Finding ‘Higher Ground’: Locally-led Movement Works Toward a Just Housing Recovery in Eastern Kentucky
The urgent need for housing assistance in flood stricken Appalachian communities reveals the severe limitations of the nation’s response and support systems. Community groups are stepping up to help.
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Interview: Engaging High School Students with America’s Complicated History
According to Kevin Alderson, a retired teacher from rural Wisconsin public school, confronting difficult parts of the country’s past is not only important – it’s our “responsibility.”
‘It Sucks That I Have to Be Scared’ – Conversations with Rural LGBTQ Young People
The LGBTQ youth in rural America faces a challenging environment. Some progress has been made in the last two decades, but many still feel threatened and unwelcome in their own communities.
‘A Public Health Crisis in the Making’: Agriculture Pollutes Underground Drinking Water in Minnesota
Nitrate from agricultural runoff is seeping into wells that provide drinking water in rural Minnesota, and it poses a life-threatening risk to water users.
Domestic Violence Shelter Opens on the Cherokee Nation Reservation
And a new Tribal harm-reduction program is offering syringe services to reduce the spread of blood-borne disease.
A Vision for Tribal Sovereignty through Sustainable Energy
Turtle Mountain Community College uses geothermal and wind energy to power its buildings. The school’s facilities manager says it’s a step toward building tribal sovereignty for the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians.
Wave of Rural Nursing Home Closures Grows Amid Staffing Crunch
Worker shortages may get even worse as federal assistance from the early-days of the pandemic dries up, marooning rural patients who rely on small-town care facilities.
Q&A: Where’s the Water Gone? On Learning to Forget, with Lucas Bessire
Bessire writes about how landscapes are depleted through an intentional memory loss that allows environmentally destructive patterns to repeat themselves.
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