Rachel Boillot is a New York photographer who has, for now, adopted east Tennessee as home. She tells the Yonder about rural post offices, old time hill music, and having a song written about her by a flea market troubadour. Daily Yonder: Where did you grow up? Tell us a little bit about your […]
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The publicly funded Independent Television Service does an above-average job in supporting programs that look at rural people, places, and issues. Politicians who say public broadcasting is out of touch with America ought to look at the facts instead of their talking points. EDITOR’S NOTE: As Congress moves toward debate […]
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The real difference is the resilience that comes from generations of families committed to one place. “What is the most significant difference between urban and rural churches?” That was the question I was asked at a church conference. It was a good question, and I knew what my answer […]
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This month marks the thirtieth anniversary of the release of film, Matewan, which tells the story of the fight to unionize the southern West Virginia coal fields nearly a century ago. Joel Beeson talks to filmmaker John Sayles about his return to West Virginia, and parallels in his film for […]
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Why should Appalachians care about Germany’s recent election? Because it looked a whole lot like our own 2016 presidential election. And that’s a bad thing. Appalachian voters were a primary force propelling Donald Trump into the White House. Trump won West Virginia with nearly 70 percent of the vote – […]
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Medical services that are designed to reduce pain and discomfort for the dying may also reduce the demand for more expensive treatments, a new study says. Expanding the use of hospice services among rural residents in the last six months of their lives could reduce patients’ need for more expensive […]
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