Whether it’s arts and entertainment, food, or recreation, the Daily Yonder is dedicated to highlighting the richness of life in rural communities. For the latest on rural culture and what’s happening across rural America, keep it locked here.
Climbing’s Olympic Debut Brings More Exposure to a High-Impact Sport
Rock climbing's popularity means an economic boost for rural communities hosting the crags. But with increased traffic come dangers of environmental and cultural damage to sites many hold dear and sacred.
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Q&A: For Country Music Scholar Nadine Hubbs, It All Started with a Jukebox in a Small-Town Bar
The 'Rednecks, Queers, and Country Music' author discusses the class politics of country music and the limits of the queer visibility movement.
Indigenous Comedy in the Spotlight
New book chronicles Indigenous comedy from "the 1800s to The 1491s."
Fighting for the Frontier: History and Activism in America’s Most Rural and Remote Places
The contemporary frontier movement is at work throughout New Mexico, helping communities stay resilient, fight for recognition, and preserve essential resources.
Everywhere Radio: What Does It Mean to Be in a Society Together?
Political scientist Hahrie Han is thinking about the role of democracy in a changing nation and what a rural “agora” might look like in the 21st century.
Traveling the Wilderness Road with Ned Beatty: A Remembrance
Actor Ned Beatty retained a connection to his native Kentucky and to the Southern Highlands through a 40-year friendship with an Appalachian musician and filmmaker.
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Q&A: Sociologist Jennifer Sherman on Rural Gentrification
Sherman's book 'Dividing Paradise' tackles inequality between 'newcomers' and 'old-timers' in one Washington state tourism community.
Q&A: Writer Chris Dennis on Place, Identity, and a Crippling Sense of Predestination
"If you wanted to exit the matrix of rural consciousness, there were only a couple ways out," but Dennis found a path that was purpose-driven and allowed him to stay connected to his community.
Eliza Blue on Everywhere Radio: The Winding Road to Purpose
Musician Eliza Blue became a full time "accidental rancher" after leaving the city for rural South Dakota. As a result, she found new ways of fulfilling her old goals and passions.
Q&A: Iowa Newspaperman Art Cullen on Producing Journalism for the World’s Hometowns
Reporting in a meatpacking town where 30 languages are spoken, the Pulitzer Prize-winning editor says his unique journalistic perch helps him keep perspective through changing times.
Digital Startup Fills News Niche in Wheeling, West Virginia
Can Ledenews.com produce local journalism that thrives in a small market? News entrepreneur Steve Novotney plans to find out.
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