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Voting is Safe Across Appalachia. Here’s What to Do if Somebody Tries to Change That.
Voting is overwhelmingly safe throughout Appalachia, as it is across the country. Despite reports showing right-wing, anti-democratic extremists are intimidating voters and election…
With two weeks to go before the midterm elections, rural voters are worried about the present, pessimistic about the future, and prepared to…
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The phrase “White Christian Nationalism” may well be the religious term of 2022. Since the House Subcommittee hearings on the January 6…
In SE Ohio, Community Reflects on Black History Preservation, Its Importance to Democracy
Driving on Route 329, near Athens in the spring is a welcome respite after another long COVID winter. The grass on southeast Ohio’s rolling hills is turning that bright-almost-neon shade of green. I’m on my way to visit Ada Woodson Adams, a…
A Taste of Home – How Pinto Beans And Cornbread Became an Appalachian Tradition
Last year, I posted this tweet: “Appalachian folks: I’m hunting for some @InAppalachia story ideas. What’s something your momaw made that’s unique to where you’re from?” It got dozens of replies, a large number of which mentioned pinto…
COVID-19 Didn’t Cause Appalachia’s Housing Crisis, But Advocates Say It Exacerbated It
Candice Kraus’s 10-year-old, Timothy, lives with sensory processing disorder. Camping was a terrifying experience. Kraus and her family – Timothy, 9-year-old Gracie and Kraus’s husband, who’s no longer living with them – weren’t camping…
In Appalachia and the Southwest, Indigenous Organizers Want a new Economy for Their Coalfield Communities
This article was originally published by Ohio Valley ReSource. Carol Davis has noticed the West drying up. Where she lives, in the Four Corners area of New Mexico and on the Navajo Nation, years of drought have left former oases dusty and…
Kentucky Flooding Tests Faith-based Disaster Response in Appalachia as Church Membership Declines
In eastern Kentucky, they waited for the rain to stop. “I’ve never heard that much rain that hard in my life,” said Tracy Counts, who attends First Presbyterian Church in Hazard, Kentucky, one of the hardest hit communities in last…
A Little Daytona In Ona, West Virginia
Ona, West Virginia, is a town with two stoplights, but it’s also a place where legends are made. Greg Sigler has been racing at Ona Speedway for nearly two decades. But today, he’s coaching his 15-year-old son, Cole, from the sidelines,…
‘A Life-defining Year’: We’re Marking One Year of Publishing the Stories of Appalachian Youth
For the past week, I’ve plopped down to write about the one-year mark of a project we thought would last roughly eight weeks. Last October, we launched the Appalachian Youth Creators vertical, because we wanted to give young people space to…
