Two hundred fifty years ago the American colonists revolted against George III. This year, citizens will stand up against another “mad king.” ...

On the main street of Republic, Washington, a community of about 1,000 near the Canadian border, the plain vertical façade of the town’s one-room public library belies the wealth of activity crammed ...

Here’s a piece of advice from someone raised in the coalfield mountains of southwest Virginia: We like to tell stories, and sometimes it takes a roundabout way to get to the point. What got this whole ...

International food aid—the food grown by American row crop farmers—has been a hallmark of United States foreign policy since the beginning of the Cold War. Its untimely end by the Trump administration ...

The idea for this letter came about when Farm Aid and the National Young Farmers Coalition began discussing the difficult situations many young farmers face today. This led to David’s appearance in ...

The following is an excerpt from Poisoning the Well: How Forever Chemicals Contaminated America by Sharon Udasin and Rachel Frazin, published by Island Press. You can purchase a copy here. Brenda ...

The preamble for the next war over water is here. Aggressive corporations are coming after the few remaining pristine places on Mother Earth—mainly on the land of Indigenous people. Nowadays, it’s not ...

Since Vance’s conversion, he has frequently referenced Augustine in interviews and speeches, introducing many in the American public to the influential Bishop of Hippo. Most recently, he indirectly ...

On the day of his inauguration, President Donald Trump claimed his administration would end the “censorship of protected speech.” But actions speak louder than words. Thanks to a leaked email memo, we ...

Kitaŋh! Wetu ahi. (Finally! Spring has arrived.) Spring is making its way here in Mni Sota Makoce (the Land of Cloudy Waters), and Waziya (Old Man Winter) is finally heading north. It is during this ...

Kristina Reser-Jaynes can still recall a time when she’d never heard of school vouchers. Then, a few years ago, the Kickapoo school district in Southwestern Wisconsin that her daughters attend ...