The study shows rates for smoking, obesity and chronic conditions such as heart disease are comparatively higher in rural ...
Jacobs and Shea write that, between the financial shocks of the 1970s and the Great Recession, "rural Americans were told [by ...
She provides an antidote to the mainstream media's narrative about rural Americans -- that they are poor, angry, and resentful -- by using data and interviews to put together a more accurate ...