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.

Data center hyperscalers promise the same fat pitch of jobs and revenue CAFOs once did. They’ve also learned about how to destroy local resistance.

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.

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 ...

In his new book, Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America’s Food Industry (Island Press, 2024), Austin Frerick identifies contemporary “Barons” in seven different corporations—such as ...

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.

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 ...