Rural America

The EPA Has Abandoned Its Duty To Protect the Environment. ‘Rights of Nature’ Laws Can Fill the Void

Kai Huschke and Simon Davis-Cohen

The Pandemic Could Hit New Farmers Hard, Just When We Need Them Most

Tamara J. Benjamin

As the Pandemic Shakes Commodity Markets, Battered Ecosystems Get an Eerie Reprieve

Ashoka Mukpo

The EPA Sidestepped the Normal Public-Comment Process to Approve a Cancer-Linked Herbicide

Johnathan Hettinger

In the Time of Coronavirus, the Decimation of Local News Outlets Could Have Lethal Consequences

Camille Baker

Fake Twang: How White Conservatism Stole Country Music

Nick Shoulders

After Years of Disinvestment, Rural Health Care Systems May Be Ill-Equipped to Cope with an Outbreak

April Simpson

The Census Badly Undercounts Native Americans. In 2020, Tribal Leaders Hope to Change That

Kirsten Carlson

As I Write This, You Are Dying: A Letter to Lake Erie

Markie Miller

New Trump Budget Proposes Big Cuts to Crop Insurance and Emergency Aid to Farmers

Christopher Walljasper

Insect Apocalypse: Count Finds Critically Low Number of Monarch Butterflies for Second Straight Year

Liz Kimbrough

America’s Grasslands Once Teemed with Animals. We Must Save What’s Left of Their Vanishing Habitat

Joel Berger and Jon Beckmann

Rural Farmers Face High Suicide Rates and Decreasing Access to Mental Health Care

Claire Hettinger and Pam Dempsey

Dicamba on Trial: Jury Sides with Farmer in Lawsuit Against Monsanto

Johnathan Hettinger

Does Lake Erie Deserve Legal Rights? A Federal Court Hears Arguments

Stacey Schmader

A Green New Deal Must Offer Farmers a Way to Transition to Regenerative Agriculture

Mackenzie Feldman and John Ikerd

Dicamba on Trial: Monsanto Decided to ‘Pull Back’ on Testing of Herbicide Prior to Roll Out

Johnathan Hettinger

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

Joseph Bullington