Government scholars Suzanne Mettler and Trevor Brown both grew up in rural communities—and both were struck by how divided those small towns became. "Growing up, many of my family friends voted for ...

For years, Hoosiers have suffered from the Urban-Rural Divide. Urban is where your children want to live until they want less ...

While location isn’t the only factor influencing wages, understanding the causes of the divide can help workers in lower-paying areas find ways to boost their income. While 2025 income data hasn’t ...

Illinois has only one true metropolis, the city of Chicago. It does, however, have another Metropolis, a pretty little town of around 6,000 people on the border with Kentucky which rather implausibly ...

Many states slowly turned red election night as results rolled in. A blue wave of votes from mainly urban communities rolled in later but it wasn’t enough to overcome votes for presidential candidate ...

As we confront the dual challenges of rapid technological change and escalating environmental concerns, the potential of green technology to narrow the economic divide between urban and rural areas ...

That’s what a team of reporters at Colorado Politics and The Colorado Network, our statewide collective of freelancers, set out to measure and understand. Through extensive interviews, data analysis ...