After the Fire: Vulnerable Communities Respond and Rebuild
Federal and state agencies need to ensure that vulnerable communities are able to recover during and after the next wildfire.
Rural America
Rural communities face a broad range of challenges in the 21st century, from demographic change to access to essential services, to economic hardship. The Center for American Progress’ growing research on rural America aims to build inclusive rural narratives and develop equitable, progressive solutions.
Redefining Rural America
Adversity and Assets: Identifying Rural Opportunities
3 Ways to Improve the Outcomes for African Americans in the Rural South
The Modern Company Town
A Fair Deal for Farmers
Those Left Behind
In order to afford all Americans access to higher education, policymakers must recognize how geography and race affect students’ attainment of postsecondary degrees.
Policies to Boost State Outdoor Recreation Economies
Land conservation and access can help states grow this critical sector.
5 Facts To Know About Child Care in Rural America
Improved access to quality child care would support economic security in rural communities, which have unique child care needs.
Progressive Governance Can Turn the Tide for Black Farmers
Inclusive progressive solutions are key to addressing the structural racism of previous U.S. farm policies—something that nearly wiped out black farmers.
America’s Child Care Deserts in 2018
A new analysis of child care supply in every U.S. neighborhood finds that approximately half the country has too few licensed child care options.
Proactive and Patient
The small Nebraskan towns of Lexington and Madison offer encouraging examples of how proactivity and practicality can help communities embrace the nation’s multicultural destiny and emerge stronger for their collective efforts.
Revival and Opportunity
Immigrants are playing a key role in reviving and growing many rural communities and with the right policies could play an even bigger role in sustaining them.
Defining Success for the Wildfire Funding Fix
Congress has passed a solution to keep wildfires from dominating U.S. Forest Service and Interior Department budgets. Now it should give these agencies the tools to deliver the greatest benefits to public safety and forest health.
Head Start in Rural America
These 10 state facts sheets provide comprehensive new information on the number of rural families served by Head Start, including rates of health service delivery.
Rural Pragmatism
Rural communities across the country are moving beyond reliance on boom-and-bust extractive industries toward a more prosperous and sustainable future that is rooted in their land, history, and way of life.
A Compass for Families
Head Start helps fill a critical void in early childhood education and service delivery in rural America.
The Gender Wage Gap Among Rural Workers
While all rural workers make less, rural women of color face an especially large wage gap.
Fertile Ground
The farm bill is America's largest funding source for private lands conservation; its programs can be better leveraged to attract billions of dollars in private investment, increasing the economic and environmental benefits of conservation on working lands.
A Progressive Plan for Ending Poverty — Including Rural Poverty — in America
Author Katherine Gallagher Robbins outlines a progressive plan for ending rural poverty that would ensure that all Americans have access to the opportunities and support they need to thrive.