When Chad Raines took over his family’s Texas cotton farm in 2008, he thought the going would be easy. That’s because their first year was relatively ...

When Barbara Miller was in elementary school, she covered her face while walking to class. “It hurt so bad to breathe. Your neck, your throat, your eyes,” ...

On a sub-zero day in Willmar, Minnesota, fifteen residents gathered around a table at a restaurant in town. It was the middle of the usual lunch rush on a ...

This story was originally published by KFF Health News. Last year was a tough one for farmers. Amid falling prices for commodity crops such as ...

Brandon Small’s pickup squeezes down a narrow dirt road lined with trees and bushes as we drive down the hillside towards the buffalo. We’re on the ...

On Wednesday, January 28, 2026, peaceful protesters in Dilley, Texas, were blocked from accessing the South Texas Family Detention Center as state ...

Ever made a breakneck drive to a rural post office to get your tax return filed at the last minute? I bet you weren’t thinking then about the official ...

Rural landowners and conservation advocates across Central and West Texas are mobilizing in response to a proposed extra-high-voltage transmission line ...

President Donald Trump inaugurated his government’s massive ICE operation targeting Somali-Americans in Minnesota in early December by calling the entire ...

When LeyAnn Gehlen-Wampler of Medicine Lodge, Kansas, gave birth to her son last year, she faced a common dilemma in rural communities: She needed ...

"Avatar: Fire and Ash" expands viewers’ understanding of the planet of Pandora with new villains and moral stakes.