On a Thursday afternoon in early April, two young women addressed the school board in East Tennessee’s rural McMinn County. Both were raised in families ...

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This story was originally published by Journalism Lab. Visitors to the woods surrounding China Hat Road may recognize Zachary “Zack” Polton’s yellow school bus through the trees that line the road to ...

This story was originally published by Journalism Lab. Visitors to the woods surrounding China Hat Road may recognize Zachary "Zack" Polton's yellow ...

This story was originally published by the Maine Monitor. Tractors stand at the ready along rolling wild blueberry barrens ...

I left Mississippi believing opportunity waited elsewhere. After college, military service, and traveling the world, I never expected to return. But ...

When Jill Baker’s email pinged late on a Wednesday night in early April, she had no idea that her role as the director for Humanities Montana was about to ...

I spent over seven hours in the car driving one way to my most recent doctor’s appointment. For many Americans, this may be ...

At the entrance to the New Kituwah Academy in Cherokee, North Carolina, a big red sign reads ‘English Stops Here.’ The school, which teaches preschool ...

April 1, 2025 (no joke) was the spring election in Wisconsin for non-partisan offices. You may have heard about our judicial race for a 10-year-term on ...

Thousands of people moved to rural America last year, causing the fourth year of continual growth in rural areas, according to a Daily Yonder analysis of ...