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,…
‘We Deserve a Country that Values All of Our Lives’: Highlander Director Talks COVID, BLM and Racism in America
Activism isn’t something that came to Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson later in life. Woodard Henderson spent most of her…
For Appalachia’s Latinx Communities, Barriers to Care Are Often More Complicated Than Cost
COVID-19 is indiscriminate. Everyone is susceptible. That’s a message we hear consistently from public health officials throughout Appalachia.…
Delaying Elective Procedures Can Cause Long Term Health Problems – For Patients and Hospitals
Nearly half of adult Americans say they or someone in their household has postponed some type of medical…