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Environment International Law 

A Law to Crow About: France Upholds Rural ‘Sensory Heritage’

January 21, 2021January 21, 2021 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Agriculture, culture, France, ordinance, rural

From crowing roosters to the whiff of barnyard animals, the “sensory heritage” of France’s countryside will now be protected by law from attempts to stifle the everyday aspects of rural life from newcomers looking for peace and quiet.

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Education International Technology 

UN Report Finds Two-Thirds of Kids Don’t Have Home Internet

December 1, 2020December 1, 2020 ERIKA WILLIAMS
children, coronavirus, internet, poverty, Research, rural, schools, United Nations

The Covid-19 pandemic has pushed the world toward a reliance on virtual education, but a new report shows that two-thirds of school-age children around the globe do not have internet access at home.

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Health Regional 

As Virus Stresses Texas Hospitals, Rural Patients Face Greater Risks

November 19, 2020November 19, 2020 TRAVIS BUBENIK
coronavirus, health care, hospitals, rural, Texas

Rural parts of the Lone Star State are facing a shortage of hospital beds, creating a perilous situation for small-town Texans who contract Covid-19.

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International Politics 

Kyrgyzstan Village Untouched by Political Unrest

October 27, 2020October 27, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Elections, protests, rural, soviet

The political turmoil that has gripped Kyrgyzstan hasn’t reached the quiet village of Tash-Bashat in the mountains near the capital, where residents talk about the country’s feuding elites with resignation and disdain.

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Uncategorized 

Pandemic Brings Hard Times for Farmers, Worsening Hunger

September 1, 2020September 1, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Agriculture, coronavirus, farming, rural

The coronavirus pandemic has brought hard times for many farmers and has imperiled food security for many millions both in the cities and the countryside.

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Health Regional 

After Summer Surge, Virus Cases in Rural Texas County Drop to Zero

August 26, 2020August 26, 2020 TRAVIS BUBENIK
coronavirus, rural, Texas

As the coronavirus continues to circulate across the Lone Star State, having killed more than 11,000 Texans since the pandemic began, one far-flung county in the state’s remote western region hit a significant positive milestone in recent days: the number of active local cases fell to zero.

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Politics 

Deep Divisions Make US Election Bellwether Hard to Read

August 20, 2020August 20, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
2020 elections, rural

With less than three months to go until Election Day, opinions here in Juneau County, Wisconsin, vary wildly, making it difficult to predict which way the area will go.

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Government National Politics 

Democrats Set Sights on Winning Back Rural Voters

August 18, 2020August 18, 2020 JOE KELLY
convention, Democrats, Elections, infrastructure, rural, Voting

Democrats tackled how to court rural voters during a meeting of the Democratic National Convention’s Rural Council on Tuesday, emphasizing that rallying rural America behind Joe Biden will require key infrastructure investments and a legitimate ground game to meet voters where they are.

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Education Employment National 

Suburbs Fall Behind Cities in Education and Job Growth

July 29, 2020July 30, 2020 JAMES PALMER
housing, incomes, Pew Research Center, rural, schools, suburb, urban

Metropolitan cities and their surrounding suburbs have seen population, education and income grow since 2000 as Americans leave more rural areas, but a new study found a generational divide has shaped how urban and suburban areas have developed over the last two decades.

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Government Health Regional 

In West Texas, Rural Hospitals Feel Strain as Virus Cases Grow

July 2, 2020July 6, 2020 TRAVIS BUBENIK
coronavirus, executive orders, governors, hospitals, rural, Texas

As coronavirus cases spike in major Texas cities like Houston and San Antonio, prompting the governor to order people to wear masks in public Thursday, small hospitals in the West Texas oil patch are reporting struggles and planning for an even tougher road ahead.

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Government Health Regional 

Virus Cases Grow in Rural Corner of Texas as Phased Reopening Continues

June 16, 2020June 17, 2020 TRAVIS BUBENIK
coronavirus, governors, hospitals, rural, Texas

Confirmed cases of Covid-19 are on the rise in Texas’ Big Bend region, where the one local hospital has only 25 beds and two ventilators.

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Health National 

Reports Find American Dream Out of Reach for Rural Poor

June 3, 2020June 3, 2020 SABRINA CANFIELD
children, Native Americans, poverty, race, Research, rural

Hunger, early death, young pregnancy, and high school attrition are worst among rural, majority black communities across the South, and in Native American populations, according to a new study from Save the Children.

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Business Health 

Rural Hospital Network Dying in Time of Change

June 2, 2020June 3, 2020 DANIEL JACKSON
coronavirus, hospitals, rural, Tennessee

It took an emergency for Garrett Burns and his wife to learn the kind of service McKenzie Regional Hospital gave to their rural Tennessee community.

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Health 

Life in Rural Texas — Without Coronavirus

May 29, 2020May 29, 2020 CAMERON LANGFORD
coronavirus, rural, Texas

Kenedy County, Texas, is up front about its lack of accommodations. Large signs on its main highway, U.S. Route 77, say there are no services for 60 or 70 miles. There are no restaurants, gas stations or barbershops, no businesses at all, in the county seat Sarita.

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Health National Regional 

Covid-19 Devastates Rural Georgia

May 6, 2020May 6, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
coronavirus, Georgia, rural

The reverend approached the makeshift pulpit and asked the Lord to help him make some sense of the scene before him: two caskets, side by side, in a small-town cemetery busier now than ever before.

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Economy Government Health Regional 

Rural Corner of Texas, Lucky So Far During Pandemic, Weighs Reopening

April 23, 2020April 24, 2020 TRAVIS BUBENIK
coronavirus, diseases, rural, Texas, tourism

Towns in West Texas are debating whether to follow the governor’s lead to reopen parts of the economy or keep

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Business Financial Health National 

Hospital Bankruptcies

April 9, 2020April 10, 2020 BRIEF
bankruptcy, hospitals, rural

Reflecting a crisis in rural hospitals, Blue Ridge Georgia Holdings and 109 (sic) affiliated hospitals have filed for bankruptcy, listing $1 billion to $10 billion in assets and liabilities.

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Government Health National Regional 

Remote Locale Is Not Safe Harbor From Virus, Cuomo Warns

April 2, 2020April 2, 2020 AMANDA OTTAWAY
coronavirus, New York, rural

Calling New York a microcosm of the rest of the country, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said Thursday that people who live in rural communities should not presume themselves safe from the Covid-19 pandemic.

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International 

Rural Decline Threatens Estonia’s Ancient ‘Isle of Women’

March 31, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Europe, gender, rural

For centuries on a small, forested island in the Baltic Sea, women in headscarves and striped red skirts have done most of the work: from farming to lighthouse keeping, leading church services and even dressing up as Santa at Christmas.

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Government Health National Regional 

Census Data Show Declining Populations, Apart From Texas Tech Boom

March 26, 2020 JOSH RUSSELL
Commerce Department, New York, rural, Texas

More than half of U.S. counties had smaller populations in 2019 as compared with 2010, but in Texas, as so often happens, things got bigger, according to census data published Thursday.

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