Democrat Theresa Greenfield: 45% Republican U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst: 42% Someone else: 3% #IowaPoll #IASen desmoinesregister.com/story/news/pol…

Why is the Trump White House suddenly a very polite place to work? Everyone’s going around saying “pardon me.”

In 7.5 months, I’ve counted over 1,200 Covid-19 outbreaks at meatpacking plants, food processing facilities, and farms. Watch how the virus has spread to nearly 75,000 food workers in almost every state:

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Figure 3 will blow your mind.

A community building their own internet in East TN - check out their story! A lot of fun to get to write about all the work these folks have done to get to this point, and how much more there is to come! dailyyonder.com/internet-compa…

Good luck to Mary Sketch Bryant, who is moving on to Virginia Soil Health Coalition.

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dailyyonder.com/rural-counties… Half of the 42,000 covid-related deaths that have been reported in rural America have occurred in the last 10 weeks.

The food supply chain is dominated by a handful of corporations, giving them the power to underpay farmers + overcharge consumers. Addressing this corporate power is one of the most important things the Biden admin can do to improve our food system. dailyyonder.com/old-guard-old-…

Mason Adams, a frequent contributor to the Daily Yonder, is taking on the co-host role for the weekly radio program/podcast "Inside Appalachia."

Are we there yet? If you are heading to Ghost House Trail, the answer is yes. Big Ridge State Park.

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I’d like to quickly introduce you to one of my favorite parts of living in a small town: the local paper. This is the Norris Bulletin (which I used to deliver, of course). First up, we have the above the fold, front page headline.

Isabelle Lee at Bloomberg is a former Daily Yonder reporting fellow. Here's a report on a Filipino popup restaurant in NYC. Yum.

U.S. egg prices hit record highs after rising throughout 2022, primarily because of a global avian flu outbreak. See potential bias and similarities in coverage from The Guardian, The Daily Yonder and New York Post: #EggShortage #AvianFlu allsides.com/story/economy-…

And just to demonstrate, haven't heard this tidbit in the major media... "Trump performed 2.5 percentage points better in urban areas than rural ones" in NH @melotte_sarah Tim Marema The Daily Yonder dailyyonder.com/trump-underper…

RA director Whitney Kimball Coe and The Daily Yonder editor Tim Marema are featured panelists at @uchipolitics's Bridging the Divide, a free, 3-day conf. addressing urban-rural divisions in our country in April. Travel stipends available. Learn more at politics.uchicago.edu/get-involved/b…