Rural America

“In for a Fight": Rural Wisconsinites Resist Influx of Industrial Hog Facilities

Despite local efforts to block new Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs), corporate agriculture interests are legislating and intimidating their way out of accountability.

Simon Davis-Cohen

Viewpoint

The Reconstruction-Era Legal Theory Preventing Cities and Towns from Responding to the Covid-19 Crisis

Radical times demand a radical re-conception of local politics.

Simon Davis-Cohen

Rural America

How a Little-Know Virginia Law Has Been Used to Uphold White Supremacy and Undermine Local Democracy

Simon Davis-Cohen

Feature

Corporate America is Inching Even Closer to a Constitutional Convention

In statehouses across the country, ALEC-backed legislators are pushing for a balanced-budget amendment, a repeal of the federal income tax and more.

Simon Davis-Cohen

Feature

At the People’s Summit, Activists Plot How to Take Bernie Sanders’ Revolution Down Ballot

Participants are looking to carry their momentum on to local races around the country.

Simon Davis-Cohen

Rural America

Dismantling Corporate Control Isn’t a Spectator Sport: An Interview with Thomas Linzey

Simon Davis-Cohen

Feature

Corporate America Is Just 6 States Short of a Constitutional Convention

If ALEC succeeds in rewriting the constitution to mandate a balanced budget, we'll be stuck with supply-side economics for at least a generation.

Simon Davis-Cohen

Dispatch

A Bill of Rights That Puts Workers Above Corporations

It's up to the voters of Spokane, Washington.

Simon Davis-Cohen