News reports on the pandemic often focus on big cities, but rural places are getting a share of the attention too. Check out the coverage here.

Check out all of HAC’s coronavirus resource pages here.

 THESE SOURCES HAVE ONGOING RURAL COVERAGE

• HAC News, Housing Assistance Council
• The Daily Yonder, Center for Rural Strategies
• The Rural Blog, Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, University of Kentucky
• COVID-19 Stories and Resources, the Rural Assembly

MEDIA COVERAGE (please let us know what we’ve missed!)

• People Working From Home Permanently Could Transform Rural America, Sarah Gibson, NPR, April 5, 2021
• ‘Who Do They Trust? It’s Their Union.’ Organized Labor Steps in to Convince Immigrant Workers to Get Vaccines, Eleanor Mueller, Politico, March 30, 2021
• ‘Essential’ Migrant Farmworkers Risk Infection and Deportation, Kassie Bracken, Yousur Al-Hlou and Caroline Kim, New York Times, March 25, 2021
• Pandemic Sends Home Prices Surging, Pressuring the Rural Real-Estate Market, Especially in Central Appalachia, Heather Chapman, The Rural Blog, March 23, 2021
• Pandemic-Fueled Home-Buying Puts New Pressure [on] Appalachia Real Estate Market, Roxy Todd, WV Public Broadcasting, March 21, 2021
• Here’s How One of Idaho’s Biggest Potato Farms Got Hundreds of its Workers Vaccinated, Nicole Foy, Idaho Statesman, March 21, 2021
• Workers at U.S. Meat Plants, Early Covid Hot Spots, Are Now Getting Vaccinated in Many States, Bonnie G. Wong and Matt Craig, New York Times, March 21, 2021
• ‘There’s Tremendous Fear’: Farmworkers Face Vaccine Eligibility Woes, Liz Crampton, Politico, March 18, 2021
• State Figures: Hispanic Workers had Most Coronavirus Infections at Iowa Meatpacking Plants Last Spring, Tyler Jett, Des Moines Register, March 12, 2021
• Report: COVID-19 Pandemic Caused More Death in Rural Communities, Melanie Blackman, HealthLeaders, March 12, 2021
• COVID-19 and Rural Communities: Protecting Rural Lives and Health, Jesse Bradford, Erica Coe, Kana Enomoto, and Matt White, McKinsey & Company, March 10, 2021
• Soaring Home Prices are Starting to Alarm Policymakers, Katy O’Donnell, Politico, March 8, 2021
• ‘It’s Patchwork’: Rural Teachers Struggle to Connect in Pandemic, Aallyah Wright, Pew Trusts Stateline, March 3, 2021
• New York Farm Workers Removed from Vaccine Eligibility Without Explanation, Clara McMichael, The Counter March 2, 2021
• Thousands of Farmworkers are Prioritized for the Coronavirus Vaccine, Miriam Jordan, New York Times, March 1, 2021
• Vaccine Rollout for Farmworkers is Fraught with Confusion and Bad Timing, Los Angeles Times, March 1, 2021
• Planada Hosts First COVID Vaccination Clinic for Merced County Farm, Agriculture Workers, Chiara Elena Romero, Merced Sun-Star, February 26, 2021
• How Are Rural Areas Doing with COVID-19 Vaccinations? A Look at 3 Regions, Dan Gray, Healthline, February 25, 2021
• Farmworkers Get Vaccines in Ventura County; Teachers Are Next, Los Angeles Times, February 22, 2021
• The CDC Recommended States Prioritize Farmworkers for the COVID-19 Vaccine. A Few Large Agricultural States Have Not, Frank Hernandez, Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting, February 18, 2021
• Nation’s First Mandatory Farmworker Hazard Pay Gains Approval, Jessica Fu, The Counter, February 11, 2021
• Should Calif. Farmworkers Be Next In Line To Get COVID-19 Vaccine?, April Dembosky, NPR, February 4, 2021
• 700,000 Left Their Jobs in 2020 Because of Child-Care Problems; Rural Residents Have an Especially Hard Time, Heather Chapman, Rural Blog, February 4, 2021
• Additional Covid-19 Vaccines Bring Choices — and Complications — to the Rollout, Andrew Joseph and Olivia Goldhill, STAT, January 29, 2021
• Farmworkers Trying to Get COVID-19 Vaccine Face Challenges, Gianella Ghiglino, KYMA, January 19, 2021
• Who is ‘Essential’? Food and Farm Workers Left in Limbo in Vaccine Priorities, Ximena Bustillo and Ryan McCrimmon, Politico, January 17, 2021
• Tribal Elders are Dying From the Pandemic, Causing a Cultural Crisis for American Indians, Jack Healy, New York Times, January 12, 2021
• Why West Virginia’s Winning the Race to Get COVID-19 Vaccine into Arms, Yuki Noguchi, NPR, January 7, 2021
• Voices From the Front Lines of America’s Food Supply, New York Times, January 5, 2021
