Rural Communities

What Reporters Get Wrong: They oversimplify and mischaracterize the political, social, and cultural nature of rural areas.

"It is definitely not all gloom-and-doom. We’ve got our big problems, but the country has not lost what made it America to begin with."

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Together, we can ensure that USDA investments in rural infrastructure will create jobs, expand economic opportunities and help ensure that rural communities continue to be great places to live, work, start a business, and raise a family.

"Rural communities need forward-thinking strategies to build strong, resilient futures."

When they live in remote rural areas, millennials are more likely to reside in a county that has better digital access.

By helping rural businesses and institutions unlock their global potential, Kocher said, these local technology leaders would jump start activities in their local communities.

Small towns and villages across Italy are dying, at risk of becoming "abbandonato."

"This seems to be the beginning of a return to population dispersal after a decade or so of clustering into cities and the biggest metropolitan areas,"

Governments must stop seeing the old purely as a liability. In particular, older women in rural areas can have a big impact on social and economic prosperity.