Dec 12, 2024 · Project 2025 proposes “an end to SBA direct lending,” which is only ever offered to communities after a natural disaster, according to the Center for American Progress.. Whether Trump will follow the Project 2025 recommendations, which were written by the conservative think tank Heritage Foundation, has been widely debated by pundits.

3 days ago · Bathsheba Demuth’s 2021 book is the first-ever comprehensive history of Beringia, the land and waters between Canada and Russia. The Daily Yonder spoke with her about how this rural region has been transformed by colonialism and climate change.

Oct 28, 2024 · The graph shows the statewide presidential results in 2008 and 2020, followed by a projected statewide tally if Vice President Kamala Harris does 3% worse than Joe Biden did with rural (nonmetro) voters in 2020 (gray column) or 3% better (light blue bar).

Dec 27, 2024 · At the Yonder we’re reflecting on another year of the stories that matter most to rural America. From citations of our articles in The New York Times and The Atlantic, to Daily Yonder pieces republished in hundreds of different local and national outlets, we’re proud to bring original reporting, accurate analysis, and compelling storytelling to the rural conversation.

Oct 24, 2024 · And in August, Sugarland released “There Goes the Neighborhood,” which was co-written by Connie Harrington, Ryan Hurd, and Maren Morris. In it, farmland is turned into a subdivision, a sign of “progress.” “Gone forever in a day,” Jennifer Nettles sings.

Oct 23, 2024 · The center is focusing on middle-income earners, and the goal is to create 100 homes in 10 of the region’s communities over 10 years. Current projects range in cost from roughly $2 million to $6 million, with larger projects in …

Sep 30, 2024 · Last spring, at a Rural Democracy Initiative convening in Omaha, a room of over one hundred rural policy experts and elected officials from the hollers of Appalachia to the expansive mountains of Big Sky Country were all big beaming smiles and enthusiastically raised hands when asked “who here knows their postal worker by name?”

Nov 21, 2024 · Top-Line Results and Rural Voters in Swing States. A Daily Yonder Analysis shows that Trump’s victory was not caused by a surge of Republican rural voters, but instead by a sharp drop in Democratic turnout in major cities and their suburbs.. Tim Marema, editor-in-chief of the Daily Yonder, on voter turnout in 2024: The main story is Trump held relatively close or exceeded his 2020 turnout ...

Oct 21, 2024 · Then I met a woman at the door who was on dialysis. I still remember her name and where she lived. When she replied “No” to my question about whether she would vote in the coming election, I asked what barriers she faced to voting.

Jan 22, 2025 · The 2024 year-end video begins with the firm’s real-life executives play-acting shock at the poor reception of the previous year’s video. They brainstorm ways to improve it with different reality TV alternatives, spoofing Real Housewives, the Bachelor, and more (to hilarious effect!) before landing on the perfect follow-up to last …