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September 29, 2023
How Well Is Rural America Doing? You’d Be Surprised
…likely to say they are “pretty happy” with their lives (55.9 percent to 53.7 percent). On measure after measure—including median income, unemployment, and home ownership—Currid-Halkett’s research suggests rural America may be doing a…
September 13, 2023
American Dreamers
…those most at risk of not achieving their full potential. Last March, VCW and AEI’s Academic Programs office convened the Appalachian Policy Summit, inviting students and professors for a weekend…
January 3, 2023
Systemic Disadvantage
…mattered. “Libertarian fundamentalists” and “cosmopolitan elites” pushing deindustrialization, rather than “culture,” were deemed the headwaters of white poverty for the simple reason that it’s easier to claim victim status when…