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Poetry & Playlists, Mix 03: The Spaces Between

by mónica teresa ortiz April 15, 2022April 21, 2022

Poetry from Ebony Stewart, Ariana Brown, Óscar Moisés Díaz. From page, to stage, to stars, these Southern poets, performers, and astrologers force us to reckon with the spaces between us for this installment of Poetry & Playlists.

Posted inARTS & SOUL

A queer and in-color geography: From Mumbai to West Virginia

by Anjali Enjeti March 3, 2022March 4, 2022
Posted inARTS & SOUL

'All my people come from the hills'

by Alysia Nicole Harris January 25, 2022April 7, 2022
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Consuming Blackness in 'progressive' West Virginia

by Crystal Good March 5, 2021
Posted inRACE & PLACE

'Pure America': Eugenics past and present

by Adam Willems March 2, 2021March 3, 2021
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In Appalachia, the face of addiction is white—and so is the story of recovery

by Crystal Good February 26, 2021April 6, 2021
Posted inARTS & SOUL

Behind the scenes in Black Appalachia

by Crystal Good December 23, 2020December 23, 2020
Posted inRACE & PLACE

The media's extractive telling of Appalachia

by R. Garringer December 15, 2020January 5, 2021
Posted inARTS & SOUL

From Appalachia to Outer Space: The beauty and the limits of perspective in Portraits & Dreams

by Kim Kobersmith December 7, 2020December 7, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

After coal and COVID-19, Appalachia needs more than a one-time check. Universal Basic Income could be next.

by Laura Harbert Allen August 4, 2020November 21, 2023
Posted inARTS & SOUL

Drive-in wrestling: West Virginia's solution to pandemic cabin fever

by Emily Allen for WVPB July 31, 2020November 21, 2023
Posted inARTS & SOUL

The Remedy: The Costello family's 'next-best thing' spaghetti sauce

by Mike Costello July 14, 2020November 13, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Six Appalachian states did not expand Medicaid. Their free clinics are bearing the burden of COVID-19.

by Taylor Sisk April 28, 2020September 16, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Profit over people: Inside an Appalachian struggle to save rural healthcare

by Katie Myers April 10, 2020September 16, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

'Working sick'—Kentucky miners fight black lung regulations

by Austyn Gaffney March 2, 2020September 16, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

A parachute-reporter's 10-step cheat sheet for covering the South

by Katherine Webb-Hehn January 6, 2020September 27, 2023
Posted inARTS & SOUL

Blount County remembers Cormac McCarthy and looks towards its literary future

by Lou Murrey December 2, 2019September 16, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Appalachia is transitioning from coal. Here's what the region could learn from Germany.

by Katherine Webb-Hehn October 16, 2019September 27, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Pregnant Women Struggling with Addiction Say Doctors Turned Them Away. This Appalachian Clinic Is Changing That.

by Jess Mador September 23, 2019September 16, 2020
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A Black kingdom in postbellum Appalachia

by Danielle Dulken September 9, 2019October 1, 2020
Posted inARTS & SOUL

Growing Up Gay in Appalachia: Anthology Shares Poetry and Prose of a Region

by Anna Patrick April 15, 2019December 3, 2020
Posted inARTS & SOUL

Mountain Justice: Appalachian women fought for workers long before they fought for jobs

by Heather Duncan March 25, 2019September 16, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Could a Universal Basic Income Solve Appalachia's Post-coal Poverty?

by Lovey Cooper and Liz Price February 11, 2019October 9, 2020
Posted inARTS & SOUL

One Sweet Hand: 'Sugar Run' by Mesha Maren

by Corinne Manning January 28, 2019September 16, 2020
Posted inARTS & SOUL

Forest Bathing in Appalachia: As Popularity Grows, Economic Viability Still a Question

by Tiffany Stevens December 31, 2018September 16, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Appalachian Whiteness: A History that Never Existed

by Timothy Pratt December 24, 2018September 16, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Telling tales: How the media fails Appalachia

by R. Garringer March 22, 2018September 27, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Learning from the leadership of West Virginia's striking teachers

by R. Garringer March 7, 2018November 13, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

A roadmap for solarizing Virginia's coal country

by Eric J. Wallace March 1, 2018October 1, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

The Trillbilly Workers' Party

by Lia Russell January 23, 2018October 4, 2021

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