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Rural Florida Education Centers Address Language Barriers, Education Gaps
Editor’s Note: A version of this story first appeared in Mile Markers, a twice monthly newsletter from Open Campus about the role of colleges in rural America. You can join the mailing list at the bottom of this article to receive future editions in your inbox. “Here’s how I...
A Rural Calling: The Rural Arts Collaborative
Hiromi Katayama had been in the U.S. for less than a year, studying for an MFA in art at Edinboro University in Pennsylvania, when she happened upon a cherry blossom tree near her studio. She’d been questioning the decision to leave her native Japan. Katayama says her education in...
‘Rural Folks Are Anti-Environmentalism’ and Other Lies
Editor’s Note: This article was originally published in Keep It Rural, an email newsletter from the Daily Yonder. Like what you see? Join the mailing list for more rural news, thoughts, and analysis in your inbox each week. Every so often, I encounter a capital-E environmentalist – someone with...
Rural Students’ Access to Wi-Fi is in Jeopardy as Pandemic-Era Resources Recede
This story was originally published by The Conversation. Students in rural America still lack access to high-speed internet at home despite governmental efforts during the pandemic to fill the void. This lack of access negatively affects their academic achievement and overall well-being. The situation has been getting worse as the urgency of the pandemic has receded.
Rural Communities Face Primary Care Physician Shortage
A new study from the American Academy of Family Physicians’ Robert Graham Center (AAFP), co-funded by the Milbank Memorial Fund and The Physicians Foundation, has found that communities across the country are struggling to meet the demand for primary care physicians, as well as to retain those physicians in their communities. While it’s difficult all over, Dr. Yalda Jabbarpour, lead researcher on the study, said, it is more difficult for rural communities.
Doctors Take On Dental Duties to Reach Low-Income and Uninsured Patients
This story was originally published by KFF Health News. Pediatrician Patricia Braun and her team saw roughly 100 children at a community health clinic on a recent Monday. They gave flu shots and treatments for illnesses like ear infections. But Braun also did something most primary care doctors don’t. She peered inside mouths searching for cavities or she brushed fluoride varnish on their teeth.
45 Degrees North: One More Worry For Rural Elders And Caregivers
Disaster readiness can fall far down the list of priorities for rural elders and caregivers. When day-to-day challenges alone are overwhelming, it’s easy to put off preparations you hope will never be needed. But when everything takes more time and effort, planning to hustle one step ahead of a crisis isn’t much of a plan.
Q&A: Solving Spatial Inequity for Rural Schools
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 see here? You can join the mailing list at the bottom of this article and receive more conversations like this in your inbox each week.
Commentary: Accountability Starts with Community
From the departure of industry to the corporatization of farming, the world in and around many rural communities is rapidly changing, with many struggling to find their place in those new economy models. For some rural communities, these new challenges are just another log on the roaring fire of deep and persistent poverty.
Is Beyoncé’s Latest Album a True ‘Renaissance’ for Black Country Music?
Editor’s Note: A version of this story first appeared in The Good, the Bad, and the Elegy, a newsletter from the Daily Yonder focused on the best, and worst, in rural media, entertainment, and culture. Every other Thursday, it features reviews, retrospectives, recommendations, and more. You can join the mailing list at the bottom of this article to receive future editions in your inbox.
Blazing Trails in the Mountains
Mountain bikers ride for the thrill. The joy of racing downhill. The feeling of choosing the best path, hugging the ground, catching some air. The deep satisfaction of being connected to the natural world by navigating its challenges and experiencing its beauty. “Mountain biking is unique in the world of...
Climate Change Is Shifting How and When We Prepare our Gardens
Editor’s Note: This article was originally published in Keep It Rural, an email newsletter from the Daily Yonder. Like what you see? Join the mailing list for more rural news, thoughts, and analysis in your inbox each week. Gardening is changing. Last fall, the U.S. Department of Agriculture released...
Program Brings Together Three Generations to Discuss Aging
Three scholars from the Oklahoma State University (OSU) received a three-year, $242,000 grant to support healthy aging in rural Oklahoma communities. Their program, Active Aging for L.I.F.E, helps college-aged students, high school students and senior citizens learn from each other as they grow older. Emily Roberts, an associate professor at...
When Blue Collar Work Means More Energy for Art
Red and blue vessels drawn by alcohol-based copic markers run up, down, and across the skeletal outline of a human face bereft of any aesthetically pleasing features. The figure holds a paintbrush, above which an iridescent ball of flame engulfs the upper head space. “It’s just an explosion of imagination,...
Millions May Lose Internet Benefits If Lawmakers Don’t Act
This story was originally published by Capital B News. For years, Leon Hudson struggled to get high quality home internet in the countryside of Selma, Alabama. If he wanted the service, he would “have to get a petition, go to the neighborhood, and get people to sign it for them to put their stuff there,” the 50-year-old recalled last fall about what internet service providers told him.
Accidental Rancher: Shearer’s Dilemma
The annual sheep haircuts occurred this week, the earliest we’ve ever done them, and not a moment too soon. With the new miniature flock I brought home recently scheduled to start lambing in just under a month, it was either shear now, or wait until after lambing. Different shepherds...
Q&A: Can a Small-Town Food Co-op Survive?
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 see here? You can join the mailing list at the bottom of this article and receive more conversations like this in your inbox each week.
Teacher Shortages (and Dog Sledding) in Northwest Alaska
Editor’s Note: A version of this story first appeared in Mile Markers, a twice monthly newsletter from Open Campus about the role of colleges in rural America. You can join the mailing list at the bottom of this article to receive future editions in your inbox. Jeff Alexander was...
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