"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 ...

Travel time to access labor and delivery services in rural areas has also increased. In many urban areas, the services are often accessible in less than 20 minutes, but in rural areas, travel ...

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 ...

Urban workers tend to earn significantly more than their rural counterparts -- a gap that has widened in recent years. Read Next: 6 Blue-Collar Jobs You'll Want To Switch to Now To Make Big ...

Citing costs, many hospitals are closing labor and delivery wards ... to the state to maintain critical services in this rural area — threw their plans into disarray. Victoria Barajas, 34 ...

Over 80 rural hospitals across the U.S. have closed labor and delivery facilities since ... that women across Northeast Wisconsin, and rural areas across this country have the access to maternal ...

WAYNE COUNTY, Ga. (WTOC) - Expecting moms in rural areas nationwide are now having to travel farther to deliver their ...