The small community of Spindale in western North Carolina and the surrounding area was once known for its textile mills, offering generations of families ...

This story was originally published by the Conversation. The passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act in 2015 eliminated the federal requirement that ...

This story was originally published by KFF Health News. Garrett Clark estimates he has spent about six years in the Sanpete County Jail, a plain concrete ...

This article was co-published with EdSurge. When pueblos in New Mexico looked into running fiber into Jemez Day School, a K-6 ...

The Southeastern U.S. was responsible for nearly 90% of the population growth that occurred in rural America last year, a ...

If one knows hell as home,” Percival Everett’s Jim asks, “Is returning to hell a homecoming?” Everett’s novel James, a retelling of Mark Twain's ...

State Republican leaders are cracking down on rural members of their own party who oppose universal school vouchers, which allow families to take a ...

This interview first appeared in Path Finders, an email newsletter from the Daily Yonder. Each week, Path Finders features a ...

Photojournalist Lee Smith (Kirsten Dunst) walks through a military encampment in 'Civil War' (2024) (Credit: A24). Editor’s ...

This interview first appeared in Path Finders, an email newsletter from the Daily Yonder. Each week, Path Finders features a Q&A with a ...

Students in the rootEd Alliance counseling program are twice as likely to be on track for a career making a living wage.

A federal grant of $62 million to the nonprofit Center for Rural Affairs in Lyons, Nebraska, will help build residential solar-power installations for ...