Reclaiming and Revitalizing Resources in West Virginia’s Southern Coalfields
The demand for clean water in McDowell County is but one element of a groundswell of community-based activism to reclaim and revitalize resources.
Read MoreIn West Virginia’s Southern Coalfields, a Grassroots ‘Jubilee’
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.
Read MoreDay One: The Inauguration
On Jan. 20, tens of thousands of people flooded Washington, D.C. to watch the pomp and circumstance of President Donald Trump’s second inauguration. Local law enforcement agencies estimated that more than 200,000 people had tickets to the inauguration. This turnout […]
Read More100 Days, 100 Voices, Redux
We need the world to hear us when we say firmly: This moment is about so much more than the rise of Trump.
Read MoreTyler Childers’ Appalachia: How the Country Singer Challenges our Relationships with Addiction and Religion
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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Appalachian Trump and Clinton voters pick their causes to march for women
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Read MorePostcards from Appalachians at the inauguration
For many, President Donald Trump’s Inauguration was a moment of celebration. For others, the event was a study in civics […]
Read MoreIn Clay County, West Virginia, Trump’s inauguration brings hope of coal’s revival — even for youth
Tears of hope welled in the young eyes of Dakota Vaughan as he watched Donald Trump officially become the 45th […]
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