Rural
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“This is how we make a living”: Wisconsin beef farmers grapple with rising beef imports
Trump’s plan brings 300,000 tons of foreign beef into the US at 25% below market value. Small Wisconsin beef farmer AJ Kangas says it threatens their livelihoods.
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Concerns rise over Line 5 after natural gas spill, multiple frac outs
A late August natural gas spill in rural Iron County may be the largest of its kind ever in Wisconsin, raising concerns about its impact on the surrounding environment, and the overall safety of the controversial pipeline that was damaged.
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Wisconsin’s Dust Bowl, lessons learned from the storm changed farming
In 1934, the Dust Bowl came to Wisconsin, and it changed agriculture in the state forever.
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One adopted dog led to fostering, which turned into an animal sanctuary
It’s not unusual to pass rural farmsteads around Luxemburg. But there is one that stands out by declaring on its sign that it is “The Home of Second Chances.”
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Wisconsin’s rural families burdened by childcare deserts
Almost half of young children in the U.S. live in childcare deserts, according to a new report from the Center for American Progress.
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Beef Month highlights the impact of Wisconsin’s beef community
As warmer weather arrives across Wisconsin, grills are firing up and beef is taking center stage.
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New Wisconsin law taps ‘Dreamers’ to fill critical rural labor gaps
A bipartisan Wisconsin law removes barriers for more than 5,000 DACA recipients in the state, allowing them to work in high-need fields, especially in rural areas, including nursing, teaching, plumbing, and other licensed trades.
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From Minneapolis to your block: Real people are proving politics isn’t just for watching
Consuming political news isn’t the same as building political power. From Minneapolis to small-town America, rural organizer Gwen Frisbie-Fulton writes that real change starts with local organizing and civic engagement. Someone once told me this story: Anthropologists visiting an Aboriginal village showed them a newspaper clipping about an earthquake that destroyed a town halfway across…
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3 ways Wisconsinites can get involved as data centers try to creep into their communities
As more data centers flood Wisconsin, local community organizations are working together to empower residents looking to protect their communities.
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These Wisconsin seniors remember when government worked for the people
Wisconsin seniors are taking the long view—using lessons from the past to fight for Social Security, Medicaid, housing, and stronger communities for generations to come.
