Minn., the ranking member on the House Agriculture Committee; and Rep. Sanford Bishop, D-Ga., the ranking member on the House Appropriations Agriculture Subcommittee, sent Acting Agriculture Secretary ...

Out of nearly 5,000 “Rosenwald” schools built to educate African American students in the south, approximately 500 remain.

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Dozens of advocates traveled to the Georgia State Capitol for World Cancer Day to share their stories and push for Medicaid expansion.

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There’s growing evidence that some American demographic groups need more help than others to live longer, healthier lives.

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Over two terms as governor of North Dakota, politics didn’t come naturally to Doug Burgum. Now the former tech executive is ...

A rural institution focused on the region it serves helps combat the brain drain and fascination of metropolitan areas.

There’s no better model of efficiency — the very platform of the Trump administration — than telehealth, which has proven to ...

Two years after President Abraham Lincoln created the Department of Agriculture in 1862, he nicknamed it “the people’s department” because half of all Americans lived on farms at that time. Today, ...

The House Budget Committee is eyeing $2.3 trillion in slashes — yes, that’s with a “t” — from the program. | Opinion ...