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What does health look like in a rural community? In Columbus County, North Carolina, it looks like a long drive to specialized medical care. It...

Agriculture contributes billions of dollars to North Carolina’s economy and helps put food on tables across the country. Yet many of the workers who plant,...

Across this series, we’ve explored the stories told about rural communities. This episode examines how rural health is framed — and what those narratives reveal...

Public health depends on science. But science alone doesn’t build trust. In rural eastern North Carolina, trust is shaped by lived experience — by whether...

Health is often talked about as a matter of personal choice. But the truth is, our well-being is shaped by much more than individual decisions...

Black communities have long been central to rural life in the South, helping shape the culture, economy and civic life of the places they call...

In southeastern North Carolina, residents in Columbus County face some of the steepest challenges to living a healthy life. They consistently have the lowest health...

In this week’s episode, we visited Down Home North Carolina, a non-profit organization that builds rural, multiracial and working-class power across the state through local...

In our first episode, we ask: Who gets to shape the stories that define rural communities? Welcome to Rural Narratives, a new podcast about public...