Spotlights
Barriers to Policy Implementation
While we serve in different levels of government in different parts of the country, we see the same challenge. As elected officials we hear from our...
Small Businesses — Engines of Our Communities
As advocates that work with small businesses of all kinds, we know that small and independent businesses in rural America are a crucial source of...
Tools to enact change
Being Black and rural is a blessing. Having come from generations of Black Rural Georgians, I have witnessed and experienced the intersectionality...
Federal Investment in Our Renewable Energy Future
For years, rural communities and the rural electric cooperatives that serve them have been waiting for substantial new investment in rural energy...
Affordable Rural Housing is a Policy Imperative in Low-Income Rural Communities
Many rural communities, just like urban areas, are facing critical affordable housing shortages. Rural housing specialists say that federal funding...
Rural Electric Cooperatives Could Transition to Clean Energy with Federal Investments
To maintain their commitment to providing affordable and stable electricity to rural areas, many rural electric cooperatives are interested in...
Making Prescription Drugs More Affordable for Rural Americans
In the United States, one in four Americans struggle to afford prescription medications. Prescription drug affordability causes the most problems...
Supporting Indigenous Peoples’ Farm and Food Efforts
The Oneida Nation’s Oneida Community Integrated Food Systems (OCIFS) is restoring land and waters for food production in Northeast Wisconsin....