Robert Cushing, Author at The Daily Yonder

Six Out of 10 Rural Counties Lost Jobs in Last Two Decades

by Bill Bishop and Robert Cushing August 24, 2021August 25, 2021

Full-page version of map. Half of all U.S. counties lost jobs over the last two decades, according to figures supplied by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics. Rural America lost jobs between 2000 and 2019. But the trend in jobs isn’t just a rural vs. urban story. The nation as a whole gained 20.2 million […]

Rural Employment Flatlines for the Past 11 Years

by Bill Bishop and Robert Cushing June 15, 2021June 14, 2021

Tracing the Divide: Urban and Rural Voting Preferences Started to Diverge in the 1970s

by Robert Cushing May 20, 2021May 19, 2021

Growth and Development

Regional Population Loss ‘Metastasizes’ in the Last Decade

by Robert Cushing April 27, 2021April 26, 2021

Growth and Development

Population Gains and Losses Create Two Americas, and the Difference Is Mostly along Rural-Urban Lines

by Robert Cushing April 15, 2021April 14, 2021

Incomes, College Degrees Greater in Rural Obama Counties

by Bill Bishop and Robert Cushing December 11, 2008July 17, 2019

Growth and Development, Rural Economy

The Yonder 40 Stock Index Keeps Falling Ã¢â‚¬” and What It All Means

by Bill Bishop and Robert Cushing August 5, 2007July 17, 2019

Politics and Government

The Rural War

by Bill Bishop and Robert Cushing May 21, 2007July 17, 2019