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LATEST NEWS FROM THE NETWORK
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Farmers Tell FTC Chair to Block Koch Industries’ $3.6 Billion Acquisition of Iowa Fertilizer Plant
April 24, 2024
“We’re looking for intervention,” say farmers as ag industry consolidation fuels calls for antitrust action.
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Electrifying Democracy in Rural America
April 10, 2024
For this energy policy expert, rural electric co-ops empower communities and strengthen democracy.
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Practicing an ‘Insurgent Politics of Care’ in Rural America
April 07, 2024
How rural residents and immigrant communities are adapting to the broken rural health landscape on Maryland’s Eastern Shore.
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How Illinois Is Bringing Grocery Stores Back to Main Street
March 10, 2024
A team at Western Illinois University, bolstered by a first-of-its-kind initiative, is helping towns across the state democratize their food economy.
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The Organizers Forging a Rural Action Plan for 2024
February 21, 2024
Barn Raiser kicks off its 2024 election coverage with a series of interviews with rural policy experts and organizers who came together to forge a rural policy platform on which candidates can run—and to which voters can hold their elected leaders accountable.
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How “Right-to-Farm” Laws Betray Farmers, Disenfranchise Voters and Empower Corporations
January 21, 2024
Proponents say right-to-farm laws protect family farmers. In reality, right-to-farm laws fuel rural poverty by empowering industrial ag and disposessing local governance.
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Will Biden’s Historic Plan Address the Crisis in Rural Nursing Homes?
December 14, 2023
The nursing home industry opposes the first-ever staffing minimums but advocates say the proposed rules do not go far enough.
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Wisconsin locals rally around small town library
December 03, 2023
Bayfield County residents stand up to a shadow book banning group in support of the Iron River public library.
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Key Takeaways from the 2023 Election
November 08, 2023
Highly engaged electorates make their voices heard.
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Government Shutdown Would Strain Overburdened Rural Food Shelves
September 27, 2023
With end of pandemic-era SNAP benefits, food-insecure rural Minnesotans are turning to community nonprofits to feed their families.
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The Forgotten Victims Downwind of Oppenheimer’s Bomb
August 24, 2023
How popular narratives obscure the victims of America’s first dirty bomb.
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Rural Idaho County Thrives with Free Bus Service
July 25, 2023
While rural public transportation can be scarce, Bonner County has found a solution.
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Rural Idaho County Thrives with Free Bus Service
July 13, 2023
While rural public transportation can be scarce, Bonner County has found a solution.
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Are Cannabis Growers Farmers? More Than a Name Is at Stake
July 06, 2023
Vermont and other states consider how to regulate the new industry.
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“We’ve Had Death Threats, Bomb Threats”
June 02, 2023
This is the first in a series examining the essential role libraries play in rural areas and the movement afoot to ban books and restrict funding.
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