"The general preconceived notion is that in rural areas, you live off the land, your farm or do manual labor, you eat food from your own garden." That picture is rooted in the past. In high-income ...

They spent a week sleeping in a middle school, showering in temporary setups and completing hard manual labor to benefit disadvantaged ... work repairing homes in rural Virginia.

Why Is Rural ... urban areas. Despite the many improvements in technology over the years, laying new line for wired internet connections still requires a significant amount of manual labor.

In rural areas, 55.3 percent of Black workers make less than $15 compared to 36.9 percent of white workers. And 60.3 percent of Latino workers make less than $15. Inequities in labor protection ...

The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) was enacted in 2005 with the primary objective of enhancing livelihood security in rural areas ... manual labor in a year.