What Virginia’s Path to Decriminalizing Marijuana Could Mean for Appalachia

By Amy Loeffler / October 19, 2017

On the cusp of an election cycle, Virginia’s trajectory toward […]

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Policing White-Supremacist Rallies: Lessons from Small-Town America

By Mason Adams / October 18, 2017

With smaller budgets and fewer personnel, several rural law-enforcement agencies […]

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Pipelines Fuel Concern for Waterways in Coal Country

By Julie Grant / October 14, 2017

Bordering western Pennsylvania, the landscape of eastern Ohio is changing, […]

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Viewfinder: Rachel Boillot

By Shawn Poynter / October 11, 2017

Rachel Boillot is a New York photographer who has, for now, […]

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Public TV Puts Rural America in the Spotlight

By Patricia Aufderheide / October 11, 2017

The publicly funded Independent Television Service does an above-average job […]

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What Sets Rural Churches Apart? It’s Not Politics, Money, or Theology

By Steve Willis / October 11, 2017

The real difference is the resilience that comes from generations […]

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“We’ve had about all the help we can stand.” Matewan 30 years and a century later.

By Joel Beeson / October 9, 2017

This month marks the thirtieth anniversary of the release of […]

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Appalachian Trump Supporters See Themselves in German Election

By Frank Ahrens / October 8, 2017

Why should Appalachians care about Germany’s recent election? Because it […]

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“Appalachian American Arab Muslim” Malak Khader

By David Smith / October 5, 2017

“To be an Appalachian American Arab Muslim … that’s a […]

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