The Daily Yonder

Keep It Rural with the Daily Yonder, the only national news organization for rural people and places. You won't find rural stories like these anywhere else.

[The Daily Yonder @dailyyonder]

And follow along with our other social media accounts.
Facebook: https://t.co/98aEwzpCzF
Instagram: https://t.co/xPvsThOU60
TikTok: https://t.co/2EKlSBkWQN
YouTube: https://t.co/dpFTIOfHns

[The Daily Yonder @dailyyonder]

Listen and subscribe to Rural Remix, available wherever you get your podcasts: https://t.co/BonsG6cj2C

[The Daily Yonder @dailyyonder]

Disasters such as hurricanes Helene and Milton often hit low-income and other disadvantaged groups hardest. Two policy experts suggest ways long-term aid could help. Via @ConversationUS

https://t.co/cXvmFzQ94R

[Anne Vilen @anne_vilen]

In Western NC, after Helene our childcare disaster continues. Here's my latest. Much 🙏 for caregivers holding our communities together. @HomeGrownOrg @dailyyonder https://t.co/C5CO8Nkuav

[The Daily Yonder @dailyyonder]

Hurricane Helene put Western North Carolina’s home-based childcare providers under an existential threat. The natural disaster washed over years of insufficient funding and lack of support. Many childcare providers fear they won’t be able to start over.

https://t.co/eCmqLNfhTa

[The Daily Yonder @dailyyonder]

Vermont has one of lowest uninsured rates in the U.S., even though its residents pay some of highest health insurance costs. Still, most of its hospitals are losing money and patients often face long waits for care. Via @KFFHealthNews

https://t.co/o1xqa8QFN9

[The Daily Yonder @dailyyonder]

Q&A — The rural vote, combatting partisanship, and showing up: how Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear of Kentucky increased his popularity among rural voters.

https://t.co/YXAxihjOxx

[The Daily Yonder @dailyyonder]

In this guide, we break down the voting districts that actually matter and look at the counties and districts that could swing the election, helping you focus on the factors that could shape the future of rural communities, nationwide.

https://t.co/CyuqWR4252

[The Daily Yonder @dailyyonder]

Rural Election Hub 2024 | Don't Miss the Rural Headlines⁠
⁠
There’s a lot at stake for rural America during this election. The Daily Yonder will bring the latest about the role of rural voters, rural issues, the results, and the road ahead.⁠
⁠
https://t.co/uxp1f5NNaU

[The Daily Yonder @dailyyonder]

School choice is on the ballot in Colorado, Kentucky, and Nebraska. In rural areas, public schools are often the only education option. If families are allowed to divert state funds to private education, rural communities stand to suffer the most.

https://t.co/pZCuwksGAv

[The Daily Yonder @dailyyonder]

Project 2025's proposed elimination of Head Start, a government-funded early childhood development program, would have a disastrous impact on rural America, child-welfare advocates say.

https://t.co/FBQuSQ8OAA

[The Daily Yonder @dailyyonder]

Trump calls for dissolving the Department of Education. Harris promises to protect status quo education funding and civil rights oversight. But the future of rural public schools may be determined in down-ballot elections and measures.

https://t.co/X6eRG4z9g4

[The Daily Yonder @dailyyonder]

She's been a vegetarian for roughly 12 years. This Christmas, she plans to eat venison. "Given the state of our planet, we, the residents of the richest nation in the world, must reconsider our consumption habits and do what is possible for each of us."

https://t.co/tErbW4MSBN

[The Daily Yonder @dailyyonder]

While Montana is stuck in legal limbo more than a year after the landmark climate ruling in the Held v. State of Montana case, rural Montanans are making their voices heard about a policy designed to protect their environment.

https://t.co/gbPhNlFiIR

[The Daily Yonder @dailyyonder]

For centuries Native Americans intercropped corn, beans and squash because the plants thrived together. A new initiative is measuring health and social benefits from reuniting the “three sisters.”

Via @ConversationUS

https://t.co/du9HFT9G4P

[The Daily Yonder @dailyyonder]

Rural women have always had to travel farther than their metropolitan counterparts to receive an abortion, but a Daily Yonder analysis of new data shows the distance increased in the years following the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision.

https://t.co/gn4C8Um2ki

[Julia Tilton @juliaatilton]

Researchers at UNH found that small changes in how rural voters cast their ballots could decide swing states in the election.

I spoke with Dante Scala and Kenneth Johnson about their brief for the @dailyyonder

🔗 https://t.co/nx5tcsBkVd