Tag: Report for America - Page 6

In Rural Settings, Communities Step up to Help Aging Adults

By | September 28, 2023 |

A group of older people sit at rectangular tables with checkered table cloths. In the background a woman sits at an electric organ with lots of colorful lights.

For those aging in rural America, hospitals are distant, public transportation is scarce, isolation is likely and grocery stores and pharmacies are closing.

Rural Rebirth: More Than a Civil War Town in Lexington

By | September 20, 2023 |

A white courthouse built in the Greek revival style. On top the building is a clock tower.

History puts Lexington on the map. The community’s commitment to betterment holds it together and makes Lexington a place worth settling down in or visiting.

Poor Regulatory Safeguards Leave Farmworkers Suffocating in the Face of Increasing Heat Waves

By | September 4, 2023 |

Farmworkers take a quick break in a field in southeastern Iowa.

A fifth of reported heat-related deaths are agricultural workers. Advocates are calling attention to the impact of climate change on this group from heat waves.

Who Regulates the Food We Eat?

By | August 31, 2023 |

Two black cows stick their heads under a fence to eat out of a trough.

There’s a fight brewing over who will regulate U.S. food — and who picks up the tab. Here’s what Kansas and Missouri producers think about the EATS Act.