Access to health care is a big one as rural hospitals close. Two researchers who focus on rural issue explain how the federal government could help.
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Letting the banks charge their own extra fees might be a non-starter. The government has some other ideas, including a cash mandate and a possible new rural services levy to keep branches open.
The promised ‘white gold rush’ would extract lithium alongside geothermal power production. The mineral is used in EV batteries, but even this less-polluting mining raises local health concerns.
Dairy farms are struggling to survive as production costs exceed sales. The result, consolidation, with more cows on bigger farms, has an impact on communities and knowing where your food comes from.
Slowing climate change means cutting fossil fuel use. Many oil- and gas-producing communities aren’t prepared for that future, as a former White House economic and climate adviser explains.
Just like fires can contaminate municipal water systems by melting pipes, farms’ and ranches’ water supply systems are at risk. A first-of-its-kind study after the Maui fires explores the harms.
The simplicity of green belt policy means these protected countryside spaces have stood the test of time, but they haven’t adapted to changing needs or pressures.
In the mountains, heavy downpours can be devastating, washing out roads and homes and triggering landslides.
Georgia’s inmate fire crews respond to hundreds of calls in surrounding counties every year. Without them, there might not be a responder, but they aren’t universally loved – and they don’t get paid.
For at least 50 years, pollsters have been asking Americans whether they think their country is on the right or wrong track. That question may have outlived its usefulness.
An anthropologist who wrote a book exploring meth’s impact on rural communities explains what drove the epidemic and how it’s changed.
People living in rural areas perceive the threat of climate change to be lower than people in cities.
Resettled families did not receive adequate compensation for property left behind and were rarely provided with sufficient funds to build new lives.
Kenya’s experienced fast population growth and urbanisation - this has brought about some big challenges.
Tree-changers can get a bad rap for not managing their properties well. So will this lead to more absentee neighbours who let weeds run rampant?
Access to affordable child care affects farm productivity, safety and ultimately the nation’s food supply. Farm families across the U.S. are struggling without it.
There is a continuing misunderstanding of rural realities by policymakers. Ultimately this puts transit out of reach for many rural areas.
In the years since the Supreme Court rejected Kivalina’s appeal on May 20, 2013, the community’s search and rescue team has faced increasing climate disasters: ‘We just can’t adapt this fast.’
Rural Canadians face challenges accessing mental health services, and an exodus of psychologists from the public system may make matters worse.
Corporations restrict what farmers can do with their own seeds, as well as their farm equipment when it breaks down.
Top contributors
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State Policy Director, Farley Health Policy Center; Associate Professor of Family Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz
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Project Director, RTC: Rural, University of Montana
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Associate Research Scientist in Rural Sociology, Adjunct Faculty - National Farm Medicine Center, The Ohio State University
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Research Fellow, University of Aberdeen
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RTC:Rural Director and Director of Employment Research, University of Montana
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Professor (Communication), Deakin University
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Professor of Regional Economic Development, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Professor of Sociology, University of Aberdeen
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Associate Professor and Director, Centre for Rural Emergency Medicine, Deakin University
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Professor in Geography, University of Wollongong
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Assistant Professor of Rural Sociology and Demography, Penn State
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Professor Emeritus of Geography, Louisiana State University
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Associate Professor of Rural Sociology, The Ohio State University
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Senior Research Fellow, Rural Health Research Institute, Charles Sturt University