We say very clearly that rural America is hurting. But we refuse to justify attitudes that some scholars try to underplay.

Rural co-operatives, serving 42 million people, will soon get money to help them transition off coal.

The rise of Timber Unity offers a worrying case study of how successful rural organizing can be when it’s bankrolled by the GOP.

The U.S. has treatments to help people dealing with opioid addictions but throws up hurdles to access.

The president has the power to reform the wayward Tennessee Valley Authority. It’s a bigger deal than you think.

The Build Back Better Act includes a one-year extension of the child tax credit, but the clock is ticking.

The curious appeal of the country legend in a divided nation

With "Rust Belt Femme," Raechel Anne Jolie joins a coterie of writers using memoir to explore whiteness, class, and American hierarchy.

While cities like New York are the epicenter of the epidemic, smaller communities with scant resources are bracing for impact.

After a mountaintop was flattened by coal mining, politicians pushed to build a prison there. Then the community got organized.

How austerity and climate change put northeastern Nebraska underwater

Long a silent presence in American life, class is now sharply felt in upheavals and displacement across the country.

How the media erases people of color from rural communities

Sparsely populated, low-income communities across the country suffer from polluted water—an injustice expected to worsen under Trump.

Geography is only partly to blame for the shrinking fortunes of small towns.

Despite challenges, liberal organizers in western Virginia are hopeful for the future.

And other things you can't say about small towns