Texas is the birthplace of populism, and it may be one of the few states big and untrammeled enough to contain a figure as lively, clever and visionary as Jim Hightower. He has been called “America’s ...

In his memoir, the author courageously shares his story, in particular, his dad’s story and his struggles keeping the dairy farm in Canaseraga, a rural town in Upstate New York. It is a story of ...

Dick Flacks has a long and storied history in the progressive movement. He was a co-author of the Port Huron Statement by the Students for a Democratic Society, the 1962 manifesto credited with ...

Even before the United States was conceived, there was dissent. During the 17th century religious dissent played a significant role in the planting and development of the English colonies. In the 18th ...

Maine, the nation’s most rural state, joined this year’s record-breaking spending in a midterm election year. The state’s highly contested June 9 primary races for governor and U.S. Senate saw nearly ...

This essay was originally published by Other Words, a free editorial service of the Institute for Policy Studies, a D.C.-based nonprofit. Two hundred fifty years ago, Americans rejected monarchy. They ...

Editors’ Note: One thing Republicans have understood for decades is the voting power of states will smaller populations. Thanks to the electoral college and the structure of the U.S. Senate, voters in ...

This is the second story in a series of travel-based dispatches from rural America. Over the next few months, Oklahoma-based journalist Kristi Eaton will travel throughout rural America in search of ...

Farmers are searching for immigration reform like a lost desert wanderer scanning the horizon for water. But the oasis always turns out to be a mirage. Will this finally be the year for meaningful ...

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 ...

The election results reported in this story were updated on December 4, 2024, when the last House race, in California’s 13th Congressional District, was called. Donald Trump was elected the nation’s ...

Until recently, if you drove down the main street in Cairo, Illinois, a majority Black community at the southernmost point of the state, you wouldn’t have been able to find a grocery store. Like many ...