Rural
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Business
Will a Dollar General Ruin a Rural Crossroads?
Anne Hartley’s brick home in Ebony, Virginia overlooks windswept fields, a Methodist church, a general store, and the intersection of…
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Business
Rural Georgia Factory, Flush With Federal Funds, Votes to Unionize
Workers at a rural Georgia factory that makes electric school buses with generous federal subsidies voted to form a union…
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Cryptocurrency
Rural Kenya harnesses stranded potential energy to mine BTC using hydropower
A rural Kenyan village uses off-grid energy generated using hydroelectric power to mine Bitcoin (BTC) and power 500 nearby households.…
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Health
In Rural America, Covid Hits Black and Hispanic People Hardest
The coronavirus pandemic hit rural America last year, and deaths among white residents soared as the virus exacerbated longstanding health…
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