In the Borderlands of Appalachia With a population of 494 people, Cumberland Gap, Tennessee might be the smallest township I’ve visited. According to the American Community Survey, the poverty rate here is 48.2 percent. The 2010 census report contradicts this figure with statistics that show no families live in poverty. […]
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It’s a radical but simple experiment that builds community and keeps useful things out of the landfill. Kathy Cole is on a mission to persuade her community to stop throwing things away. She makes her way to the edge of the town of Independence, Virginia, a couple of times a […]
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Pittsburgh is known for its history of steel, contemporary tech boom, and often, high rate of inequality. But who is subject to that inequality? And in what aspects of their life? And is it getting better or worse? A new tool is hoping to measure just that. Ashley Morris, 26, […]
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