The primordial mountains are some of the oldest in the world, and boast a wide diversity of native flora and fauna, along with an impressive fossil record that tells the tale of our planet through the ...

I have been a grassroots community organizer in the South for nearly 20 years, a region with a long legacy of working-class movements. As the director of the Appalachia People’s Union, a project ...

Appalachia has long given more than it has received. Our coal-fueled industries. Our timber-built cities. Our labor powered a nation. But what’s often left behind after the extraction is over ...

So, with all of the media surrounding JD Vance and the negative portrayal of "Appalachia" and its people in his memoir, Hillbilly Elegy, as well as the Netflix film adaption, I thought now would ...

Printz hopes “Layers of Liberty” can begin to correct ingrained perspectives regarding Appalachia, particularly as the region becomes a political talking point in the run-up to the 2024 election. “If ...

As Trump proposes cutting Appalachian Regional Commission, Central Appalachia's coalfields and rural counties remain mired in ...

Here & Now 's Asma Khalid speaks with the musicians of the duo Larry & Joe — made up of Larry Bellorín and Joe Troop — about their new album that combines the folk music and instruments of Venezuela ...

People in Appalachia are talking about "Hillbilly Elegy" ‒ and not all of them kindly. Ohio Sen. JD Vance's bestselling memoir, which thrust him into the spotlight in 2016, gained renewed ...

Many of these people are unlikely to show up in any census, but they, too, are Appalachia. Appalachia is much more economically diverse than Vance acknowledges.

Appalachian Ghost Tours travel around the area, inviting the public to join them in their hunt for the paranormal.

The 2025 edition of Healing Appalachia will feature performances by Tyler Childers, Chris Stapleton, Remi Wolf, and more.