Jim Goodman

Perhaps this is another soul-searching moment when farmers and workers need to realize that they are both fair game for the corporate interests that control agriculture.

The failures of the food system during the pandemic showed us that the corporate-consolidated mode of farming inflexible and wasteful.

Those who struggle to retain their hold on political power rely on racism, classism, hypocrisy and outright lies.

There must be a reckoning for Trump and for all those who were complicit with Trump.

If we truly want to get the pandemic under control and save lives, people must stay home. If we truly want to avert an economic meltdown, Congress must pass new stimulus funding.

If the Biden-Har­ris tick­et, and the Demo­c­ra­t­ic Par­ty in gen­er­al, wants to begin to heal this rift and regain what the Democ­rats have lost in rur­al Amer­i­ca, they will need to artic­u­late a clear vision for a future that includes rur­al Amer­i­cans.

The GOP has officially embraced a continuation of Trump's policies, reaffirming its support for a president whose idea of "law and order" is a recipe for more violence.