Rural Americans – particularly men – are expected to live significantly shorter, less healthy lives than their urban ...

Many Americans still imagine rural areas as bastions of traditional families. That’s no longer the case. Shelley Clark is ...

For the 15 million children living in poverty, playtime and early learning activities like reading, singing, arts & crafts and dress-up are not necessarily a way of life. Instead ... the other parents ...

As a fifth-generation farm kid and now a U.S. Senator, I know firsthand that agriculture is more than just an industry; it’s ...

By asking rural people – in more detail than usual – how they've metabolized recent changes in American life, Jacobs and Shea ...

In rural areas, where the buses have to cover long distances with few riders, it’s hard to make it economical. (It also isn’t particularly environmentally friendly, unless the buses are electric.) ...

Harnessing the Power of the Wind The vast fields of rural America are increasingly dotted with towering wind turbines. These ...

His efforts were not just about policies or programs — they were about people. He understands the struggles and accomplishments of life in rural America because he lived them. In his role as secretary ...

Rural America faces many challenges that Congress and the federal government could help alleviate under the new Trump administration. Rural hospitals and their obstetrics wards have been closing ...

Sonja Eayrs' book "Dodge County, Incorporated: Big Ag and the Undoing of Rural America" has been named a finalist for the Minnesota Book Awards. Sonja Eayrs talks with a guest at a book signing ...

He is affiliated with the National Rural Health Association. Rural America faces many challenges that Congress and the federal government could help alleviate under the new Trump administration.

Anders and Davin Lindwall, the brothers behind GREEN AND GOLD, want their movie to “inspire” young farmers and showcase ...