Editor's note: This is the first of a two-part series on efforts to attract more people to live and work in rural America. The civilization-scrambling COVID-19 pandemic is reordering millions of lives ...

IN the great forward movement of the times, the country is far behind the city. Modern improvements have obtained slowly among the farmers. Machinery has taken the place of men everywhere, even to a ...

Since the nineties, the rural-urban gap has had a growing role in American elections. These rural areas have shifted towards conservative values, while urban areas have become more democratic. Rural ...

This article was originally published byIndian Country Today and is republished here with permission. Recently, Paul Krugman shared his thoughts about the decline of rural America: “There are powerful ...

Those of us who grew up in a rural environment refer to it as livin’ in the country. “Bless your heart” and “we’re fixin’ to make supper,” are just a couple of rural-isms we former country dwellers ...

As a newly minted lawyer who grew up in Aroostook County, Ben Everett’s greatest dream was to return home to pursue his practice. A Maine Law ’21 graduate, his dream got a boost when he signed up for ...

The United States must rethink how it invests in rural communities. The current economic crisis in the United States requires a renewed commitment to investing in rural communities in order to ensure ...

Rural country in California to lose its only hospital Hundreds of rural hospitals across the U.S. are at risk of closing according to advocacy groups. NBC News’ Liz Kreutz reports on Glenn County, CA ...

One of the defining characteristics of modern country music is its distinctly American way of acknowledging of class and place. Country singers have long embraced their working-class roots and ...

Feb. 20This map shows every rural county in America, areas where the coronavirus outbreak initially was slow to spread. Humboldt County in Northern California was the first rural county to report a ...

Editor’s Note: A version of this story first appeared in The Good, the Bad, and the Elegy, a newsletter from the Daily Yonder focused on the best, and worst, in rural media, entertainment, and culture ...