Saturday, June 6, 2026

Tag: Black farmers

USDA to distribute $2.2 billion in funding to Black farmers who...

The Biden administration announced it will distribute $2.2 billion in financial assistance to 43,000 farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners who were discriminated against in the agency's farm lending programs.

Black farmers embrace practices of climate resiliency

They are using heritage farming practices to undo some of the damage brought on by decades of intense tillage by early European settlers.

A new generation of Black farmers is returning to the land

They are working to repair harm inflicted over the past 400 years, with an eye toward reparations.

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Grow your own food—and a kinder world: How veganic farming can turn your garden...

More than just growing food without animal products, veganic farming reimagines agriculture as a space where humans, wildlife, and even soil microbes can coexist and flourish together, offering a bold and compassionate alternative to traditional organic methods.

Two visions of the US will compete at the World Cup

A big tent coalition is harnessing the energy surrounding the World Cup to imagine a more free and democratic United States.

Once upon a time (and not any time either!)

My strange tale of how the war on terror came home in the age of Donald J. Trump.

Gaza surgeon wins New Jersey House primary on healthcare not bombs campaign

Dr. Adam Hamawy, a retired Army combat surgeon who treated patients in Gaza during Israel’s assault on the enclave, won New Jersey’s Democratic primary in a deep-blue congressional district after running on a platform centered on healthcare, economic reform, immigration policy, and opposition to U.S. support for the war in Gaza.

What unifies MAGA precisely explains its epic, repeat fiascos: Fixated, self-righteous, absolutist fundamentalism

That’s why disgruntled ‘24 voters endure the brokenness of the marriage made in hell—with now everyone’s life but the rich far more aggrieved than a year and a half ago, two years ago, or four years ago.