After five decades of shaping grassroots organizing in the West and High Plains, Pat Sweeney is stepping away from WORC but continuing the fight for democracy. Pat Sweeney, WORC’s founder and long-time director, casts a long shadow in the West’s … Continued
We have to seize the current opportunity to bring our conservative relatives and neighbors into the fold of our movement. By Barbara Vasquez, WORC board member In the 45 years she and her family have lived, ranched, and farmed in … Continued
A champion of rural electric coops, Bill Patrie is helping communities in North Dakota reclaim their power to address an energy crisis.
Northern Plains Resource Council leads the way on reinstating mandatory country-of-origin labeling. By Michael Nelson In 2015 Congress repealed a law mandating country-of-origin labeling (COOL) on beef and pork. In the years following, hundreds of thousands of cattle producers went … Continued
Photo by Jessica Plance. Using the Congressional Review Act, Congress has now tossed aside years of public input from Wyoming ranchers, Tribes, property owners, and recreationists. This week, Congress used the Congressional Review Act to cancel the Buffalo Field Office … Continued
At the volunteer canvasser launch in Billings, Montana.
The vote tosses aside years of consultation the BLM conducted with tribal leaders, ranchers, farmers, and other people whose livelihood and communities are at stake. by Ted Brewer, WORC communications director This week, the Senate used the Congressional Review Act … Continued
Loss of healthcare coverage, increased insurance premiums, longer emergency room wait times, smoggy air, higher energy prices, and a deepening hunger crisis are all what we can expect from the budget reconciliation bill. by Michael Nelson and Sarah Hunkins, WORC’s … Continued
The federal government has created a program that’s ripe for corporate abuse while endangers rural communities on the taxpayer’s dime. By Claire Deuter and Sarah Hunkins Carbon capture and sequestration projects have been proposed throughout the country at an increasing … Continued
Images from 2025 West Slope Youth Voice lobby day in Denver High school students showed courage and conviction speaking to lawmakers in Denver and proved that young people are the heart of grassroots democracy. This story was adapted from Western … Continued