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The Trump administration’s proposal to eliminate the federally funded childcare program Head Start will disproportionately harm low-income rural families ...
Country radio wasn’t the only way I listened to music growing up. My parents also raised us on the sounds and stories of blues, Motown, and rock and roll.
On a Thursday afternoon in early April, two young women addressed the school board in East Tennessee’s rural McMinn County. Both were raised in families ...
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This story was originally published by the Maine Monitor. Tractors stand at the ready along rolling wild blueberry barrens ...
This post is from our data newsletter, the Rural Index, headed by Sarah Melotte, the Daily Yonder’s data reporter. Subscribe to get a ...
Thousands of people moved to rural America last year, causing the fourth year of continual growth in rural areas, according ...
I left Mississippi believing opportunity waited elsewhere. After college, military service, and traveling the world, I never expected to return. But ...
This story was originally published by Journalism Lab. Visitors to the woods surrounding China Hat Road may recognize Zachary "Zack" Polton's yellow ...
I spent over seven hours in the car driving one way to my most recent doctor’s appointment. For many Americans, this may be ...
This interview first appeared in Path Finders, an email newsletter from the Daily Yonder. Each week, Path Finders features a ...