In recent weeks, presidential candidates pledged billions of dollars to bring broadband and internet access to rural America. That’s a good start, but the issue that the candidates need to address goes far beyond technology. It’s troubling that no candidate has begun to identify a strategy to concentrate on a more sweeping problem: More and more young people in our nation’s rural communities look at their hometowns and realize those places simply can’t support their dreams.
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The Answer to Rural Woes Is Far More than Broadband
October 19, 2019By
People who live in small, rural towns are happier than city-dwellers
May 19, 2018By
Cities have higher salaries and education and lower unemployment rates. But they are far less joyful. The Canadian researchers say it lays bare the importance of communities over isolation.
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Telephones Can Bring Cancer Genetic Counseling to Rural Women
June 21, 2016By
For women in rural communities, traveling to meet in person with cancer genetic counselors can be time-consuming and expensive. Now, a new study shows that getting cancer genetic counseling over the phone can be just as good as getting the same counseling in person. The work, led by Anita Kinney, PhD, RN, at The University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center, was published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
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