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As the year wraps up, Barn Raiser is compiling a list of our favorite rural books of 2025, and we want our readers’ input! If you’d like to participate, send us an email at [email protected] with the subject line “Favorite Rural Book of 2025.”
November 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
As the year wraps up, Barn Raiser is compiling a list of our favorite rural books of 2025, and we want our readers’ input! If you’d like to participate, send us an email at [email protected] with the subject line “Favorite Rural Book of 2025.”
Angela Denker spoke with Barn Raiser about her travels, her new book’s relevance in light of recent religious-political violence in her current hometown of Minneapolis, and what it means under the second Trump administration.
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‘Disciples of White Jesus,’ Disciples of Trump
For her new book Disciples of White Jesus: The Radicalization of American Boyhood (Broadleaf Books, 2025), Denker again traversed the country. This time she was investigating the radicalization of…
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November 26, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Angela Denker spoke with Barn Raiser about her travels, her new book’s relevance in light of recent religious-political violence in her current hometown of Minneapolis, and what it means under the second Trump administration.
barnraisingmedia.com/disciples-of...
barnraisingmedia.com/disciples-of...
As the year wraps up, Barn Raiser is compiling a list of our favorite rural books of 2025, and we want our readers’ input! If you’d like to participate, send us an email at [email protected] with the subject line “Favorite Rural Book of 2025.”
November 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
As the year wraps up, Barn Raiser is compiling a list of our favorite rural books of 2025, and we want our readers’ input! If you’d like to participate, send us an email at [email protected] with the subject line “Favorite Rural Book of 2025.”
A new bill would incrementally defund and dismantle rural VA services
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Republicans’ Latest Gambit to Deny Rural Veterans Health Care
A new bill would construct an alternative referral system that would incrementally defund and dismantle rural VA services, leaving rural veterans in the lurch.
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November 26, 2025 at 3:03 PM
A new bill would incrementally defund and dismantle rural VA services
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To build a food system that supports the people who feed us, we need to look at the realities behind the food we put on our Thanksgiving tables.
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Thanksgiving Is Built on Farmers. Our Food System Should Be Too.
When so few corporations hold so much power, farmers get squeezed on prices while families pay more at the checkout line.
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November 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
To build a food system that supports the people who feed us, we need to look at the realities behind the food we put on our Thanksgiving tables.
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Between 2003 and 2019, the U.S. lost half of its dairy farms. For decades, dairy farmers across the country have seen their livelihoods vanish as a result of low prices, farm consolidation and policies that have favored large businesses over family farms.
How We Lost the Family Dairy
Since 2003, the United States has lost more than half of its dairy farms. Author Ryan Dennis has witnessed this loss firsthand.
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November 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Between 2003 and 2019, the U.S. lost half of its dairy farms. For decades, dairy farmers across the country have seen their livelihoods vanish as a result of low prices, farm consolidation and policies that have favored large businesses over family farms.
Antitrust enforcement isn’t about punishing success. It’s about ensuring that farmers and eaters can thrive.
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Thanksgiving Is Built on Farmers. Our Food System Should Be Too.
When so few corporations hold so much power, farmers get squeezed on prices while families pay more at the checkout line.
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November 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Antitrust enforcement isn’t about punishing success. It’s about ensuring that farmers and eaters can thrive.
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Pastor and author Angela Denker discusses what’s happening to white men and boys in Trump’s America
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‘Disciples of White Jesus,’ Disciples of Trump
For her new book Disciples of White Jesus: The Radicalization of American Boyhood (Broadleaf Books, 2025), Denker again traversed the country. This time she was investigating the radicalization of…
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November 21, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Pastor and author Angela Denker discusses what’s happening to white men and boys in Trump’s America
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How Pete Hegseth’s former Minnesota church is leading the new Christian “crusade”
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Megachurches: Streaming to a Barn Near You
As rural churches struggle to keep their doors open, megachurches like Minnesota’s Eagle Brook are embracing technology to fill the void.
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November 21, 2025 at 3:02 PM
How Pete Hegseth’s former Minnesota church is leading the new Christian “crusade”
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In an age of AI disruption and rising authoritarianism, our future depends on grassroots leadership
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Democracy Begins With Place-Based Organizing
As a local organizer in small towns and rural areas like these, I’ve heard countless people describe politics as a distant, partisan spectacle. The national media thrives on a red-vs.-blue drama that…
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November 20, 2025 at 7:04 PM
In an age of AI disruption and rising authoritarianism, our future depends on grassroots leadership
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Great article by @angeladenker.bsky.social in today's @barnraiser.bsky.social: ‘Disciples of White Jesus,’ Disciples of Trump barnraisingmedia.com/disciples-of...
‘Disciples of White Jesus,’ Disciples of Trump
For her new book Disciples of White Jesus: The Radicalization of American Boyhood (Broadleaf Books, 2025), Denker again traversed the country. This time she was investigating the radicalization of whi...
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November 20, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Great article by @angeladenker.bsky.social in today's @barnraiser.bsky.social: ‘Disciples of White Jesus,’ Disciples of Trump barnraisingmedia.com/disciples-of...
For her first book, Red State Christians: A Journey into White Christian Nationalism and the Wreckage It Leaves Behind (Broadleaf Books, 2022), Angela Denker journeyed across America to talk to the Christians who helped elect Donald Trump in 2016. barnraisingmedia.com/disciples-of...
