Topic: Midwest

Big farm tractor tilling dusty Springtime fields

Midwest soil eroding faster than ever

John McCracken - Grist
Corn

Climate change brings mold to Corn Belt

Diana Kruzman - Grist
Growth of trees in drought crisis

"Flash droughts" threaten the Midwest

Diana Kruzman - Grist
Young female and male environmentalist cleaning lake while picking plastic from claw

Biden plans to clean up the Great Lakes

Eric Schank
Frozen Great Lake

Climate change hits the Great Lakes

Diana Kruzman - Grist
Somebody Somewhere

"Somebody Somewhere" echoes "Ted Lasso"

Alison Stine
carbon dioxide capture pipes

Pipeline promises to put CO2 underground

Emily Pontecorvo - Grist
Donald Trump

Trump's looking worse in the Rust Belt

Alex Henderson - Alternet
Sports Event; Indiana; During Coronavirus Pandemic

What's driving the Midwest COVID surge?

Nicole Karlis
Donald Trump

Trump "falling flat" in the Midwest

Matthew Chapman - Raw Story
New Midwestern Cuisine; Carolina gold rice congee; six pepper squid; ham; grilled pineapple peanuts

Welcome to the New Midwestern cuisine

Ashlie D. Stevens
Image for Planting native prairie could be a secret weapon for farmers

Native prarie: secret weapon for farmers

Nathan Beacom - Civil Eats
Image for A political movement for food systems change takes hold in the Midwest

"Movement politics" resurges in Midwest

Charlie Mitchell - Civil Eats
New York Times building in New York

A NYTimes editor's toxic geography

Dan Froomkin - White House Watch
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Where has our love gone?

Simon Greer - Independent Media Institute
Image for After Midwest flooding, volunteer hay drops provide a lifeline for farmers

Volunteer hay drops provide a lifeline

Cinnamon Janzer - Civil Eats
Sad Teenager

Iowa addresses a youth suicide crisis

Heather Gudenkauf
Image for Minnesota winters ain’t what they used to be

Minn. winters ain’t what they used to be

Eric Holthaus - Grist
Trump Farmworker Shortage

Trump's economic policy hurts Midwest

Matthew Chapman - Alternet
Betsy DeVos

Education may propel the Blue Wave

Jeff Bryant - Independent Media Institute
Harvey

Who stays dry and who decides?

Lisa Song, Patrick Michels, Al Shaw - ProPublica
Bernie Sanders; Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Progressive surge in the heartland?

Conor Lynch
Food and Farm Wheat Tissues

A new model for progressive politics

Bruce Vail - In These Times
San Francisco Housing Protest

Public housing isn't only a city crisis

Molly Parker - ProPublica

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