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A ‘Fly on the Wall’: The West Virginian Who Chronicled State History for Five Administrations

Appalachian Youth Poetry: bloom

How Biden’s $2T Infrastructure Plan Will Impact Central Appalachia

TikTok and the Appalachian Aesthetic: What the Video Platform Means for the Region

These Appalachian Lawmakers are Working to Protect Black Mothers in the Region and Beyond

Meet the W.Va. Woman Who Took on Sexism to Break Barriers in the Legal Field – in the 1920s

Pandemic-Fueled Homebuying Puts New Pressure On Appalachia’s Real Estate Market

This N.C. Family Is Taking a ‘Gamble’ on Farming in Appalachia

W.Va. Lawmakers Remain Desperate to Prop Up the Dying Coal Industry. Residents are Paying the Cost With Higher Electric Bills.

Documenting the Appalachian Intifada: A Review of ‘So Much to be Angry About’

Q&A: Investigation Finds Rural North Carolina Lacks Necessary Care for Sexual Assault Survivors

Commentary: Why Small Towns Need Student Journalists

Commentary: In Appalachia, Women are the Change Our Communities Need

National Media Are Platforming Domestic Extremists, Leaving Local Journalists to Deal with the Fall Out. Here’s How We Can Do Better.

Local Economists Weigh In On Biden’s Recovery Plan for Region

Commentary: The Pandemic Pushed Me to Revisit Friendships That Fell Apart

‘The Opioid Epidemic and U.S. Culture’: New Book Sheds Light on Expressive Culture and Its Protests of Isolating Language Regarding Addiction

Vaccine Equity Is ‘North Star,’ Feds Say, and Clinics Are Key to Fair Distribution

Commentary: New Uses For Former Mine Lands Stop at Economic Potential, But Appalachian Species Are Thriving on Rehabilitated Sites

As COVID-19 Damages Black Appalachian Communities, This Mother, Daughter Team Are Working to Save an Unexpected Casualty: Black History

Analysis of Arrests Supports Scholars Who Say Political Extremism Is Not Rural Phenomenon

Horror Podcast ‘Old Gods of Appalachia’ Keeps Appalachian History and Folklore Alive Through Its Tales of the Undead

Commentary: Gun Violence Has Defined Gen Z’s School Life. Will the Capitol Breach Change Anything?

More Appalachians Are Dying from ‘Deaths of Despair.’ And COVID-19 Is Making It Worse.

5 Ways Biden Can Help Rural America Thrive and Bridge the Rural-Urban Divide

Black Lives In Red States: Art And Life Converge For Two Women In A Tumultuous Year

Commentary: A Coming of Age Reflection on Masculinity, Asexuality in the Mountain South

Commentary: Biden Shouldn’t Forget His Promise to Alleviate Student Loan Debt

Poll Finds Rural Residents More Hesitant to Get Vaccinated

Listen: Us & Them Podcast Feature 100 Days Reporting on BLM

Commentary: Remote Learning Highlights Inequities in Public Education. But A Premature Return to In-Person Learning Could Be Worse.

Here are the Voices the Giant Drug Distributors Don’t Want You to Hear

You Asked, We Answer: What Really Happened at the Capitol on Jan. 6?

A New Generation of Appalachian Jewish Farmers Is Going Way Back to the Land

Commentary: White Privilege Stormed the Castle, Er, Capitol

COVID Relief Is Coming To The Ohio Valley. But As Hunger Persists, Did It Arrive Too Late?

One-third of Rural Counties Lack Pharmacy Listed in Initial Vaccination Plan

Photos: Pro-Trump Mob Overtakes U.S. Capitol

When A Gas Plant Moves Next Door

Vaccine Misinformation: Preparing for Infodemic’s ‘Second Wave’

Secular ‘Values Voters’ Are Becoming an Electoral Force in the US – Just Look Closely at 2020’s Results

Our Top 10 Stories of 2020

ICYMI: Our Partner’s Top Stories of 2020

Is W.Va.’s Foster Care System Failing Children? A Look Inside An Agency Wrestling With Long-Term Reforms

On Kwanzaa and Kuumba with Birmingham’s Deidra Clark

In Knott County, KY, Gingerbread Is Remembered For Its Connection to Local Politics

Rural Infections Plateau at High Rate Heading into Holidays

Boilo and Belonging: A Northern Appalachian Christmas Tradition

For Black Communities Struggling with COVID-19, Decades of Mistreatment Have Led to a Breakdown of Trust in Healthcare

Racism in Healthcare is a ‘Fundamental Truth,’ and COVID-19 Has Intensified Its Impact in Appalachia

Places of Worship in West Virginia Grapple with COVID’s Impact on Holiday Services

When a West Virginia County Eliminated its Needle Exchange, Experts Forewarned of an HIV Crisis. Now it’s Here.

For Most Americans, the Local Presidential Vote Was a Landslide

Steal Our Stories (Well, Credit Us When You Republish)

Two Months After a Historic Unionization Vote, Nurses in Asheville Prepare for First Negotiations

The Inverted New Deal: Elites Vote Democratic; Working-Class, Republican

Pediatricians Want Kids to Be Part of COVID Vaccine Trials

Musicians are Workers, Too: Inside the Knoxville Symphony’s Struggle for Pandemic Pay

Where Did the First COVID Vaccines Go in Appalachia?

AppHarvest Promotes New Ag Methods in Appalachia

Commentary: Critics Love the Book, Hate the Movie. What Gives with ‘Hillbilly Elegy’?

Commentary: Celebrating Hanukkah in the Age of COVID-19

Demand for COVID Vaccines Expected to Get Heated — And Fast

Will Rural Hospitals Have to Return the Money Congress Gave Them for the Pandemic?

Federal Regulators Are Rewriting Environmental Rules So a Massive Pipeline Can Be Built Across West Virginia

COVID-19 and Rural America: The Daily Yonder’s Reporting Has Detailed the Pandemic’s Impact on Rural Communities

Commentary: I’m a Youth Climate Activist, Not an Environmentalist

Blackjewel Coal Moves To Liquidate, Leaving Millions Unpaid To Workers And Regulators

Q&A: The Podcast Challenging What You Think You Know about Black Communities in Appalachia

Explore How Appalachia Voted in 2020

ICE Contracts with Metropolitan Knoxville Generate Fear with Rural Immigrants

Sicker Staff, Fewer Beds For Rural Hospitals As COVID-19 Spreads Through Region

Keeney Explores Personal, Union History in ‘The Road to Blair Mountain’

Democrats May Have Won the White House, But Republicans Hold Statehouses and the Power to Influence Future Elections

A W.Va. Family Cultivates Tradition With A Nearly-forgotten Tomato

Commentary: An Aspiring Appalachian Filmmaker on What to Consider Before Watching ‘Hillbilly Elegy’

Region’s Economic Outlook Grim As COVID Aid Programs End

Report: 20% of COVID-19 Patients Develop Mental Illness

COVID Has Hit Rural Communities Hard. Now They’re Preparing for What Winter Could Bring.

Rice in Appalachia? Meet the Farmers Growing Traditional Laotian Foods in North Carolina’s Hills

In Appalachia, United, We’re Not

Rapid Testing Is Less Accurate Than the Government Wants to Admit

‘Road Out of Winter’: How Lived Experiences Influenced Author Ali Stine’s Dystopian Novel

Review: Timely Release of an Updated Classic Study on Black Lung

As Coal Declines, AML Pilot Economic Development Program Faces Uncertain Future

The Press Have Called the Presidential Race for Biden. Here’s What Comes Next.