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Best Job in the World: Enter the ‘Red Zone’
"I started to resent the day off because it would break my routine. Stockholm Syndrome is natural there. You start believing everyone’s bullshit."
Airbnb Wants You to Stay at This 5,850-Acre Pad While Its Owner Is on Everest
If you can't book the big one in Big Sky, these other Montana escapes are also a Pronghorn-lover’s dream.
2020 Forced Young People Out of Cities. Now Many May Never Come Back.
Big cities are losing their allure as urban dwellers get forced out by crushing rents or choose to flee to greener spaces.
The Alpaca Ranch That’s Creating a Rural Utopia for Trans People
Hidden away in the Colorado countryside, the Tenacious Unicorn Ranch is becoming a sanctuary for queer and trans people with nowhere else to go.
Indian Doctors Tell Us About the Times They Were Threatened and Abused
“There were days when the birth of a girl child would lead to verbal abuse because the patients’ family would say that just because a female doctor had conducted the procedure, it was a girl child.”
MIT Invented a Tool That Allows Driverless Cars to Navigate Rural Roads Without a Map
Mapping rural areas is a barrier to autonomous vehicles operating in those areas, but cars might not need maps at all.
How Dollar General is taking over rural America
The rise of Dollar General, and the reshaping of rural America
Democrats think Trump’s trade war will help them win back rural America
Donald Trump's trade war with China could hurt the white, working-class, rural voters Democrats lost last cycle
Wild Photos of Louisiana's Rural Mardi Gras Bacchanals
Courir de Mardi Gras gets grittier outside New Orleans.
Women in Rural Counties Are Losing Access to Maternal Care
Childbirth is the most common reason for hospitalization in the US, but a new study highlights the diminishing access to obstetric services in rural areas, especially for black women and lower-income households.
Rural America Is Building Its Own Internet Because No One Else Will
Big Telecom has little interest in expanding to small towns and farmlands, so rural America is building its own solutions.
Amazon Prime Is a Blessing and a Curse For Remote Towns
If access to Prime is reduced, or in some cases, cut off, it can leave many remote towns in the lurch.