Black Appalachian Coalition Aims to Shift Narrative on Energy, Other Issues

By Kathiann Kowalski / November 17, 2021

Appalachia’s people of color have borne greater social and economic burdens, […]

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Parker McKenzie, 10, right, receives a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine from nurse practitioner Amy Wahl with distraction help from certified child life specialist Haylee Rogers during the first COVID-19 vaccine clinic in Franklin County for children age 5-11 at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021. Photo: Paul Vernon/AP Photo

Q&A: Appalachian Pediatrician Talks COVID-19 Vaccine for Kids

By Taylor Sisk / November 16, 2021

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports 1.5 million […]

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The skyline of Charleston, West Virginia, as viewed from the south bank of the Kanawha RiverPhoto: Tim Kiser/Wikimedia Commons

Commentary: How Appalachia Educated This Transplant Turned Advocate

By Debbie L. Miller / November 11, 2021

I grew up in a suburb of Cleveland in the […]

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U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., speaks at a commencement ceremony for nursing students from West Virginia Junior College on April 20, 2018, at Chestnut Ridge Church, in Morgantown. Photo: Jesse Wright/100 Days in Appalachia

Fact-check: W.Va. Home to Zero Billionaire’s Despite Joe Manchin’s ‘Concerns’ about Billionaire Tax Proposal

By Emily Zirkelbach / November 10, 2021

In a recent tweet, David Gura, a broadcast journalist currently with […]

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Commentary: A Key to Solving Appalachia’s Mental Health Crisis? Culturally-responsive Care.

By Ariana Velasquez / November 9, 2021

When I entered adulthood and moved out of the house […]

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Photo: Courtesy of Huntington Herald Dispatch Archives, Illustration: David Smith/100 Days in Appalachia

‘A Union for Appalachian Healthcare Workers’: W.Va. Author’s New Book Recounts History Amid Resurgence of Labor Organizing

By Taylor Sisk / November 4, 2021

In his new book “A Union for Appalachian Healthcare Workers: […]

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The Atlantic Coast Pipeline is Dead. But for Some W.Va. Landowners, It Lives on

By Emily Allen / November 3, 2021

This story was originally published by Mountain State Spotlight. For […]

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Students enter the classroom in Godley, Texas, on August 5. Godley is a town of approximately 1,000 residents about 30 miles southwest of Fort Worth. The school district is among the first to open in Texas for the fall term. Photo: AP Photo/ LM Otero

When You Aren’t Old Enough for a Vaccine: An Alabama Sixth Grader on COVID-19

By Taylor Tomlin / November 2, 2021

This article was written before FDA authorization of the COVID-19 […]

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Q&A: The West Virginian Keeping Appalachian History Alive Through Storytelling

By Gabriella Brown / October 28, 2021

In Appalachia, storytelling and folklore has served as an important […]

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