• Isolated Residents and an Overwhelmed Hospital: Covid-19 Hits Western Maryland, Erin Cox, Washington Post, December 28, 2020
• Why Getting COVID-19 Vaccines to Rural Americans is Harder than it Looks, and How to Lift the Barriers, Bennett Doughty and Pamela Stewart Fahs, The Conversation, December 28, 2020
• Farm Company Fined $2 Million for Violating Safety Guidelines after Two Workers Die of COVID-19, Associated Press, USA Today, December 22, 2020
• Rural Infections Plateau at High Rate Heading into Holidays, Tim Murphy and Tim Marema, Daily Yonder, December 22, 2020
• Covid Is Killing in Rural U.S. Faster Than in Big Cities, Nic Querolo, Bloomberg, December 21, 2020
• The Battle for Waterloo: As COVID-19 Ravaged This Iowa City, Officials Discovered Meatpacking Executives Were the Ones in Charge, Michael Grabell and Bernice Yeung, ProPublica, December 21, 2020
• Opinion: ‘Education Divide’ Joins Urban-Rural Split in Fueling Oregonians’ Diverging Beliefs, Adam Davis, The Oregonian, December 20, 2020
• Some Rural Doctors Celebrate, Others Disappointed in Distribution of Moderna Vaccine, Mike Marut, KVUE (Beaumont, Texas), December 20, 2020
• Arts Industry Can Boost Rural Economies, But Industry Advocates Say Artists Need More Stimulus Funding, Heather Chapman, The Rural Blog, December 18, 2020
• A Rural School Under Pressure to Stay Open: ‘People Are Just … Rough And Tough’, Kirk Siegler, NPR, December 18, 2020
• Rural Hospital Roundup: Rural Hospitals Still Struggling to Cope with Rising Tide of Covid Cases, Heather Chapman, The Rural Blog, December 17, 2020
• Moderna Vaccine is Life-line to Rural Texas Healthcare Providers, Robert Arnold, KPRC (Houston, Texas), December 17, 2020
• First Coronavirus Vaccine Doses Administered in Hard Hit Indigenous Communities, Reese Oxner, NPR, December 17, 2020
• Rural Hospitals Face Challenges in Distributing COVID-19 Vaccine, Jeff Ferrell, KSLA (Shreveport, Louisiana), December 16, 2020
• Vaccine Rollout in Rural Eastern Oregon and Idaho Poses Unique Challenges, Crystal Ligori and Jenn Chávez, Oregon Public Broadcasting, December 16, 2020
• Rural Hospitals Wait for Their Chance at COVID-19 Vaccine, Garrett Brnger, KSAT (San Antonio, Texas), December 16, 2020
• Rural America Will Have a Harder Time Getting Vaccinated, Caitlin Owens, Axios, December 16, 2020
• Rural Hospitals Gear up for Vaccine Distribution, Official Says, Liz Carey, Daily Yonder, December 15, 2020
• NH to Follow Advice on Vaccine Distribution to Rural Areas, Maria Eloisa Capurro, New Hampshire Union Leader, December 14, 2020
• Rural Counties Report Record Number of Deaths for 6th Straight Week, Tim Murphy and Tim Marema, Daily Yonder, December 14, 2020
• Rural Doctors Face Vaccine Distrust and Conspiracies. They Have a Plan, Phil McCausland, NBC News, December 13, 2020
• Rural Communities Face Challenges with Distributing COVID-19 Vaccine, KUSA (Denver, Colorado), December 13, 2020
• In Rural Texas, ‘They’re Angry at COVID.’ A Small-Town Counselor Treats the Grieving, Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, December 12, 2020
• Rural Hospitals in Texas Feeling Left Out of COVID Vaccine Distribution, Anastasiya Bolton, KHOU (Houston, Texas), December 11, 2020
• Farmworkers, Firefighters and Flight Attendants Jockey for Vaccine Priority, Rachel Bluth and Phil Galewitz, Route Fifty, December 11, 2020
• ‘Small Town, No Hospital’: Covid-19 Is Overwhelming Rural West Texas, Sarah Mervosh, New York Times, December 9, 2020
• The ‘Rural-Urban Divide’ Furthers Myths About Race and Poverty — Concealing Effective Policy Solutions, Hanna Love and Tracy Hadden Loh, Brookings Institution, December 8, 2020
• Racism Turned Their Neighborhood into ‘Cancer Alley.’ Now They’re Dying from COVID-19, Rick Jervis and Alan Gomez, Tennessean, December 8, 2020
• Going it Alone in Two of America’s Agricultural Towns, Laura Reiley, Melina Mara and Michael Robinson Chavez, Washington Post, December 8, 2020
• Commentary: You Are on Your Own, Eyal Kedar, Daily Yonder, December 8, 2020
• Rural Counties Face 5th Straight Week of Record Number of Covid-19 Deaths, Tim Murphy and Tim Marema, Daily Yonder, December 8, 2020
