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Underfunded Pennsylvania school district shines as a clean energy leader through solar power Near the state capital of Harrisburg lies the town of Steelton, Pennsylvania, the home of America’s first steel company and the birthplace of an industry that...
by jamiewertz
on Wed Apr 17, 2024 at 03:19 PM PDT
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Rural white voters have, in many cases, far more political power than suburban or urban voters, and they’re using that outsized power to push our nation toward disaster. While they’re only 20 percent of the country, for example, because of...
by thomhartmann
on Mon Apr 08, 2024 at 08:06 AM PDT
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A crisis for many low-income internet users is looming. It’s linked to a critical government program expected to run out of funding at the end of April. Known as the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), the benefit provides discounts on internet...
by akmk
on Sat Apr 06, 2024 at 07:29 PM PDT
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Hi all: If anyone has read my posts, you will notice I do some political work in Central PA. I helped create a PAC to help rural and progressive Dems in Central PA. The PAC is called Progress Centre and our focus is to help provide the support that...
by RobertZeigler
on Sat Apr 06, 2024 at 07:54 AM PDT
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There are grassroots movements in rural America today trying to reverse the effects of conservative groups who have been flooding rural America with conservative propaganda. One such group is Rural Americans United. Rural Americans United was born in...
by Uncle Tom
on Tue Mar 26, 2024 at 03:25 PM PDT
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In an attempt to prove that the Democratic party doesn't represent non-metro communities, there will be no primary polling locations in 30 Missouri counties. This is the first year that the Missouri Democratic party is operating their own independent...
by CalicoValley
on Tue Mar 19, 2024 at 03:21 AM PDT
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Rural Hospitals Under Fire: National Single Payer and Global Budgets Can Save Them Webinar, Wed. March 13, 2024, 8pmE Sponsored by National Single Payer Speakers: Journalist Maureen Tkacik Health Justice Monitor Editor, Jim Kahn, MD. REGISTER HERE...
by kaytillow
on Thu Mar 07, 2024 at 12:59 PM PST
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J.D. Vance’s book, Hillbilly Elegy, defines a certain segment of the rural / Appalachian cultural group through the lens of his own family history and his own right-wing views of it. When he applies these views to the culture as a whole, our mainstream...
by Walk In the Woods
on Sat Mar 02, 2024 at 06:00 AM PST
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When I talk about the 21st-century Economic Bill of Rights, I am pretty immediately asked, “But what does this mean in terms of laws, in terms of real policies, and funding?” My first answer is an honest, “I don’t have a detailed list of how we achieve...
by TroyNMiller
on Sun Feb 25, 2024 at 02:34 PM PST
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🕊️ Global Observatory.org - 2019 The Role of Women in Northern Ireland’s Peace Process: Q&A with Monica McWilliams by Samir Ashraf. For clarity, the Ireland-England conflict dates back at minimum to about 1540, and in some...
by mettle fatigue
on Sat Mar 02, 2024 at 04:50 PM PST
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Hi all, Some of you may have read my posts and such. I'm a Rural Progressive in Central Pennsylvania, (Centre County). I'm in the county of Pennsylvania that shows up as a blue dot on the map when they show elections in the state. The county itself is...
by RobertZeigler
on Mon Jan 29, 2024 at 05:32 PM PST
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If Democrats want to win in Rural America they have to try to do it. They don’t seem to have made much effort to do so in some time. The last time I voted for a congressional representative, I had to go online and look up to find out if anybody was...
by NightMist
on Wed Jan 17, 2024 at 09:26 AM PST
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By� Sarah Jane Tribble
KFF Health News
Zita Magloire carefully adjusted a soft measuring tape across Kenadie Evans’ pregnant belly.
Determining a baby’s size during a 28-week obstetrical ...
by KFF Health News
on Sat Jan 13, 2024 at 12:59 PM PST
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Hi all, I am a rural progressive, a registered Democrat and I have run for some political offices (and am serving at a local level. Recently, the Centre County Democratic Party decided to only send information relating to the swearing in of their...
by RobertZeigler
on Tue Jan 02, 2024 at 01:56 PM PST
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It was but two months ago that former Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez (D) entered the race to take on Incumbent MAGA Congressman Eli Crane (R) in Arizona’s 2nd Congressional District, the vast nearly 60,000 square mile district that covers over...
by Roadrunner65
on Fri Dec 22, 2023 at 05:04 AM PST
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It’s confusing that people are OK with paying billions of tax dollars to land-based telecoms corporations who fail to provide even half-decent internet service, and whose services are not "scalable", but people balk at Starlink. The "rural niche"...
by CalicoValley
on Mon Dec 18, 2023 at 10:40 AM PST
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After any election, we can expect the typical scoreboard-style coverage from pundits, Twitter “experts,” and organizations. While this has its place, it’s also important to recognize and examine the investment of resources and effort of the past cycle,...
by Rural GroundGame
on Fri Dec 01, 2023 at 10:10 AM PST
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There have been many posts here about the advantages and dangers of Medicare Advantage (MA) for the average consumer. They are extremely appealing with low or no cost policies, and more benefits than standard Medicare. But if you choose MA, beware that...
by zman1527
on Tue Oct 31, 2023 at 01:10 PM PDT
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By Jayme Lozano Carver � The Texas Tribune Subscribe to The Y’all � — a weekly ...
by Texas Tribune
on Sun Oct 08, 2023 at 11:00 AM PDT
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Hi all: I tend to give updates about what I am doing in Central PA for my countywide seat (Recorder of Deeds in Centre County) and how things are going. I am happy (and honored) to be the only candidate endorsed by the Pennsylvania Chapter of the...
by RobertZeigler
on Fri Sep 22, 2023 at 08:33 PM PDT
with 12 Recommends
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