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US Government

The Farm Bill Is About Far More than Farms

Congress is debating the bill this week — here's what you need to know.

BY Clifford Deaton & 1 more

Blog Post

1 week ago
Family Finances

Reflections on Rural in Nauvoo, Alabama

Scenes from an Aspen Institute Community Strategies Group workshop at Camp McDowell.

BY Clifford Deaton

Blog Post

06.21.2018
Employment and Jobs

Helping Workers Get Ahead in Rural America

Surveys indicate that more than 1.5 million rural residents are working but earning below the federal poverty rate.

BY Nicole Corea

Blog Post

10.23.2017
Society

Get to Know Your Fellow Americans

Hillbilly Elegy author J.D. Vance says we can't truly understand our country without understanding the people within.

BY Nicole Corea

Blog Post

09.22.2017
US Economy

America Must Invest in its Rural Communities

Rob Riley on why creating rural opportunity is about more than cell phone coverage.

BY Rob Riley

Blog Post

06.28.2017
Small Business

How Worker-Ownership Can Rejuvenate Manufacturing

Molly Hemstreet talks about empowering workers in Appalachia.

BY Molly Hemstreet

Blog Post

06.28.2017
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