This article draws from the author’s research for her book Landscapes of Care: Immigration and Health in Rural America, which examines health care in rural immigrant communities on Maryland’s Eastern ...

Mikey Weinstein didn’t want to fight the Pentagon. But he saw no other choice. As the founder and president of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF), Weinstein’s battles—in the courts and ...

Barbara Damrosch, the acclaimed garden writer, reflects on her latest book as part memoir, part garden guide and part call to action.

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 ...

Tapping sugar maple trees is a rite of spring among Native people in the North Woods where they have been making maple syrup for centuries.

The billionaire-led push to siphon public funds to private religious schools faces a backlash from rural voters who make up the GOP base.

Farmers are speaking out after the USDA's decision to terminate programs that helped schools, food banks and tribes buy fresh food.

Eight years after the Standing Rock Protests, the owner of the Dakota Access Pipeline is taking Greenpeace to trial to suppress dissent.

The division of the Midwest into the “Jeffersonian” grid was not inevitable. In re-imagining these lines, we might awaken a new future.

The state's plan for corporate control of home health care is chaotic, dangerous and a scandal in the making.

This is a tale about Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth, whose story has become part of the backstory of the politics and culture of our time. Hegseth is not only a proponent of Christian ...

The nonprofit organization Nest is helping Appalachia’s craft economy after Hurricane Helene by providing creative entrepreneurs grow local economies.