Newly released data on life expectancy across the U.S. shows that where we live matters for how long we live. A person in the U.S. can expect to live an average of 78.8 years, according to the most recent numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). However, […]
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Youth in Appalachia: Conversations from the Living Room to the College Classroom
My brother Gavin’s feet hit the floor at five in the morning while I’m still asleep. An hour later he merges onto 54 from Big Stone Gap, Virginia to his job at a welding fabrication shop in Norton, Virginia. His lunch in the passenger seat as he chases the sun […]
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