We ask a Muslim-Appalachian with Kurdish roots her response to Immigration ban

By Dana Coester / January 28, 2017

Sara Berzingi was born in Erbil, Iraq. Her family left Iraqi Kurdistan […]

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Concerns over Trump agenda brings hundreds to gather outside of democrat retreat in West Virginia

By Liz McCormick / January 26, 2017

Hundreds of protesters gathered across the street from the Bavarian […]

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‘100 Days of US’ funds 25 community projects to start in first 100 days

By Nancy Andrews / January 26, 2017

Ryan Coon is a program officer with The Sprout Fund, a […]

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Appalachia: You can’t get there from here

By Crystal Cook Marshall / January 24, 2017

There are many competing and overlapping definitions of Appalachia. In […]

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A community college president shares 10 things to do in the first 100 days

By Nancy Andrews / January 24, 2017

Dr. L. Marshall Washington, 47, is president of the New […]

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Black Lung benefits could be at risk for thousands of miners under ACA repeal

By Kara Lofton / January 23, 2017

At the Pulmonary Rehabilitation Clinic in Scarbro, West Virginia, oxygen […]

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For this gas industry worker, Trump is a ‘real dude’

By Nancy Andrews / January 23, 2017

Jimmy Palmer, 32, of Upshur County, West Virginia, works in […]

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Appalachian Trump and Clinton voters pick their causes to march for women

By Nancy Andrews / January 22, 2017

Alice Dilbeck, 58, of Harvest, Alabama is retired from the […]

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Postcards from Appalachians at the inauguration

By Nancy Andrews / January 21, 2017

For many, President Donald Trump’s Inauguration was a moment of […]

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