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In The Hollow
The changing face of Appalachia—and its role in the presidential race. By Chris Offutt.
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Interview: Saro Lynch-Thomason
“Appalachians have taken older songs like this and countless times adapted them to their own struggles.” By Wren Awry. (April 27, 2016)
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Hard Times Come Again No More
Mark O’Connor, James Taylor, Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer
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They are poor, sick and voted for Trump. What will happen to them without Obamacare?
In rural West Virginia, a nurse practitioner braces for the future of health care. By Jessica Contrera.
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J.D. Vance, the False Prophet of Blue America
The bestselling author of “Hillbilly Elegy” has emerged as the liberal media’s favorite white trash–splainer. But he is offering all the wrong lessons. By Sarah Jones. (Nov. 17, 2016)
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Going It Alone
What happens when an African American woman decides to solo-hike the Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine during a summer of bitter political upheaval? Everything you can imagine, from scary moments of racism to new friendships to soaring epiphanies about the timeless value of America’s most storied trekking route. By Rahawa Haile.
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Oxyana (2013)
Sean Dunne
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My Mother Wasn’t Trash
My mother died the day she turned 55. This Sunday will be my first Mother’s Day without her, but nearly a year after she died, I still find it impossible to be heartbroken over her passing… By Joshua Wilkey.
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̶T̶h̶e̶ [Another] place in America where (almost) no one drinks their tap water
Local officials in eastern Kentucky’s Martin County insist the water is fine, despite repeated violations of EPA limits. But residents have been relying on bottled water for years. By Story Hinckley.
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“I’m as Poor as Shit”
A Look at Downward Mobility in Lancaster, Ohio. By Lauren Kaori Gurley.
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After Coal, a Small Kentucky Town Builds a Healthier, More Creative Economy
A complex network of local organizations helps neighbors support one another as they rebound from a dying industry. By Peter Slavin.
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The Addicts Next Door
West Virginia has the highest overdose death rate in the country. Locals are fighting to save their neighbors—and their towns—from destruction. By Margaret Talbot,
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The Future of Coal Country
A local environmental activist fights to prepare her community for life beyond mining. By Eliza Griswold.
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‘Don’t take away our healthcare’ says Trump country
The Appalachian mountain ranges are home to fervent Trump supporters who want him to back them now. By Laura Bicker.
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Rebel Rock
The story of Harlan County, Kentucky’s Civil War legend and the KKK. By Andrew Milton Smith.
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The Mythical Whiteness of Trump Country
J. D. Vance's Hillbilly Elegy has been held up as a guidebook for understanding the 2016 election, but his logic is rooted in an enduring and dangerous myth about race in Appalachia. By Elizabeth Catte.
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Hard Times in Trump Country
Over the course of a year, photographer Stacy Kranitz documented life in the Ohio River Valley, where voters went for Trump by wide margins. By Alice Speri.
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In the Battle for Blair Mountain, Coal Is Threatening to Bury Labor History
It's the site of the nation’s single largest armed uprising since the Civil War and its most violent labor insurrection. And coal companies are trying to erase that history. By Ron Soodalter. (Jan. 31, 2018)
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Appalachia Isn’t Trump Country
The historian Elizabeth Catte on J.D. Vance, colonial logic, and the end of coal in the region that outsiders love to imagine but can’t seem to understand. By Regan Penaluna.
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Small Wonder
All of the promises of politicians, generals, madmen, and crusaders that war can create peace have yet to be borne out. By Barbara Kingsolver.
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