It’s no secret that rural and urban people have grown apart culturally and economically in recent years. A quick glance at the media – especially social media – confirms an ideological gap has also widened. City folks have long been detached from rural conditions. Even in the 1700s, urbanites labeled […]
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Health professionals say the reduced person-to-person contact in rural areas will help buffer them from the virus. But everyone should still prepare. Urban residents are more at risk for person-to-person spread of the coronavirus, but those in rural areas aren’t off the hood, a global health researcher said. “Overcrowding and high […]
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The maternal death rate is 60 percent higher in rural areas than central parts of metropolitan areas. A bill introduced by a member of Congress from New Mexico seeks to close the gap. As pregnancy-related deaths in rural areas climb, federal lawmakers hope to reverse the trend with legislation that […]
Read More Despite stories about the “deepening divide” between rural and urban, the difference between major-city voters and rural voters changed very little in last year’s election. In fact, Democrats made a 4-point comeback with rural voters in 2018. The oft-told story of the 2018 election is that the gap between rural […]
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Rural areas are more likely to have a combination of factors that help poor children succeed in the labor market later in life. Raj Chetty’s massive national study turns conventional wisdom on its head about the best places to grow up. You wouldn’t know it from national news reports that […]
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Appalachian Virginia received another lesson last week in its ongoing education on political math. In the state’s Democratic and Republican primaries, the region voted for liberal populist Tom Perriello and Confederate-defending, conservative firebrand Corey Stewart, respectively. Both lost to more establishment-oriented candidates who succeeded in winning in Virginia’s three major […]
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