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There was no shortage of buffalo check flannel and cowboy boots among attendees of Farm Aid’s 40th anniversary concert in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on September 20, 2025, but alongside them were just as many folks clad in t-shirts with “Stop Factory Farms” printed on the front. This message summed up the main takeaway of the event: […] The post Four Decades after Farm Crisis, Farmers Still Face Challenges to Stay Afloat appeared first on The Daily Yonder.| The Daily Yonder
This story was originally published by Stateline. The residents of Roane County, West Virginia, enjoy living among the rolling mountains and winding, two-lane roads. Situated between Charleston and Parkersburg, two of the state’s largest cities, the rural county is known for its small towns and historic buildings. That’s how Sherry Husted, the director of the […] The post Fewer Households, Businesses Will Get High-Speed Internet Under Revamped Federal Plan appeared first on The Daily Yo...| The Daily Yonder
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“A pharmacist and a minister” may sound like the start of a bad joke, not necessarily an intuitive vocational pairing. But to Reverend Dr. Leonard Edloe, long-time community pharmacist and pastor of New Hope Fellowship in rural Hartfield, Virginia, the two go hand-in-hand. For Dr. Edloe, both vocations are about fostering the spiritual and physical […] The post ‘Merging Ministry and Medicine’ in a Rural Black Church appeared first on The Daily Yonder.| The Daily Yonder
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. Blackburn College in southern Illinois has its particular charms. One of just […] The post Scaling Rural Wellness with Clever Collaboration appeared first on The Daily Yonder.| The Daily Yonder
This story was originally published by Community Networks. NTIA, the federal office administering the largest single investment to expand Internet access across the nation, appears to once again be changing the BEAD program in ways that would only force states to further reduce investment in rural areas. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, who oversees the NTIA […] The post Commentary: Trump Administration Doubles Down on Pulling Investment Away from Rural Internet Access appeared first on T...| The Daily Yonder
In the early hours of the morning, Amy Klingler, a primary care physician assistant in Stanley, Idaho, answered a call from a panicked patient. The woman was experiencing severe lower abdominal pain and had been vomiting for hours. She said she feared she might be suffering from an ectopic pregnancy—a serious, potentially fatal condition. But […] The post ‘You’re Going to See Very Severe Things and Dangerous Things’: Medicaid Cuts in Rural Idaho appeared first on The Daily Yonder.| The Daily Yonder
This article was co-published with EdSurge, a nonprofit newsroom covering education through original journalism and research. Sign up for their newsletters. Elijah, a rising sixth grader, was unsure. His mother and grandmother approached him to talk about trying a new school. But Elijah needed convincing. When Elijah found out it included hands-on work running an Airbnb, he […] The post At This Rural Microschool, Students Will Study With AI and Run an Airbnb appeared first on The Daily Yo...| The Daily Yonder
For many rural families, including mine, this does not feel like a year to be cavalier about what we have put by for winter. Grocery prices have not gone down. Availability feels uncertain. I can feed my household better for less than the cost of the “cheap” processed and prepared foods that have become the […] The post 45 Degrees North: Household Management appeared first on The Daily Yonder.| The Daily Yonder
Jeremy Jones is a non-fiction writer and professor of English at Western Carolina University. His new book, Cipher: Decoding My Ancestor’s Scandalous Secret Diaries, is out September 16, 2025. It follows Jones’s journey to decode the notebooks of his ancestor William Thomas Prestwood, a 19th-century southern farmer who journaled incessantly about his relationships with women, […] The post Q&A: A New Book on Family and Slavery in Appalachia appeared first on The Daily Yonder.| The Daily Yonder
Love it or hate it, Ari Aster's latest rural thriller will give you something to think about. The post The Jury is Still Out on Pandemic Period Piece ‘Eddington’ appeared first on The Daily Yonder.| The Daily Yonder
When Cindy Woolf and Mark Bilyeu took the stage at the Library of Congress, the echoes of generations of Ozarkers reverberated through the auditorium. Known as the Creek Rocks, the married musical duo was there because of a personal honor. They were chosen as the library’s American Folklife Center’s inaugural Artists in Resonance, a fellowship […] The post Ozarks Notebook: A Duo of Folk Musicians Preserves Ozark Music for Generations to Come appeared first on The Daily Yonder.| The Daily Yonder
I was eight years old when I learned about the internment of Japanese Americans by the U.S. government during World War II. I was lucky to go to a school that included this part of our country’s history in the curriculum at all. Though “internment” had never been mentioned during my regular visits to my […] The post Introducing Routes to Roots Podcast appeared first on The Daily Yonder.| The Daily Yonder
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A deepening demographic crisis now haunts rural Georgia and offers one of the starkest pictures of the widening divide between the greater Atlanta area| The Daily Yonder
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Jordan Peele's movie "Nope" leads our roundup of recent sci-fi relying on rural themes to explore the infinite possibilities of outer space.| The Daily Yonder
Wes Anderson’s familiar style flourishes against the retro rural backdrop of "Asteroid City," full of star-gazing and stories within stories.| The Daily Yonder
Sweeping views, a loose association with historical events, and plenty of gore define Netflix's 'American Primeval.'| The Daily Yonder
For more than 30 years, the Laclede Literacy Council has made a difference for rural Missourians seeking to improve their lives through the written word.| The Daily Yonder
I’ve taken quite a few courses on American cinema, which inevitably means I’ve spent a lot of time with the Western genre. From Buffalo Bill’s Wild West| The Daily Yonder
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| The Daily Yonder
This story was originally published by The Conversation. Drive through the plains of Iowa or Kansas and you’ll see more than rows of corn, wheat and| The Daily Yonder
This summer's crop of rural TV shows, including The Waterfront and Motorheads, bring family drama and teenage dreams to your living room.| The Daily Yonder
This story was originally published by Stateline. Across the nation, Medicaid is the single largest payer for mental health care, and in rural America,| The Daily Yonder
This story was originally published by ProPublica. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to| The Daily Yonder
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The number of rural hospitals that won’t be delivering babies has increased this year, and without change, that number will continue to grow, according to| The Daily Yonder
The Daily Yonder is the only national news organization for rural people and places. You won't find rural stories like these anywhere else.| The Daily Yonder
In the mid-1990s, a group of about a dozen kindergarteners left the white schoolhouse and crossed the quiet side street in rural Ocean Park, Washington. I| The Daily Yonder
Enrollment rates for two U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) conservation programs spiked after the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) allocated billions of| The Daily Yonder