This month marks 40 years since the inception of a national celebration of women’s history. Approved by Congress in 1981 and first celebrated in 1982, Women’s History Month was initially designated as a week-long marker, recognizing the contributions of women to the nation. Much like other designated month-long or week-long […]
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“Step right up, folks! Don’t be shy! Pay your dollar and be amazed! See the 8th wonder of the world, the impoverished Appalachian, right in their natural habitat! Come along as we traverse these treacherous hills and hollers- watch your step there- and marvel at the trailer homes and free […]
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The Daily Yonder regularly covers federal programs and policy debates related to persistent poverty and hunger in rural America. From the nation’s largest nutrition program, SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program), to school food programs and rural disaster response, one organization we regularly rely on for information and analysis is […]
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The old exploitative images are indelible: out of work, white, needy. They obscure the region’s diversity and long tradition of activism. Granny Hazel taught me how to feed the chickens. Hold the ear of dried corn in both hands and twist to pry the kernels from the cob, then throw […]
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In movies, the people and places of Appalachia are often made into an “other.” That makes it easy to both romanticize and look down upon the region. One example is the common joke many Appalachians are all too familiar with, when someone who isn’t from here pretends to play the […]
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Violet Gathalee Pavkovich stands on the small back porch of her powder blue, turn-of-the-century farmhouse, an orange cat meandering around her legs. White wicker furniture contrasts the rusty railroad tracks that border her back yard. “Trains hauling coal come through here two or three times a day,” she remarked casually. […]
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