May was Mental Health Awareness Month, but in Appalachia, mental health isn’t a monthly conversation. Mental health ...
Appalachia has a legacy of making the most with limited resources, but there's one thing that there's no way to stretch: ...
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Gretchen E. Ely, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York) (THE ...
Appalachia—a region that stretches from Mississippi to New York—has historically been recognized as a socially and economically disadvantaged part of the United States, and growing evidence suggests ...
Cynthia Main runs Sunhouse Craft, a company that makes handmade brooms, Appalachian style. (Photo courtesy of Sunhouse Craft) Rural arts programs helped Eastern Kentucky maker Cynthia Main develop ...
Candles in farmhouse windows can shine a long way on dark nights in the Blue Ridge Mountains. That light was especially symbolic at Christmas when settlers in frontier Appalachia — many of them ...
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