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Early in-person voting starts this Saturday in dozens of counties across the Golden State, and this year, older adults are expected to have outsized influence at the ballot box. Data from the Public Policy Institute of California has shown that older voters make up the biggest share of high-propensity voters. So, Luis Campillo, Los Angeles regional director for AARP California, said this population segment will likely decide the election. ...

Researchers at the University of Iowa analyzed COVID-19 death data in rural and metropolitan counties and found that rural Americans have died at twice the rate as those living in more urbanized counties. The health divide will only widen.

USA TODAY ," published with permission from Polity. They’re hillbillies.  They’re religious wackos. They’re conservative wingnuts. The harsh stereotypes of the people of Appalachia are deeply entrenched in the American consciousness. During the 2016 presidential campaign, those ugly caricatures flooded the airwaves, newspapers, websites, and social media accounts of powerful news outlets responsible for accurately depicting the people of a sprawling region that ranges from portions of southwest New York state southward through Pennsylvania, Kentucky, West Virginia, Tennessee, and int...

"It's troubling, especially because that older population makes up a greater percentage of rural counties.” April 21, 2021  Tim Marema, editor of the Daily Yonder, a news website produced by the Center for Rural Strategies, regarding the fact that urban counties vaccination rates are much greater than the rates of rural counties, especially among those who are 65 years or older. (

Lagging Vaccination Rates Among Rural Seniors Hint At Brewing Rural-Urban Divide Tuesday, April 20, 2021 A pharmacist administers a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to a worker at a processing plant in Arkansas City, Kan., on Friday, March 5, 2021. Researchers are concerned that vaccination rates in some rural communities may not keep up with urban rates. Doug Barrett/Bloomberg via Getty Images Chris Reimer had never heard of Leopold, Mo., when he found himself rushing down a winding, two-lane road toward the rural, 65-person community in February. Reimer, a social media manager in St. Louis, ha...