As Appalachian food becomes a hip new trend in the culinary world, 100 Days in Appalachia’s food and culture editor Mike Costello has seen a growing disconnect between what he knows to be Appalachian food versus how the rest of the world perceives it. Appalachian cuisine has been depicted as […]
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If the past few years of political madness have taught us anything, it’s that voting is one of, if not the most important civic duties in a democracy. The 2016 presidential election saw a total voter turnout of 61.4 percent, which is the lowest it has been since 2000. And […]
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In an age of misinformation, political division and, dare we say, fake news, it seems impossible to know what is true and what isn’t. We live in a 24-hour news cycle where the flow of information never stops and it seems as if the latest outlandish thing we heard can’t […]
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100 Days in Appalachia’s Joel Beeson hosts a discussion about the significance of the 2018 West Virginia teachers strike with special guests — noted West Virginia University labor historian Ken Fones-Wolf, New York Times reporter Dana Goldstein, author of “The Teacher Wars: A History of America’s Most Embattled Profession” and […]
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The opioid crisis gripping the Ohio Valley is now, according to President Donald Trump, a national emergency. But more than a week after the president made that announcement, state and local health officials in the region told the Ohio Valley ReSource that they have little information about what that emergency […]
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