Poverty has fallen across most Appalachian states, but coalfield poverty rates are consistently nearly double the national rate of 12.4%. In many counties in Eastern Kentucky, poverty is double ...

The mountain bond runs so deep it survives distance, decades, and outsiders getting it wrong.

Here & Now’s Scott Tong visited Kingsolver in her home in western Virginia to talk about the power of home, poverty and addiction.

J.D. Vance’s book “Hillbilly Elegy,” published last year, has been assigned to students and book clubs across the country. Pundits continue to cite it as though the author speaks for all of us who ...

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The region’s most economically distressed counties are in the coalfields of Central Appalachia, including Eastern Kentucky’s ...