5 ways Biden can help rural America thrive and bridge the rural-urban divide Op-ed co-written by affiliate Lisa R. Pruitt
The Conversation
January 21, 2021
It’s no secret that rural and urban people have grown apart
culturally and economically in recent years. A quick
glance at the media – especially social media – confirms an
ideological gap has also widened.
City folks have long been detached from rural
conditions. Even in the 1700s, urbanites labeled rural
people as backward or different. And lately, urban views of
rural people have deteriorated.
All three of us are law professors who study and
advocate intervention to assist distressed rural communities. The
response we often hear is, “You expect me to care about those
far-off places, especially given the way the people there vote?”
