Quick hits: How pandemic is creating a rural employment crisis; Irish support hard-hit Native American communities

Here's a roundup of stories with rural resonance; if you do or see similar work that should be shared on The Rural Blog, email us at heather.chapman@uky.edu.

Rural California county defies shelter in place order. Read more here.

Military correspondent says citizen unrest over shut-downs makes him more afraid than he ever was in Afghanistan or Iraq. Read more here.

Pandemic sharpens focus on rural digital divide, columnist writes. Read more here.

Three reasons the pandemic is creating a rural employment crisis. Read more here.

Irish dig deep to help pandemic-stricken Navajo, repaying a debt that stretches back to the Great Potato Famine. Read more here.

Rural Black Belt southerners take on the coronavirus. Read more here.

Pandemic could change how low-income parents are treated. Read more here.

In fracking's new reality, only the strongest will survive. Read more here.