Editorials/Columns

Editorial and Columns

“To Protect the Rights of Nature, the Fight Against Line 3 Must Continue.” Counterpunch / The Capital Times

“Trump Loyalists are Behind Lawsuits Excluding Farmers of Color from Debt Relief.”  Truthout

w/ Mirwais Wakil “Afghanistan 2021 is not Afghanistan 1996.  That Offers Hope for Peace.” The Diplomat

w/ Jim Goodman “Disadvantaged Farmers Deserve Help.”  The Progressive

“Justice Breyer and the Great Drama of the Supreme Court.”  Al Jazeera

w/ Jim Goodman “Billions for Farmers of Color Isn’t Racist – it’s Smart and Long Overdue.”  Counterpunch/Common Dreams

w/ Mirwais Wakil “Peace is Possible in Afghanistan.”  Al Jazeera

“It’s Time to Build a Third Party.” The Progressive

“How the Far Right Got a Stranglehold on the West.” Al Jazeera

“Make Food more Equitable through Antitrust laws.”  The Hill

“Anti-Trust Legislation is Essential to Racial and Economic Justice in Agriculture.” Truthout

“Biden’s Immigration Moves Could Help Heal a Nation.” Al Jazeera

“Why does the US Mythologize its Former Presidents?” Al Jazeera

“How Vilsack Should use his Second Chance.”  The Progressive.

“Biden, not Trump, is the Leader America Needs Now.”  Al Jazeera

“The Democrats’ Fifty State Strategy Never Reached Rural America.”  The Hill.

“The US is in the Grips of a Leadership Crisis.” Al Jazeera

“Amid COVID and Wildfires, Farmworkers Have been Pushed to the Brink.”  Truthout

“The US Food System Needs Reform.”  The Progressive

“Partisan Polarization may Help Biden’s Electoral Campaign.”  Al Jazeera.

“Reckoning with Racism in Wisconsin Agriculture.”  The Capital Times/Wisconsin Farmers Union Blog.

“Biden can Create a “New” New Deal.”  Al Jazeera.

w/Ron Hayduk. “Here are Options and Proposals that would Fund California Schools.”  Calmatters.

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“Defund the Police. Invest in Black Farmers.”  Truthout.

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“Biden Should Embrace Transformative Policies, not Fear them.”  Al Jazeera.

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“Strike Everywhere and Strike Now.”  It’s Going Down

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“Never mind the Biden Bump, Bernie Can Trounce Trump.” Al Jazeera

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“The Government Should Buy Dean Foods, not DFA.”  The Capital Times

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“Take on Corporate Power in Agriculture.”  The Progressive (Magazine Edition, “The Progressive Platform for 2020.”).

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w/ Marc Perrone and Jim Goodman. “America’s Food Safety Takes Back Seat in New Trade Deal.”  The Hill

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w/ Jim Goodman. “USMCA is a Failure and the Democrats Know it.” Wisconsin Examiner.

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“Trump Touts Farmers, then Ignores them.” The Progressive.

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“Stop Blaming Cows and Start Targeting the Corporations that are Destroying the Amazon.”  Telesur/Counterpunch.

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w/ Jim Goodman “An Anti-Trust Reboot Could Give Democrats Traction in Rural America.” Common Dreams/Daily Yonder.

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“Project Tractor, Ten Years Later.” The Defender.

w/ Jim Goodman. “Farmers are Hurting, but Don’t Blame Mother Nature/Bad Farm Policy Contributes to Natural Disasters” The Progressive/Common Dreams.

“From Brazil to Mexico, A Cautionary Tale.” North American Congress in Latin America.

“Farmers Want Fair Trade, Not Handouts.” The Progressive.

“AMLO Should Threaten to Leave NAFTA.” Counterpunch.

“Donald Trump is Wrong on Dairy Policies.” The Capital Times.

“Make Tariffs Work for Wisconsin Farmers.” Wisconsin State Journal.

“On Farmer and Farmworker Solidarity: In Words and Actions.” The Defender.

w/Mark Hoffman “Ending Sanctuary Cities would be a Job Killer.” Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

“The Brazilian Crisis.” The Defender.

“What Happened to the Rural Middle Class?” Wisconsin State Farmer.

“A Confused Ideology on Family and Government.” Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

“Agroecological Seed Co-ops.” NFFC: The Family Farm Agenda.

w/Mark Hoffman “Digger Deeper: The Chilean Mining Crisis.” Counterpunch.

“Climate Change and the Environment: Voices from the MST.” NFFC: The Family Farm Agenda.