• In Rural Washington, a Small County Gets Ahead of the Curve for Vaccination Planning, Liz Carey, Daily Yonder, December 3, 2020
• Will Rural Hospitals Have to Return the Money Congress Gave Them for the Pandemic?, Liz Carey, Daily Yonder, December 3, 2020
• Rural Hospitals are Under Siege from COVID-19 – Here’s What Doctors are Facing, in Their Own Words, Lauren Hughes and Jennifer Bacani McKenney, The Conversation, updated December 2, 2020
• Covid-19 Takes a Holiday? Rural Infection Rate Drops During Thanksgiving Week, Tim Murphy and Tim Marema, Daily Yonder, December 1, 2020
• Amidst the Pandemic, This Women’s Health Clinic in Rural Texas Struggles to Meet Demand for Care, Shannon Najmabadi, The Texas Tribune, November 30, 2020
• With KC Beds Sparse, Rural Hospitals in Kansas and Missouri Face New COVID ‘Tidal Wave’, Kevin Hardy and Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, November 29, 2020
• Mass Vaccinations Against Covid-19 Will Be ‘Mind-Blowing’ Challenge for Alabama, Other Poor, Rural States, Isaac Stanley-Becker, Washington Post, November 29, 2020
• Commentary: How To Spread Holiday Cheer During a Covid Winter, Donna Kallner, Daily Yonder, November 25, 2020
• Home Sales Jump in Rural Minnesota: ‘COVID-19 has Reshaped the Housing Market, Jim Buchta, Star Tribune, November 25, 2020
• In the Columbia River Gorge, a Local Program Adapts to Serve the Community Through Covid-19, Judy Bankman, Daily Yonder, November 24, 2020
• Nine out of 10 Rural Counties Are in the Covid-19 Red Zone, Tim Marema, Daily Yonder, November 23, 2020
• Commentary: Rural Healthcare Must Use This Moment to Create Something Better, Eyal Kedar, Daily Yonder, November 20, 2020
• Two Rural States with GOP Governors and Very Different COVID-19 Results, Seth Tupper, NPR, November 20, 2020
• Report: 20% of Covid-19 Patients Develop Mental Health Issues, Liz Carey, Daily Yonder, November 19, 2020
• Opinion: New York Times ‘Disappears’ Rural America’s Covid Crisis, Tim Marema, Daily Yonder, updated November 18, 2020
• New Rural Covid Infections Top 195,000 in One Week, Tim Murphy and Tim Marema, Daily Yonder, November 17, 2020
• Colleges Probably Stoked Pandemic in the Upper Midwest, Epidemiologists Say, Liz Carey, Daily Yonder, November 16, 2020
• Rural Hospitals Brace for Increased Coronavirus Cases, Liz Carey, Daily Yonder, November 12, 2020
• Urban and Rural Americans Have More In Common Than They Might Think, Frank Morris, NPR, November 12, 2020
• New Cases Put 80% of Rural Counties in the Red Zone, Tim Murphy and Tim Marema, Daily Yonder, November 10, 2020
• Rural Communities Take More Precautions as COVID-19 Cases Surge, Deaths Climb, Paul Hammel and Julie Anderson, Omaha World-Herald, November 8, 2020
• Judge Denies Landlords’ Request to Void CDC Eviction Moratorium, Emily L. Mahoney, Tampa Bay Times, October 29, 2020
• When Falling Behind on Rent Leads to Jail Time, Maya Miller and Ellis Simani, ProPublica, October 26, 2020
• In Rural America, Resentment over COVID-19 Shutdowns is Colliding with Rising Case Numbers, Lauren Hughes and Roberto Silva, The Conversation, October 26, 2020
• Evictions Still in Play, Joel Mills, The Lewiston [Idaho] Tribune, October 25, 2020
• Grundy County Faces Pandemic Spike as COVID-19 Spreads in Tennessee’s Rural Areas, Wyatt Massey, Chattanooga Times Free Press, October 24, 2020
• The Worst Virus Outbreaks in the U.S. Are Now in Rural Areas, Lauren Leatherby, New York Times, October 22, 2020
• Rural U.S. Hospitals Are on Life Support as a Third Wave of COVID-19 Strikes, Emily Barone, Time, October 20, 2020
• Hopes of ‘a Bubble’ Gone, COVID-19 Expands its Footprint in Unprepared Rural Kansas, Katie Bernard, The Kansas City Star, October 19, 2020
• Domestic Violence in Rural America Increases During Covid-19, Liz Carey, Daily Yonder, October 19, 2020
• Race And COVID-19: Stark Disparities In Rural Georgia, Andy Miller, WABE, October 18, 2020
• Marshfield Study Will Track COVID-19 in Rural Communities, Rob Mentzer, Wisconsin Public Radio, October 16, 2020
• ‘I Just Kind of Lost It’: As Coronavirus Cases Soar, One Montana Town Reels, Lucy Tompkins, Maura Turcotte and Libby Seline, New York Times, October 16, 2020
• After Early Success in Containment, There’s Now Rapid Coronavirus Spread in Rural Alaska, Lex Treinen, Alaska Public Media, October 14, 2020
