Editor’s Note: This post is from our data newsletter, the Rural Index, headed by Sarah Melotte, the Daily Yonder’s data reporter. We will be taking the next edition off as we head into Christmas.

Walter S. DeKeseredy receives funding from West Virginia University.. I have been teaching a course on rural criminology since 2014, and most of my students are surprised by the information on ...

MISSION, Kan., Sept. 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- (Family Features) Rural America is experiencing a mental health emergency. For residents of rural communities, there is evidence of higher rates of mental ...

Lost Touch: Roosevelt greets Depression-era farmers whose votes would anchor the New Deal coalition for 50 years. Credit: Associated Press With the onset of the Great Depression, the United States ...