LaborRural America

After Yellowstone Floods, Tourism Workers Lose Their Jobs—And Their Housing

Many Yellowstone workers depend on their bosses for a place to live. When the flood washed away their jobs, they lost their housing, too.

DispatchRural America

Trailer Park Residents Take on Venture Capitalists—and Win

As gentrification sweeps the West, investors are buying up mobile home parks. Residents of this Colorado park got together and bought it themselves.

Rural America

In Defense of Hunting

In our age of ecological collapse, hunting animals for food is as relevant as ever.

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After Ida, This Louisiana Tribe Is Organizing Its Own Recovery

Armed with agricultural knowledge and mutual aid networks, the Houma people aren't waiting on the government to rescue them.

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GDP: A Countdown to Doom

The numbers we use to measure the economy’s recovery from Covid also measure the rate at which we barrel into ecological catastrophe.

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2020 Was The Year the Mask Came Off

We learned some things this past year that we shouldn’t forget. Here’s a roundup of stories from Rural America In These Times that bear re-reading.

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No Parks for the Poor

In the face of budget cuts, some land management agencies are ramping up user fees — and betraying the egalitarian promise of public lands.

Rural America

‘People Are Still Putting Their Bodies on the Line to Stop this Pipeline’

A court found that the Dakota Access Pipeline was built unlawfully. These water protectors are still in prison for trying to stop it.

Feature

The Pandemic Is Exposing the Rotten Core of Our Industrial Food System

While industrial farms have been thrown into chaos, local agriculture has proved to be a more resilient model.

Rural America

In Montana, Food Banks Battle Surging Demand and Shifting Supply Chains

Rural America

For Democrats, the Road to Victory in 2020 Runs Through Rural America. This Report Offers a Road Map

Rural America

First Amendment Loses as Pipeline Industry Scores Another Win in Wisconsin

Rural America

Getting Stuck Is a Rural Rite of Passage

Rural America

Organic Food Hurts the Earth? Sorry, But It’s More Complicated

Rural America

Standing Rock Felony Defendants Take Plea Deals, Still Face Years in Prison

Rural America

Why Cutting Up Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument is a Bad Idea

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In Defense of Wildfire

What climate activists, right-wing loggers and Smokey Bear get wrong

Rural America

A “Progressive Ticket” Sweeps Helena, Montana’s Municipal Elections

Rural America

Federal Judge: Environmental Law was Broken in Rushed Review of Dakota Access Pipeline

Rural America

Blacks, Latinos and Indians Think About Climate Change in Ways that Most Other Americans Do Not

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Don’t Blame Montana Voters for Quist’s Loss: Blame the Frailty of Our Democracy

The Montana race exposed the structural impediments to progressive politics.

Feature

The Progressive Movement Just Scored a Huge Win in Philly’s DA Race

Larry Krasner’s victory was a referendum on Trump as well as on a whole host of issues that predate the president: immigrant rights, the war on drugs and mass incarceration.

Dispatch

The Folk Singer vs. the Millionaire: A Berniecrat Aims for Montana’s House Seat

Rob Quist's House campaign draws on Montana's populist spirit.

Labor

The Chicago Reader Staff Just Voted Unanimously To Authorize a Strike

Rural America

Radical Joy for Hard Times: How to Live on a Damaged Planet

Rural America

Camp Raid Begins as Standing Rock Eviction Deadline Passes