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Can Democrats Win Rural Voters Turning Away From Trump? It’s a Tough Sell.

14. Juli 2026 um 13:21
House candidates like Beth Macy, author of “Dopesick,” have crafted messages based on lifetimes in rural regions. But messages need an audience, and many minds are closed to the party.

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“I think there’s a lot of rage, and feeling like people in power don’t care,” said the best-selling author Beth Macy, who is running for Congress as a Democrat.

The Small City Taking a Maximalist Approach to America’s 250th

22. Juni 2026 um 21:46
Kim Smith, a city worker in Presque Isle, Maine, planned a year’s worth of festivities with a commitment that bordered on obsession. Her approach felt quintessentially American.

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Kim Smith counts donated feathers for a quill-pen-making workshop planned for the fall.

House Approves Year-Round Sale of Higher-Ethanol Gas

14. Mai 2026 um 00:49
In a rare bipartisan vote, the House passed a bill allowing for the sale of an ethanol blend known as E15, over the objections of Republican hard-liners and some oil refiners.

© Jordan Gale for The New York Times

An ethanol processing plant in Wellsburg, Iowa, in 2023.

A Meat Plant Closed in Nebraska. Then Politics Became a Focus for These Latinos

Politically disconnected young men, especially Latinos, helped fuel President Trump’s victory, but in this economy, they could move to unconventional candidates like Dan Osborn in Nebraska.

© Rachel Woolf for The New York Times

The sudden closure of the Tyson beef processing plant in Lexington, Neb., tore a hole in the small town’s economy.

Foreign Doctors Forced Out of U.S. Hospitals by Trump Immigration Policy

04. April 2026 um 23:35
Physicians from 39 countries are being pushed out of U.S. hospitals as a policy blocks their ability to work.

© Austin Anthony for The New York Times

Faysal Alghoula, a 38-year-old pulmonologist from Libya who treats patients in an underserved area, could lose his ability to work in the U.S. because of a Trump immigration policy.

South Dakotans React to Daily Mail Article on Bryon Noem, Kristi Noem’s Husband

01. April 2026 um 16:06
In the tiny town of Castlewood, S.D., where everyone knows the Noems, the prevailing sense was that people can’t help but feel bad for Bryon Noem after a tabloid photo leak.

© Ben Brewer for The New York Times

Castlewood is not far from the Noem family farm in South Dakota.

In Deep-Red Idaho, a Republican Rift Over Schools and ‘Parental Choice’

16. März 2026 um 16:22
Does “choice” in Idaho mean vouchers for private-school tuition or publicly funded remote learning that has brought AP classes and advanced math to the state’s rural reaches?

© Loren Elliott for The New York Times

The town of Carey in rural Blaine County is nestled in a valley in Idaho.

‘Nobody Owns Us’: How Plans for a Google Data Center Divided an Oklahoma Town

15. März 2026 um 17:17
The volunteer fire department serving a rural area near Sand Springs declined a $250,000 donation from the tech giant. Now some residents are suing to block the proposed development.

A Raid in a Small Town Brings Trump’s Deportations to Deep-Red Idaho

09. Februar 2026 um 10:00
Wilder, Idaho, prided itself on comity. Then federal agents stormed a racetrack outside of town in October, and the reverberations are still shaking the community.

As Trump Promotes Economy in Iowa, Many Residents Feel Pain

27. Januar 2026 um 23:49
Farmers are critical to Iowa’s economy. They have been battered by President Trump’s tariffs and are not experiencing the “golden age” that the president promised.

© Kenny Holston/The New York Times

President Trump visited a restaurant on Tuesday in Davenport, Iowa. The state has been struggling under his economic policies.

One State, Two Very Different Views of Minneapolis

Pull up a stool at Ye Olde Pickle Factory and listen to a story about America’s urban-rural divide.

Outside of the Twin Cities area, at places like Ye Olde Pickle Factory in Nisswa, Minn., support for Immigration and Customs Enforcement is widespread.

One State, Two Very Different Views of Minneapolis

Pull up a stool at Ye Olde Pickle Factory and listen to a story about America’s urban-rural divide.

Outside of the Twin Cities area, at places like Ye Olde Pickle Factory in Nisswa, Minn., support for Immigration and Customs Enforcement is widespread.
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