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February 12, 2018

Sarah Jones, Emily Atkin

Rural America’s Drinking-Water Crisis

Sparsely populated, low-income communities across the country suffer from polluted water—an injustice expected to worsen under Trump.

February 7, 2018

Rural America has a growing suicide problem.

January 23, 2018

Telling Rural People To Move Won’t Solve Poverty

Geography is only partly to blame for the shrinking fortunes of small towns.

October 23, 2017

Can Democrats Win Rural Virginia Voters?

Despite challenges, liberal organizers in western Virginia are hopeful for the future.

October 9, 2017

Rural America won’t always be Trumplandia.

June 7, 2017

Rural voters have the most to lose from Medicaid cuts.

October 23, 2013

Michael Schaffer

Maryville, Missouri Is a Lawless Hellhole

And other things you can't say about small towns

April 23, 1984

Jonathan Rosenblum

Waynesville Diarist

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