Congress is set to take away federal funding for PBS and NPR, the most trusted media in the U.S. The hardest hits will come for rural stations.

Keeping Farmland in Farmers’ Hands Farm transfers are complex. Anna Sekine helps farmers pass their land to the next generation.

Voters, not Big Money, should chose Democratic nominees. That will take a serious plan of reform—starting with campaign finance.

America’s Public Lands Could Still Be Up for Sale Utah Sen. Mike Lee wants to solve the West’s housing crisis by selling public land. Behind him is a coterie of developers and conservative think tanks ...

Grocery co-ops help democratize food access in food deserts. Now they could take off in communities across rural and small town America.

It’s not likely that the word “overproduction” will feature much in this year’s farm bill debate. But in many ways, the status quo of overproducing corn, soybeans, wheat, rice, cotton and a handful of ...

Through the Bdote Learning Experience, Indigenous artists are recreating Minnesota’s maps from a Dakota perspective.

A green energy push is bringing millions of dollars to Michigan’s rural communities. But not everyone is pleased.

American family farmers have been left holding the bag from the corporate-driven anti–family farm policies of the last 60 years.

A roundup of key races and results from rural America in the 2024 general election, including important ballot measures.

Not Every Farmer Wants to “Get Big or Get Out” As land ownership continues to consolidate into fewer and wealthier hands, some small farmers vow to stay in place ...