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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A new far-right American party?
Elon Musk has disrupted Silicon Valley, the electric car industry, and the U.S. government. What is his next target: democracy?
Melting glaciers could lead to more frequent and explosive volcanic eruptions: Study
The process—already seen in Iceland—makes volcanic eruptions more frequent and powerful, according to new research conducted in the Chilean Andes.
The Texas flash flood is a preview of the chaos to come
Climate change is making disasters more common, more deadly and far more costly, even as the federal government is running away from the policies that might begin to protect the nation.
Israeli minister proposes forced confinement of all Palestinians in Gaza amid global war crime...
Defense Minister Israel Katz unveils plan to imprison entire Gazan population in a guarded camp as human rights groups warn of ethnic cleansing.
First, a massive Medicaid attack, then come the midterms, then Republican annihilation
Is this country under attack by an authoritarian enemy?