• ‘A Devastating Blow’: Virus Kills 81 Members of Native American Tribe, Mark Walker, New York Times, October 8, 2020
• The COVID-Related Housing Crisis Nobody Mentions, J. Brian Charles, Governing, October 8, 2020
• There Was No ‘Imaginary Fence’ Keeping Coronavirus Out of This Rural Kansas County, Esther Honig, Wichita Eagle, October 3, 2020
• Unsheltered in Place: In California’s Salad Bowl, “Farmworkers are Working Within Various Disasters, One on Top of Another,” Maddie Oatman, October 2, 2020
• Covid-19’s Blow Is Falling Harder Than Ever on Rural America, Bloomberg, October 2, 2020
• Tony Vargas in Nebraska: The Human Cost of Political Inaction on Covid, Jessica Lussenhop, BBC, October 2, 2020
• Trump Attacks Them. COVID-19 Threatens Them. But Immigrants Keep the U.S. Fed, Susan Ferriss and Joe Yerardi, Center for Public Integrity, September 28, 2020
• Virus’s Unseen Hot Zone: The American Farm, Laura Reiley and Beth Reinhard, The Washington Post, September 24, 2020
• In One Michigan County, the COVID-19 Cases are Tied to Farm Outbreaks, Angie Jackson, Niraj Warikoo and Georgia Gee, Detroit Free Press, September 22, 2020
• How a Housing-First Strategy Could Save Domestic Violence Survivors During a Pandemic, Conor Morris, The Land, September 22, 2020
• Rural ‘Red-Zone’ List Shortens Significantly for First Time in Two Months, Tim Murphy and Tim Marema, Daily Yonder, September 16, 2020
• As Markets Like New York, San Francisco Run Cold – Is Remote Rural Investing the Future of Real Estate?, Newsweek, September 15, 2020
• Wildfires Make Dangerous Air For Farmworkers: ‘It’s Like You Can’t Breathe’, James Doubek, NPR, September 14, 2020
• Florida’s Rural Real Estate is Booming Amid COVID-19 Pandemic, Robert Guaderrama, WOGX, September 12, 2020
• Lawsuit over Coronavirus Testing for Michigan Farmworkers is Dismissed, Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, September 9, 2020
• Rural Covid-19 Cases Increase for Second Week in a Row, Tim Murphy and Tim Marema, Daily Yonder, September 9, 2020
• In Rural Vermont, Food Relief Program is Eyed as Model, Meg McIntyre, Daily Yonder, September 8, 2020
• Zoom Towns and the New Housing Market for the 2 Americas, Greg Rosalsky, Planet Money, September 8, 2020
• Harvest of Shame: Farmworkers Face Coronavirus Disaster, Helena Bottemiller Evich, Ximena Bustillo and Liz Crampton, Politico, September 8, 2020
• Saint Claire Region Adapts to Covid-19, Fiscally and Physically, Liz Carey, Daily Yonder, September 7, 2020
• Rural People with Disabilities Fight to Retain Independence During Pandemic, Jan Pytalski, Daily Yonder, September 3, 2020
• Rural Journalists Deal With Mental-Health Toll Brought by Covid-19, Liz Carey, Daily Yonder, September 2, 2020
• Stimulus Check Donations Raise $93,592, Helping Every Business in Small Town Hit by Pandemic, Cathy Free, Washington Post, September 1, 2020
• Covid-19 Pounded Arkansas Poultry Workers as Government and Industry Looked On, Olivia Paschal, Daily Yonder, August 28, 2020
• COVID-19 Tests America’s Rural Hospital Capabilities, Sarah Jane Tribble, Governing, August 27, 2020
• ‘It’s Great To Live In Rural Maine,’ Where Cases Are Low And Schools Are Open, Robbie Feinberg, NPR, August 24, 2020
• Homebuyer Interest in Rural Areas Rises, With Prices Up 11% in July, Dana Anderson, Redfin, August 17, 2020
• Rural Schools Struggle with Road Ahead in Era of Coronavirus, Kirk Siegler, NPR, August 17, 2020
• Rural Rate of New Covid-19 Infections Exceeds the National Average, Tim Marema, Daily Yonder, August 15, 2020
• Health Providers’ Scramble for Staff and Supplies Reveals Sharp Disparities, Tucker Doherty, Politico, August 14, 2020
• Landlords Could Exploit COVID-19 Victims to Fast-Track Evictions, Housing Advocates Say, Leticia Miranda, NBC News, August 13, 2020
• On Native American Land, Contract Tracing Is Saving Lives, Gina Kolata, New York Times, August 13, 2020
• These Essential Workers Face Evictions and Could Become Homeless During Pandemic, Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, August 13, 2020
• The Scramble to Pluck 24 Billion Cherries in Eight Weeks, Brooke Jarvis, New York Times, August 12, 2020
• Wave of Evictions Sweeps US Amid Impasse over Coronavirus Protections, Oliver Milman, The Guardian, August 11, 2020
