{"id":3382,"date":"2025-02-12T17:08:56","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T17:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ruralsociology.org\/news\/disaster-response-in-rural-america-diana-bryant-highlights-urgent-policy-needs-copy\/"},"modified":"2025-09-10T01:40:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T01:40:18","slug":"rss-members-pen-washington-post-op-ed","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/ruralsociology.org\/news\/rss-members-pen-washington-post-op-ed\/","title":{"rendered":"RSS Members Pen Washington Post Op-Ed on Rural Marriage and Motherhood"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-3382\" data-postid=\"3382\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-3382 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_57u1980 tb_first tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  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data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW229453054 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"apple-converted-space\">\u202f<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW229453054 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\">and<\/span><strong><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW229453054 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"apple-converted-space\">\u202f<\/span><\/strong><\/span><strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW229453054 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW229453054 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Strong\">Matthew M. Brooks<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW229453054 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW229453054 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"apple-converted-space\">\u202f<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW229453054 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\">examine the intersection of population trends, community dynamics,<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW229453054 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\"> access to higher education,<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW229453054 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\"> and family <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW229453054 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\">well-being <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW229453054 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\">in rural America. The article <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW229453054 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\">criticizes the Trump administration decision to link federal transportation funding to rates of marriage and child-rearing, noting that this will simply aggravate rural deficits, including the dearth of public transportation<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW229453054 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\">.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW229453054 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW229453054 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun Highlight SCXW261859019 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW261859019 BCX0\">\u201cMany Americans still imagine rural communities as bastions of tradition, where marriage is widespread and families with lots of children abound. A quarter-century ago, these <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW261859019 BCX0\">perceptions<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW261859019 BCX0\"> would have been <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW261859019 BCX0\">largely correct<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW261859019 BCX0\">. They no longer are.\u201d\u2014<strong>Shelley Clark<\/strong>, McGill University, and <strong>Matthew Brooks<\/strong>, Florida State University\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW261859019 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"671\" data-end=\"993\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2025\/02\/12\/rural-women-marriage-kids-trump-transportation\/\">\ud83d\udd17 Read the full article<\/a><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RSS Members <strong>Shelley Clark<\/strong> and <strong>Matthew M. 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