Rural America
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In Washington State, the Supreme Court Will Test U.S. Commitment to Native American Treaties
Monte Mills
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The 2018 Farm Bill’s Hidden Agenda to Push Millions off Food Stamps
Justin Perkins
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In the American West, Arbitrary Poverty Designations Are Shortchanging the Rural Poor
Elizabeth Zach
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Rural Emergency: Hospital Closures Are Putting Farmers Out of Business
Debbie Weingarten
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Farm Workers Are Under Attack For Doing a Job that Other Americans Won’t
Ruben Navarrette
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A Look at Persistent Poverty and the Rural-Urban Divide in North Carolina
Gene Nichol
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A Record Number of Native Americans Are Running For Office in 2018
Graham Lee Brewer, High Country News
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How Agrochemical Corporations Suppress Public Records and Prevent Transparency
Camille Fassett
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Wild Mares: My Lesbian Back-to-the-Land Life
Dianna Hunter
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By the Numbers: A Look at Consolidation in U.S. Agriculture
James M. MacDonald and Robert A. Hoppe
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Poll: Farmers Overwhelmingly Oppose Bayer-Monsanto Merger, Call For Antitrust Division to Reject Bid
Patrick Davis
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A Native Coalition is Fighting for a Better 2018 Farm Bill
Kim Baca
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Monsanto’s Toxic Legacy: An Investigative Reporter Talks Glyphosate
Tracy Frisch
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Smithsonian Symposium Explores Complicated History of Native American Slaveholders
Ryan P. Smith
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What if Organic Standards Were Bioregional and Written by Real Organic Farmers?
John Ikerd
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Hey Liberal, You’re Late, but Welcome to the Local-Control Party
Thomas Linzey
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Why Progressives Need to Rethink the Rural-Urban Divide and Build a Coalition
Sarah van Gelder
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With the USDA’s Blessing, CAFOs Are Driving Organic Dairy Farmers Out of Business
Jim Goodman