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Miami University Professor Steven Conn talked about his book, The Lies of the Land, in which he argued that the reality of rural America today is vastly different from the way it is often po…

A Midco internet provider executive, along with other broadband industry experts, testified on funding for rural areas during a hearing before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on C…

Former Senator Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) talked about rural voters and campaign 2024.

Transplant recipients and organ procurement professionals testified on the effectiveness of the organ transplant system before the Senate Finance Subcommittee on Health Care. They discussed …

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure said there will be some challenges as the health care system transitions out of the COVID-19 public heal…

How Long is it Going to Last? was one of the second-prize high school east division winners in C-SPAN Classroom’s StudentCam documentary contest. Derek Mu, an 11th grader at Montgomery Blair…

Internet and Television Association CEO Michael Powell and other executives and advocates testified at a Senate commerce subcommittee hearing on increasing broadband access and achieving sus…

Maine State Senator Chloe Maxmin and campaign manager Canyon Woodward offered their thoughts on how Democrats can reconnect with rural America. This event was held in Portland, Maine.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack testified at a Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee hearing on agriculture policy. Addressing an ongoing baby formula shortage, Secretary Vi…

Viewers responded to the question “Why is there an urban-rural divide in America?”

Viewers responded to the question “Why is there an urban-rural divide in America?”

Former Senator Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND), founder of the One Country Project, talked about rural voters and their impact on elections.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and experts talked about rural development in a virtual conversation with the Brookings Institution. Topics included re-buidling U.S. infrastructure, broadb…

Catherine Flowers, founder of the Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental Justice, reflected on her efforts to improve water and sanitation conditions in rural areas across America. Sh…

The House Small Business Subcommittee on Underserved, Agricultural, and Rural Business Development held a hearing to examine ways to help rebuild rural economies and small businesses amid th…

Journalist Grace Olmstead talked about the consequences of the abandonment of farm towns in the United States, and her own decision to leave the farm town she grew up in. This virtual event …

Journalist Brian Alexander reported on the state of rural hospitals in America by looking closely at the hospital in his hometown of Bryan, Ohio. This virtual program was hosted by the Merca…

Authors Sarah Smarsh, Thomas Burton, and Wayne Winkler reflected on life in Appalachia. This was a virtual event hosted by the Southern Festival of Books in Nashville.

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn reported on the issues facing the working-class in rural America. This virtual event was hosted by the Boston Book Festi…

Kaiser Health News' Sarah Jane Tribble, who hosts the “Where It Hurts” podcast, discussed the state of rural hospitals in the U.S.