Lake City officials are now eyeing year-round arts initiatives to secure economic growth

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June 17, 2024

Canceled Documentary Screening Raises Questions about Farm Bureau Ties to North Carolina’s Largest Health Insurer

Blue Cross of North Carolina counts the Farm Bureau, a champion of industrial hog farms, as a major customer

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June 10, 2024

Finger Lakes Residents Fight to Enforce Constitutional Right to a Clean Environment

In recent court filings, New York Attorney General Letitia James argues that citizens cannot use the Green Amendment to block the state’s largest landfill from expanding

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June 6, 2024

The Book That Made the ‘Hog Barons’ Squeal

A Q&A with author Austin Frerick on how the “barons” responded to his book and what consolidation in the food industry means for Main Street

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June 2, 2024

Mangroves in Georgia? What a Tropical Plant Reveals About a Warming World

The jury’s out on the overall benefits of, or drawbacks to, mangrove migration

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May 30, 2024

What a Leading Epidemiologist Says You Should Know About the Bird Flu

Michael Osterholm breaks down what the bird flu is, why it’s spreading to dairy cows and the pandemic lessons we failed to learn

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May 27, 2024

How Oklahoma State University Plans to Boost Rural Journalism

Local news faces major challenges. Small town journalism internships offer a promising solution.

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