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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 hide caption toggle caption Doug Barrett/Bloomberg via Getty Images 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 r...

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. Credit: Doug Barrett/Bloomberg via Getty Images Lagging Vaccination Rates Among Rural Seniors Hint At Brewing Rural-Urban Divide By at 11:50 am NPR 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 s...

The Daily Yonder Can the Power of Storytelling Unify a Divided America? And what do Star Wars, Dolly Parton, and Jackbox Games have to do with it? Listen to the latest episode of our new podcast, Everywhere Radio, to find out. Share this: What do the Jedi Knights of Star Wars and real-life storytellers have in common? And how can a country as divided as ours agree on, well, anything? This week’s guests on Everywhere Radio have some answers and ideas. Kiran Singh Sirah, the president of the International Storytelling Center, and Harry Gottlieb, the founder of Jackbox Games and Uni...

Graphic by the Daily Yonder. Kentucky journalist Al Smith helped start multiple state and national organizations, steered to safety a federal agency that Ronald Reagan targeted for elimination, and produced and hosted one of the longest-running public TV programs on government affairs in America. But, according to his memoir, , none of his many jobs was more important than being editor of a small-town weekly newspaper in rural southern Kentucky. Smith, a revered figure in Kentucky journalism and civic life, died March 19 at the age of 94 (Complete obituary). To explore Smith’s importance t...

The Daily Yonder Q&A: How to Attract Young People to a Rural Region In the Adirondacks of New York, the loss of young people and working families has hollowed out the economy and local institutions. A report from a regional nonprofit suggests how communities can begin to reverse that process. Public-lands communities around the U.S. will recognize the questions the report seeks to address. Share this: School enrollment in most Adirondack school districts has dropped over the past decade, many by more than 10% and some by more than 20%. (Source: Attracting New Residents Report) The ...