• Two Local Leaders Discuss how Smarter Federal Policy Can Save Rural America During COVID-19, Tracy Hadden Loh and Anthony F. Pipa, Brookings Institution, August 11, 2020
• Federal Agency to Reopen 53 Native American Schools Despite Coronavirus Fears, Miranda Green, NBC News, August 10, 2020
• Rural Tenants, Already Delaying Rrent, Face Pinch Without Relief, Ellyn Ferguson, Roll Call, August 7, 2020
• Tribe, Economy, Even Cemeteries Hurt as Virus hits Choctaws, Leah Willingham, ABC News, August 5, 2020
• ‘Like a Horror Movie’: A Small Border Hospital Battles the Coronavirus, Edgar Sandoval, New York Times, August 4, 2020
• Opinion: ‘If I Hadn’t Been Transferred, I Would Have Died’, Daniela J. Lamas, New York Times, August 4, 2020
• Rural America Could Be the Region Hardest Hit by the COVID-19 Outbreak, Christopher Curley, healthline, August 3, 2020
• How the Navajo Nation is Flattening the Coronavirus Curve, NBC Today Show, August 3, 2020
• Google’s Work From Home Extension Could be a Boon for Rural America, Zachary Mannheimer, The Hill, August 1, 2020
• Social Distancing, Country Style, Tim Penny, [Minnesota] Star Tribune, July 31, 2020
• Rural Students Are Less Likely to Go to College. Will the Pandemic Make Things Even Tougher?, Kim Kobersmith, Daily Yonder, July 30, 2020
• Lured to America – Then Trapped, Suzy Khimm and Daniella Silva, NBC News, July 29, 2020
• Central Valley Becomes California’s New Coronavirus Concern, Mackenzie Mays, Politico, July 28, 2020
• How a Remote Work Boom and City Exodus Might Reshape Rural America, Ethan Wolff-Mann, Yahoo! Finance, July 27, 2020
• This County Knew Coronavirus Could Ravage its Farmworkers. Why Didn’t Officials Stop It?, Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, July 25, 2020
• Will Rural Homelessness Hit after Benefits and Eviction Moratoriums End?, Liz Carey, Daily Yonder, July 21, 2020
• Rural Home Prices Rise as People Consider Leaving Cities During Pandemic, Heather Chapman, The Rural Blog, July 20, 2020
• Coronavirus Surge Brings Suffering to the Impoverished, Underresourced Mississippi Delta, Phil McCausland, NBC News, July 16, 2020
• How Rural Wisconsin is Embedding Hyperlocal Food Production in Community Spaces, Alex Tyink and Megan Pirelli, Brookings Institution, July 16, 2020
• Rural Real Estate Prices Rise as People Consider Leaving Cities, Dante Chinni, NBC News, July 15, 2020
• Coronavirus Forces Economic Reckoning in Central Washington’s Cherry Country, Gregory Scruggs, Washington Post, July 9, 2020
• Amid COVID-19 Concerns, Clinics Step Up Testing For Migrant Farmworkers, Christine Herman, Illinois Newsroom, July 9, 2020
• COVID-19 and the Financial Viability of US Rural Hospitals, Ge Bai and Gerard F. Anderson, Health Affairs, July 1, 2020
• Homework in a McDonald’s parking lot, Bracey Harris, The Hechinger Report, June 27, 2020
• A Silver Lining for Smaller Towns, Tom Barkin, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, June 22, 2020
• NM Sen. Demands CDC Transparency On Tribal COVID-19 Data, Joyce Hanson, Law360, June 22, 2020
• The Changing Geography of COVID19, Jed Kolko, JedKolko.com, June 21, 2020
• Undocumented Farmworkers Are Refusing Covid Tests for Fear of Losing Their Jobs, Michele Fawcett and Arun Gupta, In These Times, June 19, 2020
• Zoom Call Eviction Hearings: ‘They’ll Throw Everything I Have Out On The Street’, Chris Arnold, NPR, June 19, 2020
• Farmworkers: DeSantis’ Remarks ‘Shameful’, Ana Ceballos, Highlands News-Sun [Sebring, Forida], June 19, 2020
• Florida Gov Blames Coronavirus Rise on ‘Overwhelmingly Hispanic’ Workers, Amanda Woods, New York Post, June 19, 2020
• The COVID-19 Response in Indian Country, Sahir Doshi, Allison Jordan, Kate Kelly, and Danyelle Solomon, Center for American Progress, June 18, 2020
• COVID-19 already toppled the income of farms, now it’s spreading to rural residents, G. William Hoagland, USA Today, June 16, 2020
• Predicted surge comes true: Eviction filings jump over 40% in Milwaukee County and state, Cary Spivak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, June 15, 2020
• Spiraling Eviction Crisis Threatens More Renters With Homelessness, Philip Pacheco, Truthout, June 14, 2020
