Americans Think Government Is Corrupt. Maybe We Ought to Ask Why.
Shoot, nowadays you couldn't get that many Republicans and Democrats to agree the sun came up this morning.
Rural Politics
Who Owns the Algorithm That Decides Whether You Ever See the Story?
Pew Research found in 2024 that about one in five American adults regularly got news from social media news influencers. Among adults under 30, it was more than one in three.
Not In My Backyard
Would you want a crematorium in your backyard?
The People's Right to Know
From Watergate to Data Centers: Is Rural America's Next Fight About Freedom of Information?
Why Americans Vote… and Why They Don't: The Surprising History of Voter Turnout in America
Why Americans Vote… and Why They Don't: The Surprising History of Voter Turnout in America
When Anger Found Its Audience in Rural America
Recent research from Washington University in St. Louis shows something many of us in rural America have felt for decades now. Anger moves people more than fear. It is anger, not fear, that changes minds, changes their political party and drives politics.
Look back to 1980s. Rural America began losing
When the Factories Went Quiet: NAFTA and the Day Rural America Felt Left Behind
When the Factories Went Quiet: NAFTA and the Day Rural America Felt Left Behind