https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2014/04/comparing-urban-to-urban.html
Legal Ruralism: Comparing urban to urban ...
Thomas Edsall asks in his column in today's New York Times , " Will Liberal Cities Leave the Rest of America Behind? " Edsall writes of a...
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https://open.library.ubc.ca/soa/cIRcle/collections/ubctheses/831/items/1.0058498
Integrating the urban-agricultural edge : an exploration of new ruralism in south Delta - UBC...
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https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2012/10/manitoba-town-offers-land-for-c10lot.html
Legal Ruralism: Manitoba town offers land for C$10/lot
NPR reported yesterday about Reston, Manitoba's offer. Reston is located 45 miles north of North Dakota. The town hopes the offer will dra...
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https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2012/09/a-call-to-re-think-farm-bill-with.html
Legal Ruralism: A call to re-think the farm bill, with climate change in mind
This op-ed , published today in the New York Times , calls on Congress and the Senate to pass a one-year farm bill to essentially tide farm...
https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2008/08/rural-sociological-society.html
Legal Ruralism: A few days with a group of folks highly committed to enhancing rural livelihoods
I attended the annual meeting of the Rural Sociological Society this week in Manchester, NH. They kept me busy, which is one reason for th...
https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2008/04/bandana-project-raising-awareness-of.html
Legal Ruralism: Bandana Project -- Raising Awareness of Sexual Harassment and Violence against...
The link to a story about an initiative of the Southern Poverty Law Center is here . (Photo by Dave Bunder, Montgomery Advertiser).
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https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2018/05/on-rural-crime-involving-flora-and-fauna.html
Legal Ruralism: On rural crime involving flora and fauna
Two stories about distinctly rural crimes--or more precisely, wilderness crime--have caught my attention in the past few weeks. The first i...
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https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2010/08/rural-imagery-in-meg-whitmans-campaign.html
Legal Ruralism: Rural imagery in Meg Whitman's campaign
This Meg Whitman ad frequently crops up on the Internet, and I've been struck by the rural imagery (barn in photo behind her and open meadow...
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https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2020/10/citizen-science-in-rural-australia.html
Legal Ruralism: Citizen science in rural Australia
Here's a charming report out of remote South Australia by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation: When rainfall strikes, the first ques...
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https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2008/03/hunting-on-decline-and-what-to-do-about.html
Legal Ruralism: Hunting on the decline, and what to do about it (if anything?)
A couple of stories in recent weeks have discussed our nation's declining interest in hunting, even in states and regions previously associa...
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https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2024/08/on-walz-old-congressional-distirct-in.html
Legal Ruralism: On Walz' old congressional distirct in south central Minnesota
Jess Bidgood writes in her column in the New York Times today about Tim Walz' former congressional district and how its politics shifted in...
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https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2007/12/umbrellas-in-snow-as-reflection-of.html
Legal Ruralism: Umbrellas as a reflection of urban-rural difference
This story in the City section of today's NYT suggests that umbrella use during snow, which is something folks apparently do in the city, ...
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https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2013/07/who-should-pay-for-fire-control-at-wui.html
Legal Ruralism: Who should pay for fire control at the WUI?
That's "wildland-urban interface," and the acronym is pronounced woo-ee. I had never heard the term until I read Andrew Revkin's dot.earth ...
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https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2025/09/maine-law-review-call-for-papers-rural.html
Legal Ruralism: Maine Law Review Call for Papers. Rural Perspectives in Law: Challenges and...
The Maine Law Review is seeking article proposals for our topical issue: Rural Perspectives in Law: Challenges and Opportunities . This...
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https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2022/07/on-practicing-law-in-rural-oregon.html
Legal Ruralism: On practicing law in rural Oregon
Cave Junction, Oregon (Josephine County) (c) Lisa R. Pruitt 2018 A UC Davis alum recently shared this story with me, from the Oregon Bar Jo...
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https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2023/01/californias-rural-hospitals-struggle-to.html
Legal Ruralism: California's rural hospitals struggle to meet seismic safety deadlines
Ana Ibarra reports for CalMatters from Garberville, California , in southern Humboldt County on a rural hospital's struggle to complete its ...
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https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2018/02/high-country-news-on-rural-white-scorn.html?showComment=1591003382988
Legal Ruralism: High Country News on "rural white scorn" (or, we are all angry, rural whites)
I rarely see the High Country News in print, but this month was an exception. They sent me a hard copy of the January 22 issue because I'...
https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2020/10/mysterious-killings-in-rural-riverside.html
Legal Ruralism: Mysterious killings in rural Riverside County California linked to marijuana trade
Here's the Los Angeles Times story, dateline Anza, California, population 3,014 . Here's the headline for the story about events that took...
