Top headlines from the Rural News Clips. Subscribe free! —Fury over SNAP in rural Louisiana but little blame for Trump in shutdown —Coal miners with black lung say gov't is suffocating the working man —How sex-trafficking lurks in rural communities

See how Project 2025 goals are affecting us today! Subscribe free. —Commentary: When conservation funding dries up, so does rural progress —Gov't shutdown, trade wars, pummel farmers’ bottom line —SNAP cuts in the OBBB will cripple rural recession response

We're working to get 85,000 signatures this weekend on our petition telling the #Trump administration to stop playing politics with #SNAP. Please sign it now if you haven't already. sign.moveon.org/peti...

Nearly 65,000 people have signed our petition telling Trump's USDA to stop playing politics with SNAP. USA Today highlighted one of the petition signers, Anna from PA. This isn't about politics. It's about people's lives. Sign the petition: sign.moveon.org/peti... #SNAP #Rural

In Maryland alone, 1 in 10 people rely on SNAP to put food on the table. Cutting off benefits doesn’t just hurt families — it hurts local economies. As Gov. @martinomalley.bsky.social says: “We all need to eat. This isn’t partisan — it’s about basic human decency.”

“The president is not a king. Two federal courts ordered the administration to fund SNAP, yet families are still waiting." @repshontelbrown.bsky.social reminded us on our press call today that this isn’t about politics. It’s about feeding Americans in need.

Top headlines from the Rural News Clips. Subscribe free! —A rural doctor tries to puncture his red county’s media bubble —Rural groceries in peril over SNAP cutoff —Senate bill would strengthen USDA ReConnect rural broadband program

Top headlines from the latest Rural News Clips. Subscribe free! —Some Head Start preschools shutter as government shutdown continues —New Richmond Fed center to support rural economies —Rural health providers worry about losing funding race

See how Project 2025 is affecting rural America this week. Subscribe free! —Trump's policies hit hard in rural Iowa —Report: Federal cuts threaten rural progress in Wisconsin —Under Trump, a lifeline for young women in rural Virginia fights to survive

According to the New York Times, a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to continue paying for food stamps during the federal shutdown. The judge ordered distribution of funds “as soon as possible.” www.nytimes.com/live...

Top headlines from the Rural News Clips. Subscribe free! —Democrats eye rural voters amid tight Virginia governor race —Already strained food banks brace for Sunday’s SNAP deadline —US to fund rural air service during shutdown

This week, more than 50,000 people across the country signed our new petition demanding that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) keep food assistance programs like SNAP fully operational during Donald Trump’s ongoing government shutdown. ruralorganizing.subs...

Top headlines from the Rural News Clips. Subscribe free! —See map: GOP bill will strand millions of rural Americans with outrageous health-insurance premiums —Rural areas try to prep for SNAP cutoff —Study: $100k H-1B visa fee would hit rural areas hardest

Sign the petition! USDA must use the SNAP contingency fund to keep food assistance programs funded during the government shutdown, as is required by law and has been done in every other government shutdown in modern history. sign.moveon.org/peti...?

Jonna Higgins Freese traveled all the way from Iowa to Washington D.C to tell her story and urge lawmakers to protect health insurance coverage for working families. Allowing the Affordable Care Act tax credits to expire is a death sentence for working class and rural people.

Top headlines from the Rural News Clips. Subscribe free! —Program meant to help farmers in trade war overspent, lacked transparency & compliance checks —Trump's policies have hit hard in rural red Iowa —40 orgs offer a plan to revitalize rural America

Top headlines from the Rural News Clips. Subscribe free! —How to place rural communities at the heart of the anti-Trump movement —Tourism strained as shutdown leaves parks, museums undermanned —Pilot program aims to train rural teachers in civic education

Republicans in Congress are holding food assistance for 42 million Americans hostage to force through Donald Trump’s budget — a plan that would raise healthcare premiums for millions of working families while handing out new tax cuts for billionaires.

Top headlines from the Rural News Clips. Subscribe free! Populist ideas for Democrats to win with in 2026; California researchers map rural heat to protect farmworkers; Eastern Tennessee rural housing loans frozen by shutdown

Abby shares why the differences she sees in her community are actually the reason why she loves it. #AbbyNorman #Rural #RuralOrganizing #WhyRural #RuralDiversity #RuralWorthFightingFor

Top headlines from the Rural News Clips. Subscribe free! —Mineworkers are not backing down this election season —At least 25 states plan to cut off food aid benefits in November —Rural Iowa newspapers are closing shop, but not without a fight

We’re seeing the very early stages of a political shift in rural America. People who never questioned Trump are starting to wonder if he’s really on their side. Here's our conversation with @gregsargent.bsky.social

Keri shares why the sense of belonging she feels with her community is at the heart of her motivation to fight for rural communities. youtube.com/shorts/P... #KeriWeaver #Rural #RuralOrganizing #WhyRural #RuralWorthFightingFor

Top headlines from the Rural News Clips. Subscribe free! —Va. Dems field candidates in all 100 state House districts for the first time in recent memory —Outsourcing jobs to rural America —Rural America would be hit harder by ACA subsidy lapses

Trump is screwing his voters so badly: *tariffs wrecking soybean markets abroad *Medicaid cuts killing rural hospitals *ACA subsidies lapsing for working class *ICE decimating ag workforce *farmers furious at Argentine beef imports On the pod, we dig into all of it: newrepublic.com/article/2020...

