Provincial Pretenders
The only thing more American than living and working on a farm is pretending you do.
20036 Articles by: Zola Carr
Zola Carr is a doctoral candidate at Columbia University, working on a dissertation on the development of experimental brain implants for psychiatric disorder.
Can Policies Make Rural Politics?
The rural divide is deep and, in many cases, based on real abandonment by liberal technocrats. More than just new policies, Democrats need a new approach to rural voters.
A Twenty-First-Century Horse Opera
Yellowstone sells a fantasy of rural America — and conservatism — no different from any other prime-time soap opera.
Tall Tails
Some of the most frightening beasts of American folklore may be hiding out in your neck of the woods.
The Old World’s New Agriculture
In today’s Europe, the exploitation of migrant workers puts food on the table.
Apartheid’s Green Thumb
Since the 1960s, Israel has planted millions of trees across the Naqab desert and the West Bank. The afforestation effort greenwashes ethnic cleansing — and literally covers up the evidence.
Favela Archipelago
Brazil’s impoverished, informal urban neighborhoods are the result of long-term rural neglect.
Outside the Green Line
Israel has laid waste to Palestinian agriculture for decades. It’s only gotten worse since the war started.
Sacrificial Lambs
The success of the “nuclear sponge” strategy means the destruction of the Great Plains.
Rural Voter Blues
Contrary to what you’ve heard, progressives actually can reach rural voters.
Jane McAlevey Knew We Could Win
Among Jane McAlevey’s many audacious projects in the labor movement, her organizer training program, Organizing for Power, is one of her most innovative. Reaching tens of thousands of workers worldwide, her ideas and commitment will live on through it.
Old Man Zuck’s Family Farm
Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t work the land on his Hawaii ranch, but he and other wealthy landowners still benefit from huge agricultural tax breaks.
Landsharks
Since 2008, Wall Street has made a pretty penny exacerbating the housing crisis.
Scottish Nationalism Is on the Ropes After the UK Election
The Scottish National Party suffered a heavy defeat in last week’s Westminster election. The result leaves Scotland trapped for now inside a British state whose deep-seated problems the new Labour government will be unable to address.
France’s New Popular Front Has Won a Historic Victory
The French election was meant to bring victory for Marine Le Pen’s far right. But the New Popular Front rallied around a left-wing program for social change — allowing it to become the biggest force in the new National Assembly.