From manufacturing jobs to agribusiness to affordable health care made available to more Americans, the GOP leadership is in the midst of pulling off one of the biggest bait and switch schemes in the history of campaign trail whoppers. Fortunately, the reality of market forces and economic fundamentals has a choke hold on some of […]
Posted on May 30th, 2017 by Ken
Filed under: Agri-tourism, Agriculture, Economy, Elections, Environment, Federal Budget, Fiscal Crisis, Health Care, House of Representatives, Jobs, Politics and Political Issues, Rural Issues, Rural Life, Uncategorized | No Comments »
The rewrite of Trumpcare/Ryancare did very little at all to cure the earlier version of GOP health care reform, killing coverage for 23 million Americans, according to the Congressional Budget Office analysis released today. Here are the most significant points from the CBO scorecard: Lower premiums would be a result of offering Americans less coverage […]
Posted on May 24th, 2017 by Ken
Filed under: Economy, Elections, Health Care, Insurance Reform, Politics and Political Issues, Uncategorized | No Comments »
Nothing is more coveted in western democracy more than an individual’s right to vote for the candidate or issue of their choice. While a privilege for all Americans, the rural voter who may have to travel many miles to get to a ballot box to cast a vote understands the value and meaning of democracy […]
Posted on May 8th, 2017 by Ken
Filed under: Elections, National Security, Politics and Political Issues, Voter Suppression | 1 Comment »
Two hundred thirty-eight years ago today America was born. Under the shadow of the American Revolution a nation of promise and hope was created. Then it happened: the Second Continental Congress restricted the right to vote to white, free, male landowners, over the age of 21. That was the start of our nation’s still bumpy […]
Posted on July 4th, 2014 by Debby
Filed under: Democrats, History, Independent movement, Politics and Political Issues, Republicans, Social Justice, Uncategorized, Vote suppression, Voter Suppression | No Comments »
This story says it all when it comes to relying on the courts to upend voter ID laws. RuralVotes has teamed up with South Forward to launch a new Voter ID Project. First stop, North Carolina. From the early suffragists, to the repeal of the Poll Tax and Jim Crow laws, it took generations of […]
Posted on May 6th, 2014 by Debby
Filed under: Voter ID laws, Voter Suppression | No Comments »
The title of this essay is that of a song I remember from bygone days. Frank Sinatra used to sing it. Listening to Barack Obama and John Kerry give their rationale for attacking Syria, gave me an ear worm – the song keeps running around in my brain and I’m sick of hearing it. The […]
Posted on September 6th, 2013 by Miryam Ehrlich Williamson
Filed under: Foreign Policy, House of Representatives, National Security, Obama, Uncategorized | No Comments »
Writing to overturn key provisions of the Voting Rights Act, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts declared, “Nearly 50 years later, things have changed dramatically. Largely because of the Voting Rights Act ‘[v]oter turnout and registration rates’ in covered jurisdictions ‘now approach parity. Blatantly discriminatory evasions of federal decrees are rare.’…The tests and devices that […]
Posted on August 30th, 2013 by Miryam Ehrlich Williamson
Filed under: Elections, Politics and Political Issues, Social Justice, Supreme Court, Uncategorized, Vote suppression, Voter Suppression | No Comments »
Just as Congress was heading home for a five-week vacation, the administration closed embassies throughout the Middle East, warning of increased danger of an attack somewhere, on something, and telling people everywhere to be extra cautious. Gradually, it emerged that the warning came because someone overheard a phone conversation between two Al Aqaeda leaders about […]
Posted on August 8th, 2013 by Miryam Ehrlich Williamson
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This just in from The Rural Blog: House leaders look for ways to help farm-district members after blocking floor vote on Farm Bill “Having blocked the pending five-year Farm Bill, House Republican leaders now appear to be racing ahead of their own Agriculture Committee to come up with some alternative to protect the party’s farm […]
Posted on July 26th, 2012 by Debby
Filed under: Agriculture, Election 2012, Farm Bill 2012, Politics and Political Issues, Republicans | No Comments »
The race is on for rural America’s support come November. Both campaigns have just about four months to woo voters in America’s non-metro areas. And both sides have specific campaign messages to induce small town and rural constituents to cast a ballot their way. Former Massachusetts Governor Romney has been making the rounds, flipping flapjacks […]
Posted on July 5th, 2012 by Debby
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