More Appalachians Are Dying from ‘Deaths of Despair.’ And COVID-19 Is Making It Worse.
In 2015, Princeton economists Angus Deaton and Anne Case reported research results that took most everyone by surprise:…
For Black Communities Struggling with COVID-19, Decades of Mistreatment Have Led to a Breakdown of Trust in Healthcare
This is part two of a two-part series exploring racism as a public health crisis in Appalachia and…
Racism in Healthcare is a ‘Fundamental Truth,’ and COVID-19 Has Intensified Its Impact in Appalachia
Shortly after midnight on Sept. 29, Felisha Walter assumed an identity very much at odds with the fullness…
COVID Has Hit Rural Communities Hard. Now They’re Preparing for What Winter Could Bring.
When city-dwellers conjure rural America, they envision “the farmer and rancher out in western Nebraska or western Kansas,”…
In ‘This is Ohio,’ Jack Shuler Tells a Story of Hope from a Region in Crisis
In the run-up to the 2016 election, Jack Shuler was reporting on poverty – most particularly, how it…
Appalachia’s ‘Young Invincibles’ Have Returned to College Campuses Across the Region
In late July, having just completed a summer fellowship at a community health center in eastern North Carolina,…