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.
Using Art to Bridge the Rural-Urban Divide
Phone a friend: art installations, including a set of phone booths that connect urban and rural communities, aim to bring the city and the countryside closer together.
Phone a friend: art installations, including a set of phone booths that connect urban and rural communities, aim to bring the city and the countryside closer together.
Celebrating the Great Outdoors – From the Great Indoors
To celebrate Rural Remix’s latest podcast, “Getaway,” we’ve put together a roundup of our favorite movies and documentaries about outdoor recreation.
To celebrate Rural Remix’s latest podcast, “Getaway,” we’ve put together a roundup of our favorite movies and documentaries about outdoor recreation.
Ozarks Notebook: Reading Between the Lines of Silence
As the firings of federal employees and funding cuts produce a chilling effect on employees afraid for their job security, others slowly pick up the mantle of speaking out.
As the firings of federal employees and funding cuts produce a chilling effect on employees afraid for their job security, others slowly pick up the mantle of speaking out.
In Rural Alaska, a Powerful Documentary Flips the Script for Child Care Funding
Informed by her own experience, a filmmaker makes a documentary about the lack of child care infrastructure in rural Alaska and makes a difference in real life.
Informed by her own experience, a filmmaker makes a documentary about the lack of child care infrastructure in rural Alaska and makes a difference in real life.
Report: Data From Funeral Homes Can Serve as an Early Warning Sign of Health Emergencies
By tracking spikes in excess deaths through information available from funeral homes, officials might be able to get ahead of potential health emergencies in their communities.
By tracking spikes in excess deaths through information available from funeral homes, officials might be able to get ahead of potential health emergencies in their communities.
Q&A: What Can a Russian Orthodox Community Tell Us About Rural America?
Tucked into the mountains of West Virginia, a small community of Russian Orthodox monks and laypeople provides a different portrait of rural religious life.
Tucked into the mountains of West Virginia, a small community of Russian Orthodox monks and laypeople provides a different portrait of rural religious life.
GOP Cuts to Medicaid Could Threaten Rural Hospitals
Southwest Memorial Hospital in Cortez, Colorado, is a bedrock of the local community. But GOP cuts to Medicaid could threaten the financial viability of the center along with hospitals all across rural America.
Southwest Memorial Hospital in Cortez, Colorado, is a bedrock of the local community. But GOP cuts to Medicaid could threaten the financial viability of the center along with hospitals all across rural America.
Ozarks Notebook: Stoking the Fire of Community
Gathering places at the heart of many rural communities are slowly disappearing. Those still running them worry about the future. Ozarks are home to many such places.
Gathering places at the heart of many rural communities are slowly disappearing. Those still running them worry about the future. Ozarks are home to many such places.
45 Degrees North: Prescribed Fire
To burn or not to burn? Here are five things you should know about how prescribed fire is planned and conducted on public lands, and a suggestion about where to muster resources to meet increased needs with reduced resources.
To burn or not to burn? Here are five things you should know about how prescribed fire is planned and conducted on public lands, and a suggestion about where to muster resources to meet increased needs with reduced resources.
Junk Drawer Gardening
Addressing our over consumption problem might help us adapt our gardens to a changing climate.
Addressing our over consumption problem might help us adapt our gardens to a changing climate.