According to a new advocacy group, the key to getting healthcare to rural communities may be to bring mobile health clinics to them instead of asking patients to travel long distances to healthcare facilities. Driving Health Forward brings together a wide base of stakeholders – from schools and mobile health clinic operators to healthcare companies The post New National Organization Advocates Mobile Healthcare as Key for Rural Areas appeared first on The Daily Yonder.

This story was originally published by ProPublica. Two inches of raw sewage. Persistent chemical leaks. Pipes insulated with asbestos. A bat infestation. Black mold. “It kind of blows my mind some of the things I found in public schools,” says Emily Schwing, a KYUK reporter and ProPublica Local Reporting Network partner. Recently, we published her The post Inside the Schools Alaska Ignored appeared first on The Daily Yonder.

As the 2024 election approached, news channels and commentators once again revived a familiar narrative: the urban-rural divide.  But Laura Zabel, executive director of Minnesota-based arts non-profit Springboard for the Arts, was more interested in urban-rural solidarity.  “Going into an election year, we knew that there was going to be a lot of narrative that The post Using Art to Bridge the Rural-Urban Divide appeared first on The Daily Yonder.