RSS Members Publish Article in The Conversation
Shannon Monnat (Syracuse University) and Tim Slack (Louisiana State University) recently published an article in The Conversation titled “6 myths about rural America: How conventional wisdom gets it wrong.” Monnat and Slack are both rural demographers who study the causes and consequences of well-being in rural America who also recently published a book together titled “Rural and Small-Town America: Context, Composition, and Complexities.” Their article discusses myths related to depopulation, farming, race, health, “traditional family,” and the political idea of “rural revolt.” Their article is an eye-opening and accessible window into the realities that rural communities face.