A page from an English dictionary listinf=g a definition of a word next to its phonetic transcription in standard American English. (Photo by Rob Hobson on Unsplash) Born in southwestern Ohio, my ...

I grew up in rural America. My home county in South Dakota spans more than 2,800 square miles, larger than the state of Delaware, but its population ...

A new online dashboard will allow policymakers in Tennessee to move beyond superficial data and take a deep dive into why certain rural counties struggle, ...

This interview first appeared in Path Finders, an email newsletter from the Daily Yonder. Each week, Path Finders features a Q&A with a ...

A shipping container in Fort Davis is at the center of a new experiment in bringing telehealth to an aging rural population.Perched in the Davis Mountains ...

In the parking lot outside of City Hall, I Googled two questions: what’s a referendum and what’s a PAC? Digging for a pen under my car seat, I filled out ...

Centuries after the first Shakers came to America, filmmaker Mona Fastvold's vibrant movie musical brings their story to modern audiences.

From monetary costs to physical proximity, receiving health care in the rural Ozarks – and beyond – can be challenging. In ...

Thawing from a difficult winter, Minnesotans in small towns across the state joined the third wave of nationwide ‘No Kings’ protests Saturday, March 28. A ...

Most of us know someone who can be found daily (or even multiple times a day) at a rural restaurant: Retired farmers and widowers who breakfast at the ...

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This post is from our data newsletter, the Rural Index, headed by Sarah Melotte, the Daily Yonder’s data reporter. Subscribe to get a ...