Rural issues

Biden Rural Americans

Student Debt Cancellation Will Help Rural Communities Too Student Debt Cancellation Will Help Rural Communities Too

Critics of Biden's forgiveness plan falsely call it a wealth transfer to the “urban elite.” In 2020, nearly 6.5 million rural Americans owed an average of $35,000 in student loan d...

Sep 27, 2022 / StudentNation / Reed Cleland

How to Kill a Rural Hospital

How to Kill a Rural Hospital How to Kill a Rural Hospital

In Gallup, New Mexico, doctors and community members are rallying to save Rehoboth McKinley Christian Hospital.

Aug 23, 2022 / Feature / Cecilia Nowell

Wilmington, North Carolina, commemorates the 1898 Wilmington coup and race massacre

It Can Happen Here: A White Supremacist Coup That Succeeded It Can Happen Here: A White Supremacist Coup That Succeeded

A vivid reminder that rural Americans are on the front lines of democracy.

Jul 15, 2022 / Laura Flanders

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How Democrats Can Win Over Rural America How Democrats Can Win Over Rural America

It starts with respect.

May 4, 2022 / Chloe Maxmin and Canyon Woodward

Pride flag

Growing Up Queer in a Small Town Growing Up Queer in a Small Town

With minimal representation in my hometown and in the media, I hid my queerness and internalized toxic misconceptions about gender and sexuality.

Apr 13, 2022 / StudentNation / Hannah Reynolds

Rural Area

Here’s How the Democrats Can Win Back Rural Voters Here’s How the Democrats Can Win Back Rural Voters

Democrats have a rural problem. Our party’s failure to even seriously contest—let alone win—statehouses and congressional seats over so much of the electoral map leaves us perpetua...

Nov 10, 2021 / Jane Fleming Kleeb

How a Climate-Justice Champion Won Office in Rural, Working-Class Maine

How a Climate-Justice Champion Won Office in Rural, Working-Class Maine How a Climate-Justice Champion Won Office in Rural, Working-Class Maine

State Senator Chloe Maxmin, a progressive activist who unseated the GOP minority leader in November, talks about social-movement organizing.

Feb 16, 2021 / Q&A / Wen Stephenson

In India, Farmers Are Resisting Narendra Modi’s Propaganda Machine

In India, Farmers Are Resisting Narendra Modi’s Propaganda Machine In India, Farmers Are Resisting Narendra Modi’s Propaganda Machine

The government is using a pliant media and its social-media warriors to paint protesting farmers as secessionists.

Feb 4, 2021 / Ullekh N.P.

Tom Vilsack

Biden’s Buddy Tom Vilsack Is No Friend to Farmers Biden’s Buddy Tom Vilsack Is No Friend to Farmers

Confirming him as secretary of agriculture adds insult to the Democratic Party’s long record of malign neglect toward rural Americans.

Jan 28, 2021 / Emily Berch

Appalachia’s Hospital Closures Are a Slow-Motion Health Care Emergency

Appalachia’s Hospital Closures Are a Slow-Motion Health Care Emergency Appalachia’s Hospital Closures Are a Slow-Motion Health Care Emergency

In the last decade, more than a dozen hospitals have closed in the region.

Dec 1, 2020 / Photo Essay / Stacy Kranitz and Magnum Foundation

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