Rural America
In the American West, Arbitrary Poverty Designations Are Shortchanging the Rural Poor
Elizabeth Zach
Rural Emergency: Hospital Closures Are Putting Farmers Out of Business
Debbie Weingarten
Farm Workers Are Under Attack For Doing a Job that Other Americans Won’t
Ruben Navarrette
A Look at Persistent Poverty and the Rural-Urban Divide in North Carolina
Gene Nichol
A Record Number of Native Americans Are Running For Office in 2018
Graham Lee Brewer, High Country News
How Agrochemical Corporations Suppress Public Records and Prevent Transparency
Camille Fassett
Wild Mares: My Lesbian Back-to-the-Land Life
Dianna Hunter
By the Numbers: A Look at Consolidation in U.S. Agriculture
James M. MacDonald and Robert A. Hoppe
Poll: Farmers Overwhelmingly Oppose Bayer-Monsanto Merger, Call For Antitrust Division to Reject Bid
Patrick Davis
A Native Coalition is Fighting for a Better 2018 Farm Bill
Kim Baca
Monsanto’s Toxic Legacy: An Investigative Reporter Talks Glyphosate
Tracy Frisch
Smithsonian Symposium Explores Complicated History of Native American Slaveholders
Ryan P. Smith
What if Organic Standards Were Bioregional and Written by Real Organic Farmers?
John Ikerd
Hey Liberal, You’re Late, but Welcome to the Local-Control Party
Thomas Linzey
Why Progressives Need to Rethink the Rural-Urban Divide and Build a Coalition
Sarah van Gelder
With the USDA’s Blessing, CAFOs Are Driving Organic Dairy Farmers Out of Business
Jim Goodman
Standing Rock Felony Defendants Take Plea Deals, Still Face Years in Prison
Joseph Bullington
Trump on America’s Hungry: Let Them Eat “Harvest Boxes”
Matthew Gritter
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