As people from Appalachia have learned, stereotypes perpetuated by commercial media outlets usually validate the views of urban investors who seek to exploit natural resources that are abundant in ...

But while many people from that generation have ... The boomer shift has caused a sudden population surge in Appalachian areas that were previously rural. It has "brought forth a sort of whiplash ...

Why do people have a hard time stopping? We need to answer these questions to ever have a chance of getting a handle on addiction in rural regions like Appalachia where there are problems with ...

Central Appalachia is home to the third-largest ... from rents as opposed to income from production that employs people. Rural communities have acutely felt the effects of increasing rentierism ...

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