As this partisan divide suggests, there are real and distinctive differences in people’s ways of life and their outlooks in ...

On Nov. 10 and 11, a group of Emporia State students will embark on Jan Todd’s annual 24-hour “E-mersion” experience. Todd, ...

The political divide between rural and urban America is more cultural than it is economic, rooted in rural residents’ deep misgivings about the nation’s rapidly changing demographics, their sense that ...

It is election season in many countries. Political pundits, media outlets, and other observers frequently underscore the growing polarization across rural and urban communities during this time. 1-3 ...

Gov. Mike DeWine has partnered with cities to use the Ohio State Highway Patrol to curb crime. However rural crime rates are just as high.

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