We usually tell the rural health story like a eulogy -- closures, shortages, long drives. But what if we've framed it all wrong? What if rural America isn't healthcare's problem, but its test lab?

Most policy is designed for urban places, based on research in urban places. What about rural America? As the federal government looks to cut costs, we must advocate for research that represents rural ...

Editor’s Note: This interview first appeared in Path Finders, an email newsletter from the Daily Yonder. Each week, Path Finders features a Q&A with a rural thinker, creator, or doer. Like what you ...

This article appears in the October 2024 issue of The American Prospect magazine. Subscribe here. With the possibility of another Trump presidency, Democrats have directed much media attention toward ...

Rep. Ty Winter is seeking reelection in Colorado's 47th House district, focusing on rural interests, mental health, and ...

Kelcey Patrick-Ferree and Shannon Patrick live in Iowa City and write at www.ourlibertiesweprize.com. It’s conventional wisdom these days that America is divided between city and country, an ...

About one-third of all rural hospitals in the country are at risk of closing due to financial distress, including 29 hospitals in NY, a policy group reported. Of that total, over 300 of those rural ...

What if rural America didn't disappear in geography - but in lived experience? The land would still be there: the plains of Kansas and Nebraska, the Dakotas, the hill country of New England. But the ...

Is half of America weird? Presidential politics might make you think so. Minnesota Governor Tim Walz called Donald J. Trump and other Republicans “just plain weird” in an interview in late July, and ...

Mississippi is one of the most rural states in America, so it should not be surprising that the GOP controls every statewide office there and comfortable majorities in both houses of the legislature.