A number of factors from inflation to the pandemic are impacting where people choose to live. “So, this is Main Street,” Quentin Swanger, a resident of Sac City, Iowa, said. Those who live in small ...

To take full advantage of online local government services, healthcare and other resources, residents need robust connectivity capabilities — which still aren’t available in some areas of the U.S. As ...

What contributes to rural livability in the US? It depends on who you are and what you want from your community.

Ocejo is professor of sociology at John Jay College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York. He is the author of Sixty Miles Upriver: Gentrification and Race in a Small American City One ...

Dollar General's rural focus aligns with population trends as Americans move to small towns, making DG a compelling stock for economic resilience. DG's small-format stores thrive where big-box ...

In July 1979, President Carter nominated Paul Volcker to be Chair of the Federal Reserve with the task of ending one of the worst periods of inflation in the country’s history. In order to achieve ...

For University of Minnesota Extension educator Ellen Wolter, the divide between rural and urban communities is more imagined ...

Small libraries in rural areas, many staffed by volunteers, pushed back saying there's no way they could meet the standards.

The influx of dollar stores into the rural landscape can have a devastating effect on grocery stores and other small businesses in rural areas, research has found. When dollar stores move into a rural ...

While approximately 90% of rural high school students graduated in 2020, 82% of urban high school students got their diplomas ...

There are significant differences in the PA workforce across urban, large rural, small rural, and isolated settings. Assessing the PA workforce is crucial to bridging gaps in health care, particularly ...