For the past decade, the media has been obsessed with the idea of a growing divide between rural and urban areas, often portraying it as a deep chasm separating the nation’s citizens. A recent example ...

While location isn’t the only factor influencing wages, understanding the causes of the divide can help workers in lower-paying areas find ways to boost their income. While 2025 income data hasn’t ...

Thirty-five artists across four states are participating in a rural-urban solidarity initiative. One project in Minnesota connected elementary school students from St. James and Minneapolis. (Photo by ...

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We all understand that American politics are deeply divided politically right now. This division is complicated and multi-faceted, but one of the easiest ways to visualize the divide is to look at ...

Liz covers cardiovascular and metabolic disease, asking why we’re not doing better or even losing ground against the world’s leading killer. Send tips on Signal at LizC.22. It’s easy to think cervical ...

As the internet traffic hub of the world, Virginia hosts more than 35 percent of all hyperscale data centers worldwide.

Government scholars Suzanne Mettler and Trevor Brown both grew up in rural communities—and both were struck by how divided those small towns became. "Growing up, many of my family friends voted for ...

How bad is the rural/urban divide in Colorado? That’s what a team of reporters at Colorado Politics and The Colorado Network, our statewide collective of freelancers, set out to measure and understand ...

Many states slowly turned red election night as results rolled in. A blue wave of votes from mainly urban communities rolled in later but it wasn’t enough to overcome votes for presidential candidate ...

During the 2020 presidential election, Donald Trump clinched most of rural America’s votes, including those in California. To explain Trump’s sustained electoral strength, many reached for the ...

After the past two presidential elections, as well as the recent Virginia gubernatorial contest, there has been a growing narrative about “two Americas.” One consists of thriving urban areas that ...