In 1874, Jupiter Gilliard, who had been enslaved before emancipation, purchased 476 acres of coastal Georgia soil near rural Brunswick. That act of ownership rooted his descendants in the land they ...

As the federal government shutdown stretches into a record-breaking seventh week, across the country 42 million Americans whose food assistance benefits expired on November 1 are scrambling to put ...

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One of my pet peeves is getting solicited for campaign cash by a candidate for office—especially federal office—only to find out that said candidate’s website has no issues page. The art of ...

In March, the Trump administration pulled the rug on $1 billion in funds for the Local Food for Schools (LFS) and Local Food Purchase Assistance (LFPA) programs. The two programs provided funding to ...

For the first time in his life, a New Yorker in his late 70s was able to take his entire family out to dinner. On September 19, on a quiet, tree-lined street on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, he and his ...

On a Saturday morning in September, my husband and I jump in our truck and drive to Castlewood, Virginia, in southwest Virginia’s Russell County, for the annual United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) ...

Remember Deborah “Renie” Gates, who ran for State Senator in Virginia? What about Brittany Gondolfi in Louisiana? Have you heard of Sandy Kerr in Mississippi? In 2023, these women ran as Democrats in ...

In September, Jasmine Burke, a paramedic with the Highland Rescue Team Ambulance District in Colorado, responded to a 911 call for someone with suicidal thoughts. That is all that anyone can know ...

When voters were sold an “America-first” vision last November, many farm families believed that meant standing up for the people who put food on our tables and steward the land. But when news broke ...

Since October 1, the majority in Congress has decided to shut down the government rather than make a deal to pass a budget that extends affordable health care. Even as Congress has disrupted vital ...