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In West Virginia’s Southern Coalfields, a Grassroots ‘Jubilee’

By Laura Harbert Allen and Taylor Sisk / February 5, 2025

Davis and Ware want to use the church that once divided McDowell County into miners and management to reclaim what has been taken from them.

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Day One: The Inauguration

By P. Nick Curran & Griffin McMorrow / January 23, 2025

On Jan. 20, tens of thousands of people flooded Washington, […]

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Cheat Canyon in West Virginia. Photo: Jesse Wright/100 Days in Appalachia

100 Days, 100 Voices, Redux

By Dana Coester / January 20, 2025

We need the world to hear us when we say firmly: This moment is about so much more than the rise of Trump.

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Tyler Childers’ Appalachia: How the Country Singer Challenges our Relationships with Addiction and Religion

By Jensen Bird / December 30, 2024

Not only has Childers reformed how Appalachians think about addiction and religion, but he’s re-cast the way the rest of the country views our story too. 

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A booth set up by Knoxville Abortion Justice Alliance.

Appalachian Tennessee Abortion Providers Are Still Fighting to Provide Care

By Kacie Faith Kress / December 27, 2024

Amid abortion bans across Southern Appalachia, it’s harder than ever for abortion providers in Tennessee to offer services.

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For These Drag Queens, Their Queerness and Appalachian Identity Go Hand-in-Hand

By Emma Cieslik / December 19, 2024

Their on-stage personas both challenge redneck stereotypes and reclaim their Appalachian heritage.

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‘A Crisis of Truth:’ Trauma, Disinformation and the New Apostolic Reformation’s Effect on Our Politics

By Laura Harbert Allen / December 16, 2024

Many find healing from trauma in religion. But that trauma can also be used by religious leaders to activate political action.

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From the Editor: “We’ve Seen The Future, It Looks Like Young Appalachia.”

By Dana Coester / December 9, 2024

I’ve been thinking about our efforts since 2016 to collectively rewrite a different future, one where Appalachia, especially young Appalachia, is fully cognizant of the dystopia and hopeful nonetheless.

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Ethan Herx/The Post. Two student journalists sit on either side of a coffee table with their laptops on it. A television showing election night news is mounted on the wall between them.

Inside Election Night As A Student Journalist

By Alyssa Cruz & Madalyn Blair / November 18, 2024

Student journalists with The Post, an independent, award-winning, student-run news publication on Ohio University, take readers inside covering election night.

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