Rural America
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The EPA Has Abandoned Its Duty To Protect the Environment. ‘Rights of Nature’ Laws Can Fill the Void
Kai Huschke and Simon Davis-Cohen
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The Pandemic Could Hit New Farmers Hard, Just When We Need Them Most
Tamara J. Benjamin
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As the Pandemic Shakes Commodity Markets, Battered Ecosystems Get an Eerie Reprieve
Ashoka Mukpo
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The EPA Sidestepped the Normal Public-Comment Process to Approve a Cancer-Linked Herbicide
Johnathan Hettinger
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In the Time of Coronavirus, the Decimation of Local News Outlets Could Have Lethal Consequences
Camille Baker
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Fake Twang: How White Conservatism Stole Country Music
Nick Shoulders
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After Years of Disinvestment, Rural Health Care Systems May Be Ill-Equipped to Cope with an Outbreak
April Simpson
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The Census Badly Undercounts Native Americans. In 2020, Tribal Leaders Hope to Change That
Kirsten Carlson
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As I Write This, You Are Dying: A Letter to Lake Erie
Markie Miller
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New Trump Budget Proposes Big Cuts to Crop Insurance and Emergency Aid to Farmers
Christopher Walljasper
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Insect Apocalypse: Count Finds Critically Low Number of Monarch Butterflies for Second Straight Year
Liz Kimbrough
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America’s Grasslands Once Teemed with Animals. We Must Save What’s Left of Their Vanishing Habitat
Joel Berger and Jon Beckmann
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Rural Farmers Face High Suicide Rates and Decreasing Access to Mental Health Care
Claire Hettinger and Pam Dempsey
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Dicamba on Trial: Jury Sides with Farmer in Lawsuit Against Monsanto
Johnathan Hettinger
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Does Lake Erie Deserve Legal Rights? A Federal Court Hears Arguments
Stacey Schmader
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A Green New Deal Must Offer Farmers a Way to Transition to Regenerative Agriculture
Mackenzie Feldman and John Ikerd
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Dicamba on Trial: Monsanto Decided to ‘Pull Back’ on Testing of Herbicide Prior to Roll Out
Johnathan Hettinger
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For Democrats, the Road to Victory in 2020 Runs Through Rural America. This Report Offers a Road Map
Joseph Bullington