Rural areas of the U.S. that have long been viewed as a refuge for affordable homeownership are now grappling with rising prices, limited inventory and increasing competition — pressures once thought ...

Access to high-quality health care is essential everywhere. However, it takes on a whole new meaning in rural areas, which often have greater medical needs and fewer resources. In regions where ...

People listen to a sermon before being admitted to lunch at the Hope Center, which assists homeless and addicted residents in Hagerstown, Md. Experts say Medicaid cuts will exacerbate rural ...

Cuts to food assistance, scheduled to begin Nov. 1, will hit the nation's poor hard and its rural poor the hardest. According to the Food Research & Action Center, "While 11.1 percent of the U.S.

Access to high-quality healthcare is essential everywhere. However, it takes on a whole new meaning in rural areas, which often have greater medical needs and fewer resources. In regions where ...

Rural America has a lawyer shortage. According to an article published by the University of California Davis Center for Poverty and Inequality Research, while roughly 20% of Americans live in rural ...

Rural Hancock County, about 100 miles southeast of Atlanta, has the highest estimated rate of childhood food insecurity in the nation, according a report.

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Dorothea Lange made her famous photograph "Migrant Mother" for the Farm Security Administration in 1936. It could have been shot ...

HAGERSTOWN, MARYLAND - JUNE 21: People listen to a sermon before being admitted to lunch at the Hope Center on June 21, 2022 in Hagerstown, Maryland. The Hope Center, which has been assisting homeless ...

Across the nation, Medicaid is the single largest payer for mental health care, and in rural America, residents disproportionately rely on the public insurance program. But Medicaid cuts in the ...