The Economic Research Service released its annual Rural America at a Glance report, providing a high-level look at social and ...

The pandemic brought rural America manufacturing jobs, new residents and federal support. Policy reversals are erasing all of it.

Access to high-quality health care is essential everywhere. However, it takes on a whole new meaning in rural areas, which often have greater medical needs and fewer resources. In regions where ...

Rural areas of the U.S. that have long been viewed as a refuge for affordable homeownership are now grappling with rising prices, limited inventory and increasing competition — pressures once thought ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dusk in downtown Lumberton, county seat in Robeson County, N.C., the most diverse rural county in America. AP Photo/David Goldman ...

The United States is home to a vibrant mosaic of rural landscapes, lifestyles and people. But new research shows there is room for advertisers and media to tell a more complete and authentic story of ...

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is often remembered through the lens of America’s cities — crowded streets, mass marches and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover global and domestic health care and conservation. This essay is the first in a four-part series I’m calling Rural Health ...

Roughly one in five Americans live in rural areas — places the federal government defines based on small populations and low housing density. Yet many people understand rural America through ...

This is the time of year when Top 10 lists appear across a variety of categories and the towns and communities of rural America are a common focus of these lists as people seek out the perfect place ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Small towns are in for a sobering stretch of economic challenges as elected officials reverse pandemic-era policies that had been ...