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Democratic campaign posters in rural Georgia (Julia Beverly/Getty Images)

The South can help defeat MAGA

Beth Howard
Jesse Jackson campaigns for the 1988 Democratic nomination for president (Jean-Louis Atlan/Sygma via Getty Images)

How Jackson made room for white workers

Jason Kyle Howard
After winning three Grammys, Jelly Roll refused to take a position on Donald Trump's deployment of ICE to enforce his mass deportation policy. (Michael Buckner/Billboard via Getty Images)

In defense of the “dumb redneck” defense

Alex Galbraith
HOUSTON, TEXAS - OCTOBER 18: Julie Neuman, 58, joins hundreds gathered for the No Kings Protest in front of City Hall on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025 in Houston. (Raquel Natalicchio/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)

Pushing Democrats beyond resistance

Christopher D. Cook
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Donald Trump visits the U.S. Park Police Anacostia Operations Facility, Aug. 21, 2025. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

What about rural crime, Mr. President?

Kirk Swearingen
Flanked by industry workers, President Donald Trump speaks at a White House signing ceremony for executive orders to revive clean coal technology. (ANDREW THOMAS/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

Why Appalachia clings to Trump

Jim Branscome
Trump signing an executive order over a crowd of protestors waving LGBTQ+ flags. (Photo illustration by Salon / Getty Images)

The art of resistance

Michèle Lamont, Daniel B. Cornfield
Republican vice-presidential nominee J.D. Vance speaks during a fundraising event at Discovery World on July 17, 2024, on the third day of the Republican National Convention in downtown Milwaukee, Wis. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

The "two different JD Vances"

Chauncey DeVega
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Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at the Dayton International Airport on November 7, 2022 in Vandalia, Ohio. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Rural America must break free of MAGA

Chauncey DeVega
YaSheka Shaw (left) celebrates losing weight during a checkup with medical student Kaniya Pierre Louis (center) and physician Zita Magloire. (Sarah Jane Tribble/KFF News)

Family doctors vs. the maternity crisis

Sarah Jane Tribble - KFF Health News
(Soeren Stache/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Rural US gets $315M for green energy

Katie Myers - Grist
Monkeypox virus (Getty Images/kontekbrothers)

When monkeypox comes to rural areas

Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez - KFF Health News
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A senior patient using a mask looking through the window at the hospital (Getty Images)

Driver shortage impacts care in rural US

Christina Saint Louis - KFF Health News
Montana democratic Governor Steve Bullock campaigns for the senate at a drive in rally on October 3, 2020 in Livingston, Montana. (William Campbell/Getty Images)

Dem sounds alarm on party's rural "doom"

Alex Henderson - Alternet
Coronavirus vaccine vials in hospital (Getty Images)

"Trial & error" in Vaccine distribution

Elizabeth Miller - Undark
HILLBILLY ELEGY: (L to R) Glenn Close ("Mamaw”), Amy Adams (“Bev”) (Lacey Terrell/NETFLIX)

Why Hollywood loves "Hillbilly Elegy"

Ashlie D. Stevens
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Black Lives Matter protesters outside the Delaware County Courthouse in Delhi, N.Y., June 6, 2020 (Andrew O'Hehir)

Protest in a small town: Why it mattered

Andrew O'Hehir
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump signs autographs for supporters during a campaign stop at the Tsongas Center in Lowell, Mass., Monday, Jan. 4, 2016. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) (AP)

When Tump lies, his supporters die

William Rivers Pitt - Truthout
People enter the town hall just after sunrise to cast their ballot in the US presidential election on November 4, 2008 in the rural township of San Francisco, Minnesota. The town hall, which is a converted one room school house, serves as the polling location for the township. (Cory Ryan/Getty Images)

Can Democrats win in rural America?

Paul Rosenberg
(Getty/JamesBrey)

Farming needs more attention from pols

Lisa Schulte Moore - The Conversation
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In this June 26, 2019 photo, A sign leading out of downtown Bristol, Va., a city that straddles two states, Tenn. and Va., is seen. (AP Photo/Sudhin Thanawala)

Rural hospital closings is a crisis

Jane Bolin, Bree Watzak, Nancy Dickey - The Conversation
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(AP/John Locher/Getty/Salon)

Why so many Americans are "left behind"

Alex Henderson - Alternet
Donald Trump; Xi Jinping (AP/Getty/Salon)

Farmers losing patience with China trade

Alex Henderson - Alternet
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