• American Indian tribes thwarted in efforts to get coronavirus data, Darius Tahir and Adam Cancryn, Politico, June 11, 2020
• In Rural Texas, COVID-19 Contact Tracing is Largely Up to Local Officials, If It Happens at All, Sophie Novack, Texas Observer, June 8, 2020
• The Food Industry’s Next Covid-19 Victims: Migrant Farmworkers, Michele Fawcett and Arun Gupta, In These Times, June 2, 2020
• Why Rural Hospitals May Not Survive COVID-19, Julia Sklar, National Geographic, June 2, 2020
• The federal government fiddles as covid-19 ravages Native Americans, Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Deb Haaland, Washington Post, May 26, 2020
• A deadly ‘checkerboard’: Covid-19’s new surge across rural America, Reis Thebault and Abigail Hauslohner, Washington Post, May 24, 2020
• The Navajo Nation’s Diné College Faces the Worst Coronavirus Outbreak in the Country, Viviann Anguiano, Center for American Progress, May 21, 2020
• Many Americans live in places with no coronavirus test sites, Caitlin Owens, Axios, May 20, 2020
• Coronavirus Aid Prioritizes Big Banks. That’s a Problem for Rural America, Finn Dobkin, Talk Poverty, May 19, 2020
• Shared rooms, bunk beds, and concerns over farmworker housing during a pandemic, Dustin Dwyer, Michigan Radio NPR, May 18, 2020
• Virtual House Calls Flourish in the Age of Coronavirus, Helen Santoro, High Country News, May 14, 2020
• COVID-19: A deep economic crisis in Indian Country, Casey Lozar, Donna Feir, and James Robert Colombe, Center for Indian Country Development, May 13, 2020
• Navajo Nation Reports Rapid Spread of COVID-19, NPR, May 13, 2020
• South Dakota Sioux tribe refuses to take down checkpoints that governor says are illegal, Sara Sidner, Leslie Perrot, Artemis Moshtaghian and Susannah Cullinane, CNN, May 13, 2020
• Doctors Without Borders Sent A Team To The Navajo Nation To Help With The Coronavirus Crisis, Clarissa-Jan Lim, Buzzfeed News, May 12, 2020
• Trump deems farmworkers ‘essential’ but not safety rules for them. That could threaten the food supply, Helena Bottemiller Evich and Liz Crampton, Politico, May 12, 2020
• After 30 years of being shut out, the Small Business Administration just allowed farmers to apply for economic disaster loans, Lynne Curry, The Counter, May 11, 2020
• Coronavirus crisis is a housing crisis, David Price and Nita Lowey, WRAL, May 11, 2020
• Rural America, Meet COVID-19, Off-Kilter Podcast, Medium, May 8, 2020
• Economic Blow of COVID-19 Hits America’s Already Stressed Farmers, Kaiser Health News, U.S. News, May 7, 2020
• ‘It’s gone haywire’: When COVID-19 arrived in rural America, Claire Galofaro, Associated Press, May 6, 2020
• Monterey County ag workers comprise nearly a quarter of county COVID-19 diagnoses, Kate Cimini, The Californian, May 5, 2020
• Americans are told to wash hands to fight coronavirus. But some don’t trust the tap, Frances Stead Sellers, Washington Post, May 5, 2020
• Workers of Color Are Disproportionately at Risk of Serious Complications From the Coronavirus, Julia Cusick, Center for American Progress, May 4, 2020
• As Tight Living Conditions Bring Coronavirus Risks, Farms Secure Housing to Isolate Workers, Jessie Newman, Wall Street Journal, May 2, 2020 (subscription required)
• Youth, Disconnected: Coronavirus Shutdown Leaves Some Behind, April Simpson, Pew Charitable Trusts, May 1, 2020
• Rural Transit Agencies Are Keeping People Alive, Aaron Gordon, VICE, April 30, 2020
• Coronavirus Outbreak Spreading Farther into Rural America, Reid Wilson, The Hill, April 30, 2020
• COVID-19 is Expanding Further into Trump Country, William H. Frey, Brookings Institution, April 29, 2020
• How is COVID-19 impacting rural transit in Oklahoma, Chris Rall, Transportation for America, April 27, 2020
• Closed Hospitals Leave Rural Patients ‘Stranded’ as Coronavirus Spreads, Sarah Kliff, Jessica Silver-Greenberg and Nicholas Kulish, New York Times, April 26, 2020
• New Stimulus Package Passed by Senate Missed the Mark, Rural Advocates Say, Bryce Oates, Daily Yonder, April 22, 2020
• Farmers Find Help Close To Home As COVID-19 Keeps Some Guest Workers Away, Dana Cronin, Harvest Public Media, April 21, 2020
• The Potential of Rural Philanthropy During Covid-19, Betsy Biemann, Daily Yonder, April 21, 2020
