WV Capitol Renovation Oversight Skirted for Years. Now, a Babydog Mural is in its Historic Seat of Government
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When Your Appalachian Music Roots Show Up on the National Stage, A Reflection on the Whizzbanger’s Ball
If there’s anything to be said about the inaugural Whizzbanger’s […]
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Finding Solace in Stories: How Narrative Medicine Transformed an Appalachian Doctor’s Practice
In the 1990s when I started medical school, nobody warned […]
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Front Porch Politics: ‘White Rural Rage’ Gives Voice to My Rage as a Rural Leftist
How can a book be filled with broad generalizations, cynical […]
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In West Virginia’s ‘Poultry Capital,’ Immigrant Workers Struggle to Find the Help and Support They Need
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Read MoreNot Just Coastal Elites: Here’s How Three Rust Belt Colleges Protested Israel’s War in Gaza
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In One of the Most Dangerous Workplaces in West Virginia, a Poultry Giant Has Profited From Immigrant Labor For Decades
For over three decades, people have come from all over […]
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‘Hopeless’ Appalachian Youths Prepare to Vote in 2024
Isabella McMillian, an 18-year-old philosophy major in Boone, North Carolina, […]
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The Green Smelter: Century Aluminum Promises Kentucky’s Next Big Economic Boost, But with Some Risk
In the 1980s, in the United States, coal and aluminum […]
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