A page from an English dictionary listinf=g a definition of a word next to its phonetic transcription in standard American English. (Photo by Rob Hobson on Unsplash) Born in southwestern Ohio, my ...

Mildred Trammell Elliott taught school for 46 years. She spent just over half of that span in Eastern Kentucky. Her arduous introduction to the profession ...

In the United States, people have a complicated relationship with guns. For some, they’re associated with family traditions, like hunting. For others, they’re reminders of pain and violence. RAWtools ...

This story is co-published with KFF Health News. Robin Carlton pays about $650 a month for a plan on the Missouri health insurance exchange that covers ...

This story is co-published with KFF Health News. Robin Carlton pays about $650 a month for a plan on the Missouri health insurance exchange that covers him and his two teenage kids. That monthly total ...

Thawing from a difficult winter, Minnesotans in small towns across the state joined the third wave of nationwide ‘No Kings’ ...

The Good, the Bad, and the Elegy is a twice-monthly newsletter showcasing the best – and the worst – in rural media and entertainment. Rural Remix is a podcast feed that cuts through rural stereotypes ...

A shipping container in Fort Davis is at the center of a new experiment in bringing telehealth to an aging rural population.Perched in the Davis Mountains ...

Most of us know someone who can be found daily (or even multiple times a day) at a rural restaurant: Retired farmers and widowers who breakfast at the ...

I grew up in rural America. My home county in South Dakota spans more than 2,800 square miles, larger than the state of Delaware, but its population ...

From monetary costs to physical proximity, receiving health care in the rural Ozarks – and beyond – can be challenging. In ...

Centuries after the first Shakers came to America, filmmaker Mona Fastvold's vibrant movie musical brings their story to modern audiences.