Christian Shushok, Author at 100 Days in Appalachia

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Black Lives Matter activists march through Terra Alta, West Virginia, on July 10, 2020. Photo: Chris Jones/100 Days in Appalachia

Q&A: A Black Journalist Turned Community Organizer Shares the Lessons They’ve Learned on How to Make Our Coverage of Race Equitable, Not Extractive

New Film ‘Holler’ Sheds Light on Struggles of Being Young in Appalachia

The Eastern Kentucky University Counseling Center is housed on campus in the Whitlock Building. Photo: EKU Counseling Center/Facebook

As COVID Strained Appalachian Campus Mental Health Services, This Kentucky University Struggled to Keep Up. Some Students Say It Didn’t.

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., talks on his phone before Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra, speaks during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing, Wednesday, June 9, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Photo: Al Drago/Pool via AP

You Want to Understand Joe Manchin? You Have to Understand West Virginia Politics First.

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Commentary: A Coming of Age Reflection on Masculinity, Asexuality in the Mountain South

By all marks, I meet Hank Williams Jr.’s Southern standards in his famous song “A Country Boy Can…

byChristian Shushok

January 21, 2021