Subscribe to get a weekly map or graph straight to your inbox ... and natural resource extraction in the Black Belt and rural Appalachia cause poverty, higher Medicaid participation, and lack of ...

Despite federal efforts to expand broadband and boost rural healthcare, more than 200 counties still lack reliable internet ...

Robert “Taco Man” Diaz owns Latin Appalachian. The day after the after flooding devastated McDowell County and the southern coalfields back in February he opened up his restaurant to anyone and ...

The administration’s research funding and DEI cuts present an existential threat to regional public universities like ...

Data: County Health Rankings; Note: Community conditions include social and economic factors, physical environment and health infrastructure; Map ... levels and lower poverty rates.

These institutions of higher learning span nearly every state, with many rooted in rural areas and communities facing high unemployment, childhood poverty ... research map and bestowing it a ...