In Black Appalachia, a small, 200-year-old community of descendants of enslaved people, Junaluska, is struggling after ...

BOONE, N.C. - Cross-stitched Bible verses decorate the wood-paneled living room walls in a small, historic piece of Black ...

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

On the night of July 24th, 2022, University of Kentucky Professor Chris Barton remembers not going to sleep. He was watching ...

(Sean Rayford | Getty Images) Appalachia is not ready to be a climate refuge ... I remembered friends and family who were living in Charleston at the time, whose stories about it still impact them ...

Whereas interstates and nature dominate the first two sections of "If Lost," the third and final portion, “Don't Be Afraid,” ...

BOONE - Cross-stitched Bible verses decorate the wood-paneled living room walls in a small, historic piece of Black Appalachia — the Western North Carolina mountaintop community of “Junaluska.” ...

America isn't one unified whole but rather a mosaic of lived experiences. Researchers identify Ten Americas, each defined by a complex web of race, geography, and income, where life expectancy, a ...

a Black track and field star living in the South who discovers she has magical powers. After a hurricane rages through her ...

Pittsburgh occasionally gets called “The Paris of Appalachia,” mainly thanks to ... but she’s very happy living in the city — and embracing the unexpected adventure of discovering ...

Life expectancy in the U.S. varies by more than 20 years depending on an individual's race and ethnicity and where they live.