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RuralOrganizing.org Demands Condemns Arrest of David Huerta, President of SEIU California and SEIU USWW 

Matt Hildreth, Executive Director of RuralOrganizing.org, today joined the chorus of labor, faith, and community leaders condemning the bogus charges against David Huerta, Vice...

Everything Republicans Promised to Rural America Was a Lie to Give Tax Cuts to Billionaires

The following is a statement from Matt Hildreth, Executive...

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

There's no doubt about it. 2024 was a challenging...

RuralOrganizing Statement On Biden/Harris Administration’s New Rules Expanding Access to Contraception 

The following is a statement from Annie Contractor, Policy...

RuralOrganizing Statement On The Harris/Walz Plan for Rural Communities

The following is a statement from Shawn Sebastian, Director...

RuralOrganizing Statement On The Harris/Walz Medicare at Home Proposal

The following is a statement from Shawn Sebastian, Director...

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2024 Report: 100 Rural Power Building Counties

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

RuralOrganizing.org Demands Condemns Arrest of David Huerta, President of SEIU California and SEIU USWW 

Matt Hildreth, Executive Director of RuralOrganizing.org, today joined the chorus of labor, faith, and...

Everything Republicans Promised to Rural America Was a Lie to Give Tax Cuts to Billionaires

The following is a statement from Matt Hildreth, Executive Director of RuralOrganizing: For decades, Republicans...

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...

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...

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...

Data Delivers Democracy in Kentucky

There are various strategies for moving the needle forward and building progressive power in...

Audio: What can progressives learn from the rural results of the 2023 election?

From yard signs, to abortion, to MAGA Republicans, on this episode of RuralTalk,  Matt...

100 Top Rural Counties State Deep Dives

Historically, rural voters have been neglected in the progressive strategy because it’s assumed they...

How to Make Progress Toward Rural Health Equity

Second in our Rural Policy Roundtable series, on October 16th, 2023, a group of...