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Feb 6, 2025 · Front Porch Politics: An Alabama Democrat’s Roadmap for Defeating Trumpism in Appalachia By Skylar Baker-Jordan / April 2, 2024 You may not have felt it, but last week, Appalachia […] Read More 100 Days Hiring Digital Managing Editor By 100 Days in Appalachia / April 1, 2024 100 Days in […]
On “Making It” in Appalachia
Sep 24, 2024 · I owe all my successes to other people from West Virginia, be that my grandparents who raised me or my many teachers who also got their education in the region. There is so much talent here: the foundations of mathematics and physics I learned in high school from John McElwain (Berea College), Dan Cutlip (West Virginia University), and Charles Toumazous (Glenville State College) gave me a base ...
100 Days, 100 Voices, Redux
Jan 20, 2025 · It’s been exactly eight years since 100 Days in Appalachia debuted as a project to cover the first 100 days of the new Trump administration’s impact on our region.Those first 100 days were a blur as every decision coming out of the administration reverberated throughout Appalachia, and we scaled rapidly to interpret and investigate the impacts to our region.
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Reclaiming and Revitalizing Resources in West Virginia’s Southern Coalfields The demand for clean water in McDowell County is but one element of a groundswell of community-based activism to reclaim and revitalize resources. Read More In West Virginia’s Southern Coalfields, a Grassroots ‘Jubilee’ Davis and Ware want to use the church […]
What My Appalachian Roots Taught Me About Union Organizing
Apr 9, 2024 · My own Appalachian hometown newspaper, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has been on strike since October 2022.The Post-Gazette is where I landed my first byline in 2016. As a high school journalist, I covered high school theater there as a Kelly Critic, a program jointly run by the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera and Post-Gazette to train and support student critics.
Day One: The Inauguration
Jan 23, 2025 · On Jan. 20, tens of thousands of people flooded Washington, D.C. to watch the pomp and circumstance of President Donald Trump’s second inauguration. Local law enforcement agencies estimated that more than 200,000 people had tickets to the inauguration. This turnout follows an election where Trump made notable inroads with many […]
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Commentary: A Key to Solving Appalachia’s Mental Health Crisis ...
Nov 9, 2021 · When I entered adulthood and moved out of the house to attend college more than three hours away in Louisville, I made a commitment to myself that I would prioritize my mental health. Back home, people didn’t really go to therapy. This was due to several factors: extremely limited access, […]
In Appalachia, It’s Always Hard to Leave an Abusive Home. Then …
Apr 23, 2020 · When the coronavirus pandemic reached Appalachian Ohio, the first thing My Sister’s Place, a domestic violence agency which serves three counties in the state, did was make room. The shelter for adults and children quickly found alternative housing for many families in need. Now the shelter has enough space so […]
The West Side: A Community Defining Its Future
The West Side of Charleston, West Virginia, has always been set apart from the rest of the city, divided from the downtown district and the money in the city’s East End by the Elk River. In the 1830s, five prominent Charlestonians began operating plantations on …