Affrilachia: Testimonies,” by Chris Aluka Berry sets out to document the Black experience in Appalachia. The book is a ...

Fewer people than before are being diagnosed with and dying from cancer in Appalachia, but cancer incidence and death rates ...

In the 1930s, women employed by the Works Progress Administration rode pack horses through the mountains of eastern Kentucky, bringing books to rural ...

The writers urge citizens to reject paltry offers from Enbridge, a multibillion-dollar Canadian corporation, for property rights-of-way.

Andrew K. Clark ‘s debut novel, Where Dark Things Grow, takes place in a fictionalized version of the Asheville area during ...

Part 1. How the fall of the coal industry changed politics in eastern Kentucky: The decline of coal jobs caused economic collapse in eastern Kentucky. In the 1970s, Pike County was one of the ...

“The experiences of people living in different regions of Appalachia, particularly in ... poorer access to care in rural communities and the aftereffects of coal mining and other hazardous ...

Across our region, rural communities are being threatened by ... our neighbors have endured from Enbridge representatives. Most people who are not in the direct path of these projects do not ...

Appalachia is one of the most culturally revered regions of the United States. In many ways, it's the region people think about when someone says "Rural America." Despite its cultural prominence ...