Commentary by Alex Campbell So-called “right-to-work” (RTW) laws have existed in North Carolina since 1947. But NC policymakers are pushing a constitutional amendment that, if passed on the ballot by North Carolinians, would codify RTW…
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Commentary by UN-DIPLOMATIC Pity the American farmer. A new report [from the American Farm Bureau Federation] has US farm bankruptcies increasing from 216 in 2024 to 315 in 2025. The Midwest alone—the breadbasket of American…
Because of “fraud” — but where is the evidence? By Ayurella Horn-Muller Leah Atwood was rattled. It was the tail end of March, and for days she and her colleagues at Agroecology Commons had been…
By Kara Hoving From tariffs to conservation funds, federal policies trickle down in various ways to influence farmers’ day-to-day decision-making. Small- and mid-scale farmers are feeling the impacts of Washington lawmakers’ shifting priorities — which…
Farmers keep the faith after losing USDA funds By Kara Hoving Farmers, more than anyone, are experts in resilience. From unexpected weather to shifting market patterns, farmers are constantly adapting and pivoting to do what’s…
Would Open our Oceans to the Harms of Factory Farming By Ryan Nebeker Proponents of fish farming say it’s the most sustainable way to meet the protein needs of a growing world population. But people…
Against Right-Wing Regime By Olivia Arigho-Stiles “For a colonized people the most essential value, because the most concrete, is first and foremost the land,” Frantz Fanon wrote in The Wretched of the Earth: “the land…
Louisiana v. Callais Decision By SNCC Legacy Project As veterans of the Civil Rights Movement, we are angered by the Supreme Court’s decision in Louisiana v. Callais. In the 1960s we organized against the killings…
The hidden architecture of the ruling class By William Murphy Every few years, American politics turns into a spectacle of moral theater. Elections are framed as existential battles, presidents are cast as saviors or villains,…
Anti-Solidarity Strategy By In Defense of Movements (IDOM) Prairieland is not an anomaly, it’s a precedent. The Prairieland trial marked the first case in which the government prosecuted left-wing demonstrators and alleged they are part…