Many Americans still imagine rural areas as bastions of traditional families. That’s no longer the case. Shelley Clark is James McGill professor of sociology at McGill University. Matthew M. Brooks is ...

Cohabitation is a growing trend in rural areas, not just cities. The old American values are struggling, and this traps the ...

By Anya Slepyan for The Daily Yonder. Broadcast version by Mike Moen for Minnesota News Connection for the Public News ...

Poverty differences cut across gender, ethnicity, age, location (rural versus urban), and income source. In households, children and women often suffer more than men. In the community, minority ethnic ...