• Farm workers to be exempt from Trump’s immigration ban, Liz Crampton, Politico, April 21, 2020
• How California’s coastal-rural divide could provide lessons for the nation, Mackenzie Mays, Politico, April 20, 2020
• New Covid-19 Risk Assessment Could Help Rural Mitigation Strategies, Jan Pytalski, Daily Yonder, April 20, 2020
• Rural areas think they’re the coronavirus exception. They’re not., Megan McArdle, Washington Post, April 17, 2020
• Opinion: Rural Areas Think They’re the Coronavirus Exception. They’re Not, Megan McArdle, Washington Post, April 17, 2020
• Farm Worker Unions File Emergency Petition for Judicial Review, Citing Urgent Need for ‘Clear and Decisive Action’ to Protect WA Farm Workers, Jocelyn Sherman, United Farm Workers, April 16, 2020
• Rural Response to Coronavirus Could Be Hampered by Years of Population Loss, Pew Charitable Trusts, April 16, 2020
• Analysis: Rural America’s Lower Census Response May be Due to Covid-19, Lance George (HAC), Daily Yonder, April 16, 2020
• Don’t Leave Rural America Behind in Coronavirus Recovery, David Lipsetz (HAC), The Hill, April 16, 2020
• I Harvest Your Food. Why Isn’t My Health ‘Essential’?, Alma Patty Tzalain, New York Times, April 15, 2020
• ‘It Really is the Perfect Storm’: Coronavirus Comes for Rural America, Eric Scigliano, Politico, April 15, 2020
• The Myth of Rural America’s Protection from the Coronavirus, Philip Bump, Washington Post, April 15, 2020
• Redesign Required: Principles for Reimagining Federal Rural Policy in the COVID-19 Era, Katharine Ferguson, Tony Pipa and Natalie Geismar, Aspen Institute, April 14, 2020
• A Man Spent $82,000 on Gift Cards and Sent Them to Every Home in an Iowa Town, Cathy Free, Washington Post, April 14, 2020
• Research Confirms Potential Grim Impact of Virus in Rural Areas, Tim Marema, Daily Yonder, April 14, 2020
• ‘This is Going to Kill Small-Town America,’ David Gelles, New York Times, April 14, 2020
• Rural Hospitals Shut Out of Stimulus Loans Face Financial Crisis, Rachel Roubein, Politico, April 14, 2020
• Trump Administration Looking to Cut the Already Low Wages of H-2A Migrant Farmworkers While Giving Their Bosses a Multibillion-Dollar Bailout, Daniel Costa, Working Economics Blog, Economic Policy Group, April 14, 2020
• The ‘Open’ Sign Keeping Ash Flat, Ark. Afloat, Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, April 14, 2020
• Rural Housing Losses Feared Despite Rescue Spending, Ellyn Ferguson, Roll Call, April 13, 2020
• COVID-19 May Hit Rural Residents Hard and That Spells Trouble Because of Lack of Rural Health Care, Kevin J. Bennett, Yahoo News, April 13, 2020
• Coronavirus Exposes America’s Broadband Problem, Financial Times, April 13, 2020 (subscription required)
• The Farmworkers Putting Food on America’s Tables are Facing Their Own Coronavirus Crisis, Catherine Shoichet, CNN, April 11, 2020
• COVID-19 and Indian Country: Early snapshot reveals disproportionate economic exposure and uncertainty, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, April 10, 2020
• Checkpoints, Curfews, Airlifts: Virus Rips Through Navajo Nation, Simon Romero, New York Times, April 10, 2020
• An Older Population Increases Estimated COVID-19 Death Rates in Rural America, Kenneth Johnson, University of New Hampshire Carsey School of Public Policy, April 10, 2020
• Rural Areas with Vacation Homes More Susceptible to Coronavirus Outbreaks, Reid Wilson, The Hill, April 9, 2020
• Rural Indiana Virus Worry: ‘What More Could I Have Done?’, Tom Davies and Darron Cummings, Associated Press, April 9, 2020
• As Social Distancing Forces us Online, Rural America is Being Left Behind, Maya Schwader and Mythili Sampathkumar, Digital Trends, April 9, 2020
• Cash-Starved Hospitals and Doctor Groups Cut Staff Amid Pandemic, Shane Harris, Justin Shondel, and Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, April 9, 2020 (includes a video focusing on rural hospitals)
• Small-Town Hospitals are Closing Just as Coronavirus Arrives in Rural America, Kirk Siegler, National Public Radio, April 9, 2020
• Voices from Rural America on COVID-19, Aspen Institute Community Strategies Group, March 30-April 8, 2020
• What Do “Stay-at-Home” Orders Mean for Families in Unsafe or Unrepaired Homes?, Carlos Martín, Urban Institute, April 8, 2020
