NPR's Pam Fessler was told that Eastern Kentuckians would be reluctant to talk because they were tired of being depicted as the poster children of... In Appalachia, Poverty Is In The Eye Of The ...

That’s perhaps one of the first questions somebody might ask you because the answer tells them a lot. Where did you grow up, ...

This report by Holmes Rolston III (A.B., Davidson College; B.D., Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, Virginia; Ph.D., Edinburgh University), who is pastor of the ...

The region’s most economically distressed counties are in the coalfields of Central Appalachia, including Eastern Kentucky’s Letcher County, above, as fog settles on Aug. 23, 2019. (Scott Olson | ...

Map of Appalachian Counties. Appalachian counties are defined according to the Appalachian Regional Commission. Rural and urban status definitions are from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) ...

Washington, DC, June 26, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- New data released today by the Appalachian Regional Commission in the 14th annual update of The Appalachian Region: A Data Overview from the 2018-2022 ...

POVERTY Misery of VortexBathed in the unforgiving harshness of massed TV lights, Senator Robert F. Kennedy pounded a table to still the chatter of shabby, tieless white folk crowded into the one-room ...

“A 21st-century Homestead Act offers compelling advantages for political leaders…For conservatives, it emphasizes individual responsibility, property ownership, and free market solutions…For ...