Rural Report

Morton County, North Dakota: Rural Middle America

by Ari Pinkus
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St. Francis County, Arkansas: African American South

by Dante Chinni
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Todd County, South Dakota: Native American Land

by Ari Pinkus
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Gove County, Kansas: Aging Farmland

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Health and Place in America, 2018

by Dante Chinni and Ari Pinkus

The American Communities

The American Communities Project uses data and reporting to study the cultural, socioeconomic and political changes that are remaking the country at the local level using 15 types of counties.

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Rural Report

Videos: Rural Report Findings and Discussion With Community Leaders

by American Communities Project

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Overview

by Dante Chinni and Ari Pinkus

Rural Report

Interactive: Explore Rural America’s Diversity

by American Communities Project

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Todd County, South Dakota: Native American Land

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Something Special Is Happening in Rural America

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How the nation’s growing racial diversity is changing our schools

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The changing face of school integration

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A New Portrait of Rural America

The American Communities Project uses its data and on-the-ground reporting to explore differences and blow up the mythology of rural America.

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