• Virus Guidelines Likely to Stay in Place Longer in Rural Areas of Califoronia, Mike Mangas and Natasa Bansagi, KCRC-TV, Redding, California, April 8, 2020
• Coronavirus Was Slow to Spread to Rural America. Not Anymore, Jack Healy, Sabrina Tavernise, Robert Gebehoff and Weiyi Cai, New York Times, April 8, 2020
• Rural Missouri Residents in Limbo Following Hospital Closure, Gaby Morela di Nubela, Claire Hassler, Minh Connors and Chengzi Cao, The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC), April 10, 2020; republished from the Columbia Missourian, April 7, 2020
• Official Counts Understate the U.S. Coronavirus Death Toll, Sarah Kliff and Julie Bosman, New York Times, updated April 7, 2020
• Pockets of Rural America are Less Vulnerable to Economic Fallout – For Now, April Simpson, Pew Stateline, April 7, 2020
• The Covid-19 Crisis is Going to Get Much Worse When it Hits Rural Areas, Michelle A. Williams, Bizu Gelaye and Emily M. Broad Leib, Washington Post, April 6, 2020
• Rural Broadband and Telehealth Critical to America’s Covid-19 Respoonse, Richard T. Cullen, The Hill, April 6, 2020
• Rural Missourians Adapt Amid Pandemic, Mikayla Easley and Hayley Vawter, Columbia Missourian, April 5, 2020
• Mush! Dog Team Delivers Supplies to Elderly Residents Shut in by Virus, Willis Ryder Arnold, NPR, April 2, 2020
• Map Reveals Hidden U.S. Hotspots of Coronavirus Infection, Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, April 2, 2020
• Farmworkers, Mostly Undocumented, Become ‘Essential’ During Pandemic, Miriam Jordan, New York Times, April 2, 2020
• The Coronavirus May Hit Rural America Later – and Harder, Lois Parshley, Vox, March 28, 2020
• The Unique Challenges COVID-19 Poses to America’s Distressed Communities, Daniel Newman and Kenan Fikri, Economic Innovation Group Blog, March 27, 2020
• Rural Coronavirus Cases Increase by 28% in Past Day, Bill Bishop and Tim Marema, Daily Yonder, March 27, 2020
• Rural America and the Senate’s Economic Stimulus Package, Bryce Oates, Daily Yonder, March 26, 2020
• CDC Doctor: Rural Areas Shouldn’t Let Guard Down as Big Cities Bear Brunt of COVID-19, Molly Parker, The Southern Illinoisan, March 26, 2020
• With Stay-at-Home Orders and Fundraising, Indian Country Combats COVID-19, Luis Zambrano and Grace Lieberman, Cronkite News, March 26, 2020
• ‘This Will be a Wallop’: Rural Areas Brace for Hard Economic Hit, Liz Crampton and Ryan McCrimmon, Politico, March 26, 2020
• Research Report: Rural Counties Face More Challenges Building Remote Workforce, Roberto Gallardo and Richard Florida, Daily Yonder, March 26, 2020
• The Coronavirus is Exacerbating Vulnerabilities Native Communities Already Face, Maria Givens, Vox, March 25, 2020
• Social Distancing a Different Phenomenon for Rural Americans, Frank Miles, Fox News, March 25, 2020
• Farmworkers are in the Coronavirus Crosshairs, Gosia Wozniacka, Civil Eats, March 25, 2020
• EWG Sends Open Letter to Produce Industry: Do More to Protect Consumers and Farmworkers from Pathogens and Pesticides, Environmental Working Group, March 25, 2020
• New UCS Analysis: Coronavirus and Flooding Set to Collide in US, Kristy Dahl, Union of Concerned Scientists blog, March 25, 2020
• Rural Areas May be the Most Vulnerable During the Coronavirus Outbreak, Dan Keating and Laris Karklis, Washington Post, March 19, 2020
• To Fight Coronavirus, Millions More Americans Need Internet Access, Geoffrey Starks, New York Times, March 19, 2020
• Rural America Isn’t Ready for a Pandemic, Michael R. Brumage, The Atlantic, March 18, 2020
• How the COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic is Impacting Rural America, Clary Estes, Forbes, March 17, 2020
• ‘All Around Us Is Chaos’: Inside a Rural Town Upended by the Virus, Rick Rojas, New York Times, March 17, 2020
• ‘We’ve Got a Monster That’s Looming’: West Virginia is the Last State Without a Coronavirus Case, Michael Wines and Campbell Robertson, New York Times, March 14, 2020
• Rural Americans are Vulnerable to the Coronavirus, Olugbenga Ajilore and Zoe Willingham, Center for American Progress, March 5, 2020
• Rural Areas at Less Risk of Coronavirus Currently, Liz Carey, Daily Yonder, March 4, 2020

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