#Rural

Vera Institute of Justice

verainstitute

Today, @RepDavidTrone and @RepArmstrongND introduced The Community First Pretrial Reform and Jail Decarceration Act, a bill to reverse decades of federal policymaking that made rural America a driver of #massincarceration.

Nate Cohn

Nate_Cohn

Thanks to the news this week, I spent some time over the last few days grappling with a question that many, many people have thought about before me: 'what's a

The Museum of English Rural Life

TheMERL

Right now, a lot of folks are talking about cottagecore, an aesthetic category romanticising the rural idyll.This is (almost literally) our field of expertise.So, this morning, let's chat cottagecore and,

Ajaey Sharma

ajaeys

From the diary of an urban elitist Hindu: 'High on Jaati, rural Hindus are killing one another. They go out with a Jaati cap on and spit on other Hindus

Space Witches, Esq.

popelizbet

I just donated to forgive rural medical debt for some of the poorest Americans. Your tax deductible donation forgives $100 in debt for every dollar you contribute. $30 to $630,000

Jim Fairlie @ Logie

JimFairlieLogie

My farming friends, Neil Parish amendment time the new U.K. Gov agri bill banning import of lower standard foods and welfare practice has been defeated, David Mundell, John Lamont Alistair

Liana Hwang

LianaHwang

Excuse me @shandro. Just wondering why Okotoks, Banff, Canmore, Olds, Black Diamond, Bragg Creek, Camrose, Carstairs, Cremona, Crossfield, Hay Lakes, High River, Mundare, Nanton, Raymond, Penhold and dozens of other

Abraar Karan

AbraarKaran

A wedding in rural Maine led to the state's largest #covid19 outbreak. The screening for the party was symptom and temperature checks. The presumed index case showed symptoms the day

National Farmers Union

NFUDC

A handful of companies have taken over dairy production, pushing the prices paid to farmers well below the cost of production & encouraging overproduction.This has forced most small & mid-sized

Rebecca Nagle

rebeccanagle

Actually Native people on reservations live in the most overcrowded housing in the US. So no, social distancing isn’t feasible just because a reservation is rural. It’s a passing comment

Kaitlin Byrd: Apocalypse Diarist

GothamGirlBlue

Just reminded my SO to fill out the census, so it feels like a good time to remind everyone: FILL OUT YOUR CENSUS BEFORE THE END OF THIS MONTH The

Gabrielle Monaghan

GabbyMonaghan

There's a fierce whiff of the 1980s in corona-era rural Ireland. Everyone's bored and on the dole and going to restaurants isn't a thing. There's feck all on the telly.

Tara Lachapelle

taralach

How are internet networks holding up? Comcast, Verizon and others say networks are in good shape, but not all cities may be seeing that. Third-party sources show mixed info, and

Merle Massie☆ ⛷🚜✒🇨🇦

merlemassie

This was a week of interesting conversations, both public and private. In two cases, I was asked to clarify *why* rural folks think in particular ways around climate change, especially

Thomas de Hoop

Thomasdehoop1

The @Oxford_CSAE conference has gone virtual and this is my last chance to present the results of a cluster-RCT of a technology-aided instruction program for community schools in Zambia focused

The Museum of English Rural Life

TheMERL

on this day that marks 20 years of Shrek, we ask you this question:is Shrek rural life? This is true! But also, it's how he lives. In a cottage. With