Ron “Stray Dog” Hall defies stereotypes in this slice-of-life documentary about a Vietnam veteran in rural Missouri created by Debra Granik, director of Winter’s Bone. It’s a quiet film of a compassionate warrior…
The 91-year-old widow of modest means stood her ground against powerful coal interests and helped inspire Kentucky voters to outlaw the notorious broad-form deed.
A rural advocate who helped strengthen the field of rural development through national efforts that produced local results is remembered as passionate, effective, and unrelenting.
From her home in the “MOzark” Mountains, Rachel Reynolds Luster invests a lot in her community as a librarian, folklorist, co-op organizer, and musician. In return, the community has invested a lot in her, she says.
Native Nebraskan Tyler Vacha used to commute from Des Moines, Iowa to Lyons, Nebraska, where he works for the Center for Rural Affairs. Then Vacha and his wife decided to move to Lyons, which is just 40 minutes from the town where he grew…
In a state where basketball is a religion, a small, mountain school is accused of heresy – disturbing the hierarchy of Kentucky high school sports. Fined, sanctioned and harassed for its transfer students – many of whom are…
Is there such a thing as a common “rural experience”? Rural ambassadors at this week’s YouthBuild events in Washington, D.C., find that the answer is yes.