The Democratic Party could spell this out clearly and consistently for voters.
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Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Donald Trump and Elon Musk Own the Bird Flu Epidemic
Bird flu is rampaging among chickens and cattle, while Trump and Musk gut the agencies responsible for stopping it.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Trump’s DEI Purge Sweeps Up Race-Neutral Environmental Justice Program
The administration’s indiscriminate attacks on so-called ‘DEI’ will also harm his own base.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
The Empty Hope for RFK Jr.
Taking on Big Pharma and Big Ag isn’t a one-man job.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
How Deb Fischer Delivered for Big Ag
An obscure fight over cattle prices could be one reason the Nebraska senator is in trouble in her re-election campaign.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Rural America’s Project 2025 Problem
Trump is promising major disruptions for small-town communities. Yet residents still favor him over Kamala Harris’s development and investment approach.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Big Ag Opens Another Vein of Public Funding
Money from the Climate-Smart Commodities program, designed to reduce agriculture emissions, is going disproportionately to multinationals.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
How Washington Bargained Away Rural America
Every five years, the farm bill brings together Democrats and Republicans who are normally at each other’s throats. The result is the continued corporatization of agriculture.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Big Retail Surveils Food Stamp User Data
SNAP beneficiaries can now shop online. Payday lenders are hoping to advertise to them.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Farmers Pay Big Ag to Lobby Against Them
The checkoff program, intended for marketing promotion but used as a slush fund for consolidated agricultural interests, is facing pressure for reform.