AllStripes

WHEN A RARE DISEASE THREATENS YOUR LIVELIHOOD — AND YOUR LIFE

Being diagnosed with myasthenia gravis helped me redefine my life and set my business on a new and better course.

Salvation South

THERE IS A MIDDLE MAJORITY, AND IT’S GROWING

“Stephen, do you have a minute? I just need to talk with someone who hasn’t lost their mind.” …

Cornell Broadband Network Blog

THE COLLECTIVE WILL IS THERE TO SOLVE THE RURAL BROADBAND CHALLENGE

We are witnessing a watershed moment when the collective will of the nation is focused on solving the broadband challenge once and for all.  …

Medium.com

What Lies Ahead: 11 Predictions for 2021 and Beyond

From infrastructure and energy to civility and conservatism, we are poised for major shifts in the months ahead …

Medium.com

I spent 12 days on a ventilator in 2015. There’s a post-COVID crisis on the horizon.

“Most of my patients don’t walk back with me,” said the nurse leading my wife and me to the neuro ICU of a Birmingham, Alabama, hospital …

The Daily Yonder

A Historic Moment for Rural Recruitment

The pandemic offers a chance for a new generation of residents to call rural America home. Taking advantage of the opportunity requires bandwidth and more …

Medium.com

I Am A Person

Paul Kalanithi’s beautiful book When Breath Becomes Air will move you long after the closing pages. There is one small story, however, that continues to live with me since reading it more than a year ago …

Medium.com

Life Inside The Margins

As a child, I struck an unusual balance between grasping a lot of concepts for my age and completely overlooking the obvious …