Writing Appalachia: An Anthology' edited by Katherine ... of Charles Dickens "David Copperfield" as a young man navigating poverty in contemporary Southern Appalachia. In what The Washington ...

The Appalachian region is made up of 13 states ... In Logan County, where 24% of residents live in poverty, this Vance family ...

Many Black communities in Appalachia struggle to access healthy food. Here’s how to build local rural food systems that reach ...

Appalachia is not ready to be a climate refuge. While I was at a luncheon on rural advocacy in Morgantown recently, the topic ...

The best hope for change lies probably in the very young; in contrast to their parents, Appalachia’s children thrive on the attention of anti-poverty workers, flock to games, community projects ...

However, the pandemic left long-term scars on Appalachian communities. A new report from the Appalachian Regional Commission indicates that for the countless rural people who lost loved ones to ...

In 1960, despite the prosperity of the times, almost one-quarter of all American families were living below the poverty line, and entire regions of the country, like central Appalachia ...

Vice Presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) first entered popular culture selling a caricature of Appalachian culture to eager elite consumers on both the political right and left. His 2016 ...

There is widespread poverty in affected areas, where at least 33,000 people now have no electricity. The flooding - after torrential rain - caused mudslides and made roads impassable. Appalachia ...