Nation Jul 14 Parents in Shickley, Nebraska desperately needed child care. The public school stepped up By Cat Wise, Emily Carpeaux, Murrey Jacobson, Kate McMahon
Nation May 08 Watch 7:11 Coronavirus hasn’t hurt these areas of the U.S. — but its economic impact has While COVID-19 has devastated parts of the U.S., including hot spots like New York, New Jersey and Louisiana, many counties in Western states have few cases and no deaths. Some officials and residents in those areas feel that pandemic restrictions… By Stephanie Sy, Lena I. Jackson, Casey Kuhn
Health Mar 19 Watch 3:51 A Brief But Spectacular take on being a rural area’s only doctor Dr. Karen Kinsell is the only physician in Fort Gaines, Georgia, a town of 3,000 people, where 40 percent of residents live below the poverty line. Some of her patients can’t afford to pay her, but she says her office…
Education Feb 12 When small colleges close, their hometowns feel the pain The financial problems — and wholesale shutdowns — affecting an escalating number of colleges and universities touch not only students, faculty and staff but also local economies, often in rural places where they are among the most important employers and… By Elizabeth Hewitt, The Hechinger Report