More than 60 years ago, the rural South was the epicenter of voting rights organizing for Black Americans. Marches and government violence in Selma, Alabama, turned the nation’s attention to the violence Black voters faced, inciting the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA), a signature accomplishment of the Civil Rights movement. Now, The post The Frontline for Voting Rights Is the Rural South appeared first on The Daily Yonder.

Editor’s Note: A version of this story first appeared in Mile Markers, a twice monthly newsletter from Open Campus about the role of colleges in rural America. You can join the mailing list at the bottom of this article to receive future editions in your inbox. One of the first questions I asked when I interviewed for this The post Mile Markers Returns appeared first on The Daily Yonder.

Arizona is the nation’s sixth-largest state but only the fourteenth most populous. Phoenix and Tucson together account for more than a quarter of its 7.7 million residents. The Arizona Center for Rural Health classifies seven of the state’s 15 counties as 100% rural.  Unless you hunt deer on the Kaibab Plateau or have a taste The post D.C. Insider and Tribal Member Wants to Run for State Legislature on Behalf of Rural Arizona appeared first on The Daily Yonder.