This is definitely one of the most tragic places in the country. Your idea of poverty is probably different from mine. But out here is on another level. I’m not sure if they know or even care how poor ...

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 ...

Marc Steiner: Welcome to The Marc Steiner Show here on The Real News. I’m Marc Steiner, and it’s great to have you all with us. Now, J.D. Vance likes to play an Appalachian. But if you read his book, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I was born in 1946 and raised in a Black coal mining family at the foot of Black Mountain, Kentucky’s highest peak, in Harlan ...

his State of the Union address in January 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson declared a “war on poverty.” In part, he said, “[We] must pursue poverty… wherever it exists—in city slums and small towns, ...

Sixty years ago, Life photographer John Dominis traveled to eastern Kentucky, where he captured shocking and raw photographs of deprivation—the target of President Lyndon Johnson’s recently announced ...

This article has been updated to correctly reflect where Gov. Andy Beshear was born and raised. A public spat between Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance and Democratic vice presidential ...

“This book is a game changer[…]Branscome introduces a new perspective that challenges accepted wisdom. He changes the conversation within public discourse about Appalachia.” The famous Lifting the ...

Clinically significant insomnia, elevated OSA risk, and insufficient sleep duration were markedly higher in rural Appalachian “hotspot” counties than national benchmarks, indicating a potential public ...