(THE CONVERSATION) Rural Americans – particularly men – are expected to live significantly shorter, less healthy lives than their urban counterparts, according to our research, recently published in ...

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

Young people from both are more mobile and restless—although “Roughly a third (32%) of young adults in rural areas say they are very or mostly dissatisfied with life in their community ...

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 ...

you have financial stability and a great deal of freedom to choose your next steps in life. Chances are also good that you live in or near a vibrant community with a robust local economy. We tend to ...

but the rural share would continue to drop for the rest of the twentieth century. Cities became the location of most of American life: politically, culturally, financially, and economically ...

As a report from The Brookings Institute notes, “The digitization of American life is no longer striking ... Broadband service providers are leading rural communities’ renaissance.

Put those kids in an American environment and they would be just ... but they are pro-active about keeping their way of life. You say that visiting a Chinese rural village gives one a new perspective ...

He is now CEO of the American Carbon Alliance and a Growth ... He understands the struggles and accomplishments of life in rural America because he lived them. In his role as secretary, he has ...

According to new research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, the number of obstetric units across the country is falling. Without them, the health and life of rural mothers ...