Special Reports

Charting a Path of Rural Progress

Interviews with the organizers who created a rural policy platform for 2024

Enbridge Pipelines

Tribes warn that the company’s oil pipelines endanger Great Lakes water

A sign for Fair Maps Wisconsin on Hans Breitenmoser’s farm in Merrill, Wisconsin.

Interviews with Rural Organizers

Meet the rural organizers and changemakers working for change and justice

Protecting Rural Public Schools

The Movement to Defund Rural Public Schools

Reimagining Rural Cartographies

Written and photo essays that examine nontraditional maps of the Midwest

Rural Communities Respond to the Long-Term Care Crisis

Rural communities come together to respond to the crisis in long-term care

a log-cabin library in the small town of Wabeno, Wisconsin

Rural Libraries

Rural libraries, under threat, are finding renewed purpose

Rural Perspectives on the 2024 Election

Candidates, strategists and organizers reflect on the lessons learned.

The Fight to Regulate PFAS and Other Forever Chemicals

Why PFAS—forever chemicals—contaminate wells in many rural areas