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Daily News Lesson April 08 2025

How doctors are treating a rise in diabetes in rural areas

Diabetes affects 38 millions Americans — learn more about this disease and how it is treated
Farmer harvests winter wheat crop in Oklahoma
Daily News Lesson February 19 2025

Farmers feeling weight of Trump policies with shutdown of aid

Learn how farmers and rural America are impacted by federal cuts to programs like USAID
Memphis overwhelmed by COVID-19 emergency calls, prompting wait times for ambulances
Daily News Lesson July 19 2023

Rural shortages lead to 'ambulance deserts' and delayed medical care
Learn about "ambulance deserts" and why some communities don't have access to emergency care
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Daily Video January 07 2021

COVID, rural communities and the economy -- and other news
DOWNLOAD VIDEO Directions : Read the news summary, watch the video and answer the discussi…
The first copies of the inaugural Los Angeles Register newspaper run off the presses in Santa Ana
Daily Video December 23 2019

How the disappearance of local news hurts civic engagement
Directions : Read the summary, watch the video and answer the questions. You can turn on the "CC" …
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Daily Video March 19 2019

What does opportunity look like? Student journalists explore pipeline jobs in West Virginia
Essential question: How have energy projects like the gas pipeline impacted young people in West Virginia? Find out with this NewsHour lesson plan.
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Daily Video October 24 2016

Will Americans living in poor rural areas vote?
Some poorer residents of rural America say their voices are not being heard as part of the national political dialogue and the presidential election.

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