Headlines from the Rural News Clips. Subscribe free! —Medicaid cuts threaten pregnancy and postpartum coverage —The Black women driving a food revolution in rural Mississippi —H-1B hospital workers already here will be exempt from new $100K fee, feds say

The clips and conversations I’m hearing about the SNAP (food stamp) cuts should be above the fold everywhere. It’s a scary time for a lot of people.

Top headlines from the Rural News Clips. Subscribe free! —Rural young voters say they feel unseen by leaders —Texas to fund green energy microgrids for rural nursing homes during disasters —State officials: new FEMA rules, delays put disaster aid at risk

Damaris shares why education and opportunity for the next generation are at the heart of her motivation to fight for rural communities. youtube.com/shorts/T... #DamarisRau #Rural #RuralOrganizing #WhyRural #RuralWorthFightingFor

See how Project 2025 is affecting rural America this week: —Rural towns trying to buck encroaching data centers —The financial pressures weighing on young rural voters —Measure of rural Mid-America economy hits lowest level since May 2020

In America, we don't do Kings. From rural and small towns to big cities, we united to say no to Kings. We stood with our neighbors to say no to power grabs and to harmful policies that cut critical services for millions of working families. #RuralOrganizing #NoKings

House Democratic leaders held a press conference and hearing this week on real world impacts of health care costs. Iowan Jonna Higgins-Freese, "One Tough Mother," shared the horrifying ramifications for her family.

Top headlines from the Rural News Clips. Subscribe free! —FEMA has denied/stalled most aid after deadly July 4 floods in Texas —National parks could be at risk of long-term harm as shutdown drags on —County-level interactive map shows drug OD trends

Top headlines from the latest Rural News Clips. Subscribe free! —The financial pressures weighing on young rural voters —Measure of rural Mid-America economy hits lowest level since May 2020 —How rural communities can increase child care availability

Brad shares his vision for the future of rural communities and the three pillars they are built on. Public education, affordable housing and affordable healthcare for everyone. youtube.com/shorts/I... #BradChambers #Rural #RuralOrganizing #RuralProsperity #2050Fest #RuralWorthFightingFor

Top headlines from the latest Rural News Clips. Subscribe free! —DNC chair looks to connect with Wisconsin farmers in push to flip rural districts —No Kings protest movement ripples across rural America —Town sued after saying no to data center

Top headlines from the Rural News Clips. Subscribe free! —GOP Rep says rural areas will just have to deal with hospitals losing services —Farmers say bailout won’t be enough even when it happens —Trump’s $100K visa fee threatens rural schools & hospitals

Top headlines from Rural News Clips. Subscribe free! —Louisiana increases Medicaid payments to doctors —EPA sued over cancellation of $7 billion Solar for All program —Nurses are in high demand. Why can’t nursing schools keep up?

Kait shares her vision for the future of rural communities: public education rooted in proper funding and opportunity for everyone. www.youtube.com/shor... #KaitLinton #Rural #RuralOrganizing #RuralProsperity #2050Fest

Top headlines from the latest Rural News Clips. Subscribe free! —A bunch of rural towns are about to lose their only flight —Farmers left in limbo with aid on the line —Musk’s SpaceX contests Wisconsin’s rural broadband plans

Senator James Malone shares his vision for his community’s future — building stronger connections, honoring rural roots, and lifting every voice. youtube.com/shorts/X... #JamesAndrewMalone #Rural #RuralOrganizing #RuralProsperity #2050Fest

Top headlines from today's Rural News Clips. Subscribe free! —Rural airline subsidies to expire as soon as Sunday because of shutdown —Rural Texas grapples with pros, cons of data centers —Rural library goes adults only to comply with Idaho book law

Headlines from this week's Project 2025 Rural News Clips: —Report: book bans disturbingly normalized in schools —Rural areas that feed the world going hungry —Trump no longer distancing himself from Project 2025 as he uses shutdown to pursue its goals

Here's the top headlines from today's Rural News Clips. Subscribe free! —Trump explores $10 billion+ farmer bailout —Arizona rural grassroots organizers take on industrial developers, aided by urban allies —Trump’s coal crusade gets some GOP eye rolls http://ruralorganizi...

Here's the latest headlines from our Rural News Clips — subscribe free! —Farmers, a key GOP constituency, hit hard by shutdown —Rural America gets new tool to track broadband expansion —rural parents plead for more federal child care funding http://ruralorganizi...

Mayor Wayne Codner shares his vision for building a future where his rural community is thriving, stronger, more connected, and full of opportunity. youtube.com/shorts/e... #MayorCodner #Rural #RuralOrganizing #RuralProsperity #2050Fest

Trump's FCC yesterday voted to kill a program that provided free Wi-Fi to rural school kids at no cost to taxpayers, falsely claiming the program was "illegal" and was being used to "censor Conservative ideology."

🌱 Rep. Ismail “Izzy” Smith-Wade-El shares his vision for thriving rural communities—where opportunity, connection, and care for each other come first. Watch and imagine with us. youtube.com/shorts/4... #RepIzzy #Rural #RuralOrganizing #RuralProsperity #2050Fest

Headlines from the latest Rural News—subscribe free! —Wildfire smoke Is killing thousands—see map —Rural Wisconsin child care worker enters state Senate race —Farms beg for more temporary farmworker visas amid immigration raids

We discussed the Rural Development hearing on Capitol Hill this week during our weekly Friday Substack Live conversation. Watch the whole discussion here: ruralorganizing.subs...