100 Days in Appalachia

Ahead of Elections, Gen Z West Virginians Focus On the Issues

Five West Virginians spoke to 100 Days about issues on their minds this election.

A Church Channels Rush of Volunteers and Donations in Roan Mountain Flooding Aftermath

The First Baptist Church in Roan Mountain, TN was devastated by a flood nearly thirty years ago. This time around, they knew they could help.

Kentucky’s Amendment 2 is a radical redistribution of wealth from the poorest schools to the richest schools.

Of the many culture shocks I experienced moving from Ohio to the remote eastern Kentucky county of around 10,000 people my grandmother’s family calls home, none was greater than the stark contrast in schools. The district I grew up in, just outside of the Dayton city limits, was by no […]

A Political Power Play Overruled West Virginians in the Path of the Mountain Valley Pipeline. They Still Feel Betrayed.

In the wake of U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin promising his vote for a major climate change bill in exchange for the pipeline’s remaining permits, people in the project’s path are torn on their next steps.

Front Porch Politics: JD Vance, Tim Walz, and Appalachian masculinity.

From an attempted assassination and an historic withdrawal from the race, the 2024 election has already had more twists and turns than an Aaron Sorkin screenplay. I should be forgiven, then, for how emotionally invested I became in the veepstakes. I did not imagine ever caring this much about running […]

HuffPost editor: ‘Look to local news’ to understand Appalachia

There’s no singular reason the 2016 presidential election results turned out the way they did. But, within days of the results rolling in, much of the blame was pinned on the media for failing to accurately report the wants and […]

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What is Appalachia, and why should you care? Since the election, media organizations from The Guardian to CNN to The Washington Post to the BBC have dropped into Appalachia in a quest to make sense of what, for many, seemed […]

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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

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