PANDEMIC RESPONSE
RURAL & REGIONAL
Is Rural America Growing Again? Recent Data Suggests Yes
Despite unprecedented Covid-19-related death rates, rural America shows population growth after a decade of decline.
LIBRARIES
A Library Garden Celebrates Reading, Art, and Nature
In 2015, Dillsburg, Pennsylvania relocated the town's library to a bigger space to better serve its growing population. A year later, when tragedy struck, the community stepped up to grow the library to include a reading garden.
CIVIC LIFE
Inside Our Towns: PA Humanities
A look at Humanities in the 21st century, the power of storytelling in community development, and more.
TOWN HISTORY & STORY
Building Bridges Within and Among Communities Through Stories
Not all bridges are physical. The ways communities are connecting with one another, and themselves, is happening differently in light of COVID-19 and with new tools like OurStoryBridge: an online platform that captures and houses community stories.
GOVERNMENT & POLITICS
“Ally-Shore” to Restore U.S. Economic Leadership and Protect Democracy
"Allyshoring" offers the United States benefits locally, nationally, and internationally. What is "allyshoring," why does it matter? Why is it important now? Elaine Dezenski and John Austin explain.
CIVIC LIFE
Exposing What was Already Present
The pandemic provides an opportunity to focus on justice and equity in Erie, Pennsylvania.
ARTS
Creating and Reimagining Community through a Crisis
A look at the impact of Covid-19 on the culture sector in Erie, Pennsylvania.
GOVERNMENT & POLITICS
New Lessons of the New Deal
I was talking with the mayor of a "red state" city about how his community was weathering today's public-health and financial crises.
Economic & Business Development
What Post-pandemic Repair Could Look Like
An update, following a report last month, on plans to repair the damage now being done.