Rural Illinois

Hello Indivisible Illinois Rural friends, We have three items on the agenda for our meeting this Thursday, April 1, at 7:30 p.m.   Aftyn Behn from Indivisible National will help us help us [...]

by David Bice Economist, Commodity Futures Trading Commission As a follow-up to a previous post, “Do People Really Vote Against Their Economic Self-Interest?”, this post will more fully review [...]

So Republican U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis may be mulling a run for governor? Just what we need — a man who counts Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., who once called himself “David Duke without the baggage” as [...]

Letter to the editor published in The Southern Illinoisan by Mary Rajcok in response to Congressman Mike Bost voting against the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 Mike  Bost, seriously?  What is [...]

The silver lining to this pandemic may be reimagining the federal budget. This is the most affluent country in the world. It is heartbreaking that we have lines of cars for miles outside of [...]

Indivisible Rural Illinois and the Progressive Movement  March 16, 2021 Sarah Bingaman from Action for a Better Tomorrow Sauk Valley in Congressional District IL16 and Marci Adelston-Schafer from [...]

By MARCI ADELSTON-SCHAFER Originally printed June 28, 2020, Letter to the Editor, The News Gazette Let’s expand the safety net My husband and I were at the #EndWhiteSilence vigil outside of the [...]

Post November 3, 2020 Presidential Election, Grassroots Leaders Across Illinois Form New Rural Caucus Following the historic victory of President Elect Joe Biden and Vice President Elect Kamala [...]