Rural America
The mission of Rural America In These Times is to make the issues faced by rural America part of national discourse and to overcome the rural-urban divide.
We seek to build bridges, facilitate communication and foster cooperation between urban people who understand the value of a healthy and sustainable agricultural system, and the farmers in our rural communities that provide food that we all eat.
Latest Stories
Not in Our Nursing Homes
In Wisconsin, seniors are leading the charge to protect their own healthcare.
George Goehl
Can Native Voters Carry Montana?
From Billings to Fort Peck, organizers are working to register Indigenous voters—and believe they might shift the needle.
Joseph Bullington
Trump Meets Hurricane Victims then Heads to Fundraisers with the Oil Bosses Driving the Climate Crisis
"Hosting a fundraiser with Big Oil CEOs while we're still counting the bodies from Hurricane Helene is like hosting a fundraiser with the NRA in the midst of a school shooting.”
Edward Carver
Study: Because of Pesticides, Living in Farm Towns Is as Risky as Smoking
New research shows that the pesticides used heavily by industrial agriculture contribute to inflated cancer risk in farm country, “with few areas spared.”
Shannon Kelleher
Two Years and $300 Billion into Biden’s Climate Plan, Emissions Are Higher than Ever
Green energy and fossil fuels are rising hand in hand. The growth-based climate framework is fundamentally broken.
Peter Gelderloos
Republicans Will Weaponize Rural Suffering as Long as Democrats Ignore It
JD Vance is a poser, but he’s telling a dangerously compelling story about rural America that Democrats are doing nothing to defuse.
Joseph Bullington
Utah’s Development Plans Threaten My Navajo Homeland
Tribes came together to win federal protection for Bears Ears. Now, the state of Utah could undermine the monument.
Mark Maryboy
The “Clean Energy” Industry Ravaging Natural Forests to Feed Power Generators
Claiming to be a climate solution, biomass companies want to expand wood pellet factories and export terminals to the West Coast.
Nick Engelfried
WE NEED TO BE UNITED IN THE FIGHT AGAINST FASCISM AND REPRESSION
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