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In SE Ohio, Community Reflects on Black History Preservation, Its Importance to Democracy
Driving on Route 329, near Athens in the spring is a welcome respite after another long COVID winter.…
A Taste of Home – How Pinto Beans And Cornbread Became an Appalachian Tradition
Last year, I posted this tweet: “Appalachian folks: I’m hunting for some @InAppalachia story ideas. What’s something your momaw…
Ginseng and Big Pharma: How Appalachia Built an Industry that Would Later Exploit It
More than a century before the likes of Purdue Pharma began flooding Appalachian communities with opioids and destroying…
Holler, Y’all and Appalachian Drawls: My Childhood of Code Switching in Appalachia
When I was in elementary school, a teacher told me that I needed to speak “properly.” She said…
Horror Podcast ‘Old Gods of Appalachia’ Keeps Appalachian History and Folklore Alive Through Its Tales of the Undead
In the early morning of August 4, 1917, a gas explosion ripped through the southern end of the…
Becoming the ‘Next Pigeon Forge’ Can’t be the Economic Savior It Once Was for Appalachia
In fall 2014, Michael and Betty Gill, in their 50s, were ready for a new adventure in their…