The fourth episode of Twang explores queer artists who are making their mark in contemporary country music, and the pioneering musicians who came before them.
Introducing ‘Twang’: Telling the Story of Country Music Like It Is
In a new podcast from Rural Remix, reporter Lane Wendell Fischer explores country music’s origins and evolution from the 1927 Bristol Sessions to Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter.
In a new podcast from Rural Remix, reporter Lane Wendell Fischer explores country music’s origins and evolution from the 1927 Bristol Sessions to Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter.
Commentary: Rural Americans Need the Trump Administration to Provide an Additional Path to Fight Obesity
By expanding and providing federal coverage of obesity medications and other proven treatments, Trump’s administration would make a first, crucial step in helping stem obesity, hurting millions in America.
By expanding and providing federal coverage of obesity medications and other proven treatments, Trump’s administration would make a first, crucial step in helping stem obesity, hurting millions in America.
Commentary: Rural America Needs Investment, Not Abandonment
Rural economies depend on access to healthy public lands. Congress has been gutting land-management agencies and is now talking about selling off these public assets to private investors.
Rural economies depend on access to healthy public lands. Congress has been gutting land-management agencies and is now talking about selling off these public assets to private investors.
Q&A: Romanticizing Rural Desert Life, With Michael Branch
Romantic notions of the high desert meet reality in Branch’s writing on Nevada.
Romantic notions of the high desert meet reality in Branch’s writing on Nevada.
Rural and Tribal Residency Program Hopes to Compel More Young Doctors to Practice in Rural
Residency programs like the one co-administered by the Cherokee Indian Hospital Authority are critical in fixing the shortage of medical professionals. They also serve as cultural bridges between doctors and communities.
Residency programs like the one co-administered by the Cherokee Indian Hospital Authority are critical in fixing the shortage of medical professionals. They also serve as cultural bridges between doctors and communities.
Review: “Homestand” Makes Compelling Case for Small Town Baseball
Will Bardenwerper’s new book documents the essentiality of baseball for the moral and mental health of a community, using Batavia, New York as his case study.
Will Bardenwerper’s new book documents the essentiality of baseball for the moral and mental health of a community, using Batavia, New York as his case study.
Q&A: Author Michael Amos Cody’s New Book Takes Us to the Streets of Nashville and Beyond
Cody’s 30-some years of writing has sourced inspiration from rural and urban settings in Tennessee and North Carolina.
Cody’s 30-some years of writing has sourced inspiration from rural and urban settings in Tennessee and North Carolina.
Commentary: Who’s Afraid of DEI? – How the Assault on Diversity Harms Rural Places
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programs serve much more diverse areas of rural life than heated culture war debates would have you believe. Rural community development is among them.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programs serve much more diverse areas of rural life than heated culture war debates would have you believe. Rural community development is among them.
Commentary: Rural Libraries and Museums Are What’s Exceptionally American
In its latest attempt at alleged fiscal responsibility, the Trump administration is taking away funding from the Institute for Museum and Library Services – a federal agency supporting many rural libraries and small museums.
In its latest attempt at alleged fiscal responsibility, the Trump administration is taking away funding from the Institute for Museum and Library Services – a federal agency supporting many rural libraries and small museums.
Commentary: Appalachian Workers Are Still Paying the Price for Bosses’ Greed
Our grandparents fought for decent wages, safe working conditions, and dignity. How long will we let the new crop of industrialists take away those hard-won rights?
Our grandparents fought for decent wages, safe working conditions, and dignity. How long will we let the new crop of industrialists take away those hard-won rights?
Q&A: Rematriation and Indigenous Land Stewardship in Eastern Kentucky
The Appalachian Rekindling Project bought 63 acres in Letcher County, Kentucky, to steward the land and protect it from a proposed prison development.
The Appalachian Rekindling Project bought 63 acres in Letcher County, Kentucky, to steward the land and protect it from a proposed prison development.
45 Degrees North: Weather Sense
April is when many areas promote severe weather awareness, but weather sense is important year round. Because playing chicken with Mother Nature has big consequences in rural areas.
April is when many areas promote severe weather awareness, but weather sense is important year round. Because playing chicken with Mother Nature has big consequences in rural areas.
Rural Youth Face Funding Cuts for Local Foods for Schools Program
According to experts, ending USDA’s Local Food for Schools Program will increase rural kids’ food insecurity. It comes at the heels of a proposed SNAP benefits cuts, compounding economic stress on families reliant on federal assistance.
According to experts, ending USDA’s Local Food for Schools Program will increase rural kids’ food insecurity. It comes at the heels of a proposed SNAP benefits cuts, compounding economic stress on families reliant on federal assistance.
A $250M Investment Will Help This Lithium Mine Get Up and Running. That’s Bad News for These Tribes.
Tribes have tried and failed to stop the project in court. A new report says it violates Indigenous rights.
Tribes have tried and failed to stop the project in court. A new report says it violates Indigenous rights.
Commentary: Rural School Closures – Punishment for Crimes Never Committed
The rationale of savings and better academic outcomes, commonly found behind rural school closures and consolidation, is often wrong. Instead of better education, school closures can deliver a death blow to a community.
The rationale of savings and better academic outcomes, commonly found behind rural school closures and consolidation, is often wrong. Instead of better education, school closures can deliver a death blow to a community.