For the first time since Donald Trump’s ascendance, Iowa Democrats are finding reason to believe they might win multiple statewide elections. Polls find the November races for governor and senate neck ...

Your independent source for rural and small town news. Barn Raiser connects local and national perspectives through a network of writers and contributors who live in and care about rural and small ...

In Aroostook County, Maine’s largest and northernmost county, youth organizers are attempting to reach young people, ages 15-30, which make up 15% of the population. The county, population 67,000, is ...

Ahliya Roy is a 5th generation Mainer, Maine School of Science and Mathematics student and Rural Youth Organizer for JustME for JustUs, a grassroots organizing nonprofit in Maine.

Sarah Ladd is a Louisville-based journalist from West Kentucky who’s covered everything from crime to higher education. She spent nearly two years on the metro breaking news desk at The Courier ...

The Trump administration’s attempts to federalize and delegitimize elections has found its analogues in some rural counties. In response, local organizers are stepping up to protect the vote.

Rob Wallace, an evolutionary epidemiologist who researches how industrial agricultural structures influence disease emergence, is executive director of the Agroecology and Rural Economics Research ...

In Marjorie Taylor Greene’s former district, Shawn Harris is trying to pull off something Democrats have been unable to do: win a seat in Congress.