Tag: rural America
In rural America, an invisible eviction crisis
In places where rental assistance has been slow to be delivered, eviction cases are piling up. No one’s tracking it.
5 ways Biden can help rural America thrive and bridge the...
The question is, will federal leadership take the bold steps necessary to address rural marginalization and start mending these divisions?
Rural America needs Medicare for All now
Only a system that puts the well-being of all people above enriching a few will deliver the care we need, where and when we need it, and keep our rural communities alive and vibrant.
Drinking water for millions in rural America contaminated with suspected carcinogen
Farmers are largely exempt from federal or state regulations that could stem water pollution.
How to rebuild progressive politics in rural America
Progressives and Democrats aren’t giving nearly the amount of attention they should to rural America if they hope to truly impact the elections.
How to keep businesses (and small towns) alive when owners retire
In Kansas, a new matchmaking service is helping transition small businesses to new hands. Could it be a model for the rest of rural America?
3 ways progressives can reconnect with rural America
First, understand the environment is not only about climate change – it’s about livelihood for miners, drillers, loggers, and farmers like me.
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Trump quietly expands corporate tax breaks while threatening states over food aid
Treasury guidance weakens corporate minimum tax as the Agriculture Department warns states to “undo” full November SNAP payments amid shutdown confusion.
Bill Gates gave $3.5M to think tank run by climate crisis denier Bjorn Lomborg
Tax records reveal that the billionaire’s foundation has donated for years to Lomborg’s Copenhagen Consensus Center.
Utah’s 1,300-bed homelessness “accountability center” tests Trump-era crackdown
Planned for 16 acres on the edge of Salt Lake City, Utah’s new homelessness campus would combine mass shelter, court-ordered treatment, and “work-conditioned housing.” Supporters call it a model of reform, while advocates warn it mirrors forced labor and internment.
Military moral injury, iolence, and the parable of the Guinea worm
An unexpected encounter with compassion.
Trump is running for a third term. SCOTUS will let him. Democrats have to...
How far the Democrats ultimately go in providing justice and accountability depends entirely on how much the American people push them.