‘Disciples of White Jesus,’ Disciples of Trump
For her new book Disciples of White Jesus: The Radicalization of American Boyhood (Broadleaf Books, 2025), Denker again traversed the country. This time she was investigating the radicalization of…
barnraisingmedia.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
For her first book, Red State Christians: A Journey into White Christian Nationalism and the Wreckage It Leaves Behind (Broadleaf Books, 2022), Angela Denker journeyed across America to talk to the Christians who helped elect Donald Trump in 2016. barnraisingmedia.com/disciples-of...
After decades of struggle, indigenous leaders and organizers have shown how to win against billionaires and large corporations
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When We Win: Stories From the Frontlines of Ecological Resistance
After decades of struggle, indigenous leaders and organizers have shown how to win against billionaires and large corporations.
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November 19, 2025 at 7:02 PM
After decades of struggle, indigenous leaders and organizers have shown how to win against billionaires and large corporations
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November 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
From now until December 31, 2025, your donation will be QUADRUPLED thanks to NewsMatch.
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For 150 years, a family of Gullah Geechee descent has preserved their story through family land
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At Gilliard Farms, Food, Healing and Heritage Grow Together
For 150 years, a family of Gullah Geechee descent has preserved their story through Gilliard Farms and organic practices.
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November 19, 2025 at 3:02 PM
For 150 years, a family of Gullah Geechee descent has preserved their story through family land
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By protecting endangered wolves, conservationists support a healthy environment
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Welcoming the Wolf at the Door
By protecting endangered wolves, conservationists support a healthy environment. Yet the federal government now has wolves in its sights.
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November 18, 2025 at 7:02 PM
By protecting endangered wolves, conservationists support a healthy environment
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New Rural Policy Action Report highlights 26 legislative solutions that would benefit rural communities
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Forty Organizations Offer a Plan to Revitalize Rural America
A new policy roadmap offers rural-led common-sense policy solutions to combat corporate greed, protect resources and help rural communities thrive.
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November 18, 2025 at 3:03 PM
New Rural Policy Action Report highlights 26 legislative solutions that would benefit rural communities
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"To forfeit the American dairy industry entirely to factory production, however, is to turn our backs on not just the small farms that still persist, but also those throughout history who have resisted that understanding of agriculture as long as they could." barnraisingmedia.com/how-we-lost-...
How We Lost the Family Dairy
Since 2003, the United States has lost more than half of its dairy farms. Author Ryan Dennis has witnessed this loss firsthand.
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November 17, 2025 at 7:00 PM
"To forfeit the American dairy industry entirely to factory production, however, is to turn our backs on not just the small farms that still persist, but also those throughout history who have resisted that understanding of agriculture as long as they could." barnraisingmedia.com/how-we-lost-...
By protecting endangered wolves, this conservation center aims to support ecosystems nationwide. Yet even in states where wolves are covered by the Endangered Species Act, their future remains uncertain.
barnraisingmedia.com/welcoming-th...
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Welcoming the Wolf at the Door
By protecting endangered wolves, conservationists support a healthy environment. Yet the federal government now has wolves in its sights.
barnraisingmedia.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
By protecting endangered wolves, this conservation center aims to support ecosystems nationwide. Yet even in states where wolves are covered by the Endangered Species Act, their future remains uncertain.
barnraisingmedia.com/welcoming-th...
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Beardstown, Illinois, shows how immigration crackdowns impact rural communities and the nation’s food supply.
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Immigrants Revitalized a Meatpacking Town. Trump’s Deportations Threaten Its Stability.
For decades, Beardstown has been a case study in how immigrants have revitalized rural towns. The Trump administration’s immigration crackdowns now threaten that.
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November 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Beardstown, Illinois, shows how immigration crackdowns impact rural communities and the nation’s food supply.
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"My father wanted others to know his story" barnraisingmedia.com/how-we-lost-...
How We Lost the Family Dairy
Since 2003, the United States has lost more than half of its dairy farms. Author Ryan Dennis has witnessed this loss firsthand.
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November 14, 2025 at 7:01 PM
"My father wanted others to know his story" barnraisingmedia.com/how-we-lost-...
A new bill would incrementally defund and dismantle rural VA services
barnraisingmedia.com/republicans-...
barnraisingmedia.com/republicans-...
Republicans’ Latest Gambit to Deny Rural Veterans Health Care
A new bill would construct an alternative referral system that would incrementally defund and dismantle rural VA services, leaving rural veterans in the lurch.
barnraisingmedia.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:02 PM
A new bill would incrementally defund and dismantle rural VA services
barnraisingmedia.com/republicans-...
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In the name of protecting rural hospitals, a recent bill introduced in Congress would construct an alternative referral system that would incrementally defund and dismantle rural VA services.
barnraisingmedia.com/republicans-...
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Republicans’ Latest Gambit to Deny Rural Veterans Health Care
A new bill would construct an alternative referral system that would incrementally defund and dismantle rural VA services, leaving rural veterans in the lurch.
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November 13, 2025 at 7:01 PM
In the name of protecting rural hospitals, a recent bill introduced in Congress would construct an alternative referral system that would incrementally defund and dismantle rural VA services.
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