With ICE in their communities, a war in Iran, and cost of living on the rise, residents in small Minnesota towns took to the streets.

Despite the Shakers’ penchant for simplicity (the hymn “Simple Gifts” is one of their best-known cultural contributions), “The Testament of Ann Lee” has a baroque sensibility. The film is a riot of movement, emphasizing the practice of ecstatic dance during worship that gave the Shakers their name.

In rural Texas, libraries offer a new access point for telehealth appointments and trusted, in-person support, especially for older people.

Rural America would have lost population last year were it not for in-migration.

Organizing against a data center in a small community provides an invaluable lesson in civics.

Rural innovation is reshaping the delivery of telemedicine to better serve aging populations.

Anna Wallingford, founder of the nonprofit New Hampshire Community Supported Research, talks about her work at the USDA, losing her federal job, and hopes for her new organization.

Yonder Radio is a new, free, hour-long show that is fresh every week and designed to help fill programming gaps. We feature nuanced stories that represent the 60 million people who live in rural America, and the distinct communities they call home.

Restaurants may not be plentiful out here, but they're important to rural communities. So let's not forget the challenges they face doing business in the boondocks.

Sometimes getting the word out and the people coming can be harder than fundraising or organizing.

One of the immediate uses of the new data dashboard will be in helping to allocate funds from the Rural Health Transformation Fund. Experts believe that lawmakers' access to aggregated data could benefit rural areas.

In places like Sangamon County, communities grapple with questions about energy, water, and the effects on the local workforce and economy.

The author of the book 'Night Magic: Adventures Among Glowworms, Moon Gardens, and Other Marvels of the Dark' explores the hidden world of nocturnal creatures.

Some Republican state lawmakers and state health associations are pushing back against spending plans under the Trump administration’s $50 billion federal rural health fund. Federal administrators already approved states’ plans, but in many cases, state lawmakers must greenlight spending.

“Suddenly Amish” Takes Rural Reality TV to the Extreme Taken as a composite, reality shows offer a fascinating – and often unflattering – insight into our culture. Whether we’re true fans or just ritually hate-watch with our friends, the shows that capture our attention say something about our…

As the Trump administration ramps up anti-immigration violence, counties and municipalities lose tax revenue and face strain on local infrastructure.

After being pushed out of his home church, Daniel Rogers resolved to discover what he believed in. Now he’s helping others do it too.

According to the critics, both sample size and definitions of disability used in the study could be distorting the results.

A small town in France offers a model of pacifist resistance in the face of authoritarian threats.

After a destructive fire, residents faced the task of rebuilding. Thanks to state incentives, the new homes are more energy efficient and resilient to future threats.

Participation in the Democratic party primary increased this season compared to 2022, even in rural areas.

The USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service has lost more than 2,000 employees since January 2025, potentially harming the department’s ability to roll out the initiative.

Fifty years this month, the Scotia mine explosions killed 26 men. Current deaths from work-related accidents are a fraction of what they were in 1976. But miners face other dangers, more deadly but less discussed.

Here are the numbers on Texas’s record-breaking turnout this primary season.

Former rural pastor and social scientist Ryan Burge takes a data-driven approach to studying American religious trends.

The stunning beauty of the Yorkshire moors takes center stage in Emerald Fennell's adaptation of Emily Brontë's 1847 novel. But by prioritizing aesthetics and romance, Fennell loses the tensions that make the original work a classic.

“...An artist, a teacher, a consultant, a researcher, and a writer…an organizer, a facilitator – a cross-cultural convener,” - Ben Fink helps communities grow, harnessing their sense of local pride and the wealth of their human resources.

Trump’s retribution campaign will disproportionately hurt rural hospitals. Here’s the data.

On rural lands across the country, community leaders are doing the hard and slow work of “braiding together” Indigenous sovereignty movements and reparations initiatives, hoping to strengthen both coalitions.

On-demand access to mental health professionals offers law enforcement new resources to de-escalate crises.

Idaho is positioning to slash Medicaid funding as state lawmakers grapple with the effects of the federal One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which President Donald Trump signed into law last year. On the table are in-home care services.

For rural people in the north, there's nothing like mud season to nurture persistence for when things get ugly.

John Davis views art as a way to bridge gaps, spur economic prosperity, and solve problems in rural communities.

Free Union Farm will train local BIPOC farms on sustainable practices and renewable energy solutions.

What AscendRural is learning while designing a rural-centered accelerator.

The bill’s advocates want answers about how data centers will affect energy costs in the region, which already has some of the country’s highest electricity prices.

Indigenous architecture from Ohio to the Four Corners region continues to awe researchers, revealing just how deeply these ancient cultures understood the rhythms of the cosmos.

The host of the award-winning documentary podcast Reframing Rural talks about her upbringing and storytelling goals.

Remembering his trip to Hazard, Kentucky.

Netflix’s His & Hers is packed with twists and turns, but its attempt to juggle campy mystery mechanics with genuinely traumatic subject matter results in a jarringly confused tone.

 Craft Mentors Bring New Makers Into The Fold In The Appalachian Weaving Community In Kingsport, Tennessee, the Overmountain Weavers Guild hosted the final day of their intro to handweaving course. The course takes place each August, and in 2025 there were about 15 students, ranging in age from 12…

The leader of the EMS Post Overdose Response Team in rural North Carolina is using innovative measures to fight the ever-changing street drug crisis in his community.

Dialysis Care in Rural America Limits Choice Editor’s Note: This post is from our data newsletter, the Rural Index, headed by Sarah Melotte, the Daily Yonder’s data reporter. Subscribe to get a weekly map or graph straight to your inbox. For millions of rural residents, the nearest dialysis clinic…

A local paper in the Ozarks does “scrapbooking” of its county’s history for the generations to come.

Alabama, a state with one of the nation’s highest infant mortality rates, is betting on robots to help fix its maternal care crisis. But the state’s plan for telerobotic ultrasounds in rural areas has raised doubts.

State officials believe they’ve found a way to extend the life of federal Rural Health Transformation Program money Wyoming is receiving as part of last summer’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act — by investing most of it.

Many experts point out that the program was designed with “innovations and new ways of implementing rural healthcare” in mind, not preserving rural hospitals by offsetting cuts to Medicaid from One Big Beautiful Bill.

Why rural communities need a different kind of innovation accelerator.

In this era of performative politics, it's hard to know which legislative actions are credible threats and which are useful distractions. So let's be clear: This is one threat to act on now, while there's time to acquire needed documents.

The journalist and recent producer of Against the Current, a documentary film about the Hudson River Valley's history of music and activism, talks about his relationship with the region and the river.