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https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2020/10/radicalization-in-rural-america.html
Legal Ruralism: Radicalization in rural America
Brian Groh, a novelist, published this piece in the New York Times titled, " The Radicalization of a Small American Town. " The "small town...
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https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2020/05/coronavirus-in-rural-america-part_16.html
Legal Ruralism: Coronavirus in rural America (Part XXXXVIII): Census work resumes in rural areas of...
That's what NPR's Hansi Lo Wang reported today . Here's the salient part to "rural": The bureau also announced on Friday that it's send...
https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2020/08/coronavirus-in-rural-america-part-lxxix_3.html
Legal Ruralism: Coronavirus in rural America (Part LXXIX): Impoverished Arizona school district...
Eli Saslow reports for Washington Post from Hayden, Arizona, population 662 , under the headline, "I'm sorry, but it's a fantasy." Here's...
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https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2010/06/law-and-order-in-ozarks-part-lix.html
Legal Ruralism: Law and Order in the Ozarks (Part LVIII): Deadbeat parents targeted
The June 9 and June 16 issues of the Newton County Times recently arrived, and one interesting front-page story is about a new alternative...
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https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2011/10/rick-perrys-rural-roots.html
Legal Ruralism: Rick Perry's rural roots
The media have occasionally highlighted the rural roots of Rick Perry, the Texas Governor who is vying for the Republication nomination for ...
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https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2020/08/whos-liable-when-county-sheriff.html
Legal Ruralism: What liability is at stake when a county sheriff deputizes citizens, who then get...
That's the question the Sacramento Bee story asked two years ago here , and today the California Supreme Court finally made a decision in ...
https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2008/01/august-osage-county-as-comment-on-rural.html
Legal Ruralism: "August: Osage County" as a window into rural America
I saw "August: Osage County" today. It's been all the rage on Broadway for the past month, since a positive review in the NYT in early Dec...
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https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2022/04/rural-legal-scholarship-on-state-and.html
Legal Ruralism: Rural Legal Scholarship: on state and local laws and contracts regarding renewable...
I believe this is the first time I've posted about rural legal scholarship in back-to-back posts, but I'm delighted that there is sufficient...
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https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2008/06/licenses-illegal-immigrants-rural.html?showComment=1212354300000
Legal Ruralism: Licenses, Illegal Immigrants, Rural Transportation
I saw this article in the News and Observer (N.C.) this morning, focusing on a state law enacted in 2006 that prohibits illegal immigrants f...
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https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2023/10/community-radio-in-rural-india.html
Legal Ruralism: Community radio in rural India
Community radio has been gaining notable traction in India's rural regions. One reason is that rural communities in India suffer from lower...
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https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2023/06/my-rural-travelogue-part-xxxv-farmers.html
Legal Ruralism: My Rural Travelogue (Part XXXV): A farmer's market in Prague
Ok, it isn't exactly "rural," but the farmer's market I visited last week in Prague brought the rural to the urban, which is what many (if n...
https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2018/02/high-country-news-on-rural-white-scorn.html?showComment=1591827206599
Legal Ruralism: High Country News on "rural white scorn" (or, we are all angry, rural whites)
I rarely see the High Country News in print, but this month was an exception. They sent me a hard copy of the January 22 issue because I'...
https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2007/09/oxycontin-and-rural-america.html
Legal Ruralism: The latest on the tragic tale of Oxycontin in rural America
Oxycontin and other opioid analgesics have been making news in relation to rural America for several years now, and a few states have respo...
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https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2025/02/
Legal Ruralism: February 2025
A Little (Legal) Realism about the Rural
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https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2011/08/epa-finds-california-department-of.html
Legal Ruralism: EPA finds the California Department of Pesticide Regulation discriminated against...
It looks like rural and low-income communities in California are bearing the brunt of air pollution caused by pesticide use on agricultural ...
https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2011/11/rurality-here-and-there-then-and-now_20.html
Legal Ruralism: Rurality Here and There, Then and Now (Part VII): The entanglement of state and...
I wrote in a recent post of my oral history interview with Guy Bennett, sheriff of Newton County, Arkansas, from 1960 to 1966. This is the...
https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2015/01/schools-and-retirement-homes-as-windows.html
Legal Ruralism: Schools and retirement homes as windows into rural China's decline (and the legacy...
NPR reported last week from Rudong County in Jiangsu Province in eastern China under the headline, "One County Provides Preview of China'...