News & Updates

Latest articles from our blog

More Than 50,000 Sign RuralOrganizing Petition Demanding USDA Fund SNAP Benefits During Trump’s Government Shutdown

50,000 people across the United States have signed a new RuralOrganizing petition, launched in partnership with MoveOn, calling on the U.S. Department of Agriculture...

A new chapter in rural America starts this weekend

admin - 0
A new chapter in rural America starts this weekend. Our...

ICYMI: USA Today Spotlights Rural Discontent with GOP Cuts — And a Path Forward for Democrats

Matthew Hildreth - 0
Over the weekend, USA Today published an article by...

New Memo: The Federal Budget and Its Effects on Rural Communities

Matthew Hildreth - 0
Our friends over at RuralProgress, in partnership with the...

Remembering the Rural Legacy of John Lewis’ Good Trouble

Matthew Hildreth - 0
Yesterday, July 17, 2025, thousands of people gathered at more...

Statement from Matt Hildreth, Executive Director of RuralOrganizing.org, on the Senate Passage of the “Rural Destruction Bill”

Matthew Hildreth - 0
The following is a statement from Matt Hildreth, Executive...

More Updates

Blog

2024 Report: 100 Rural Power Building Counties

INTRODUCTION During the Spring of 2023, RuralOrganizing.org launched a project to analyze, evaluate, and identify...
Memo

By campaigning everywhere and delivering for rural voters, Democrats closed margins and stopped the Red Wave…for now.

For the past decade, RuralOrganizing.org has been the rural and small-town voice in the...
Memo

A Breakdown of the Major Rural Legislation Passed During The 117th Congress

SUMMARY With the passage of the American Rescue Plan Act, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, the Infrastructure...
Memo

Race for the House: A Preliminary Analysis of Rural Candidates of Color running in Battleground U.S. House Districts

The vast majority of mainstream political journalists and pundits, with a few exceptions, tend...
Memo

See How American Rescue Plan Act Funds are Being Spent in Your Community By Searching the USASpending.gov Website

By Searching the USASpending.gov Website Knowing how to navigate the rural economic development and...
Campaign Update

More Than 50,000 Sign RuralOrganizing Petition Demanding USDA Fund SNAP Benefits During Trump’s Government Shutdown

50,000 people across the United States have signed a new RuralOrganizing petition, launched in...
Blog

A new chapter in rural America starts this weekend

A new chapter in rural America starts this weekend. Our friends at Rural Progress are...
Press Release

ICYMI: USA Today Spotlights Rural Discontent with GOP Cuts — And a Path Forward for Democrats

Over the weekend, USA Today published an article by Sarah D. Wire titled, Will...
Blog

A new chapter in rural America starts this weekend

A new chapter in rural America starts this weekend. Our friends at Rural Progress are...
Blog

New Memo: The Federal Budget and Its Effects on Rural Communities

Our friends over at RuralProgress, in partnership with the Food Research and Action Center,...
Blog

Remembering the Rural Legacy of John Lewis’ Good Trouble

Yesterday, July 17, 2025, thousands of people gathered at more than 1,600 rallies across the...
Blog

Resilience in Action: Rural Communities Unite to Protect Democracy and Reproductive Rights in 2024

There's no doubt about it. 2024 was a challenging year for politics. From authoritarian threats...
Blog

Down Home Democracy: How Rural Grassroots Organizing Won Ohio’s Abortion Referendum

2023 showed us that abortion is the winning strategy in 2024. This year’s August and...
Blog

Data Delivers Democracy in Kentucky

There are various strategies for moving the needle forward and building progressive power in...
About Us
Press Releases

© 2023 Rural Organizing. All rights reserved.