Local and state officials and organizations from around the region sent a letter to members of Congress asking that the ...

A recent study by the Appalachian Regional Commission is comparing rural Appalachia to the rest of rural America.

Appalachia: Mountains of Poverty. Holmes Rolston III. Christianity Today March 27, 1964 issue ... tends to oppose change,” commented a leading magazine recently featuring Appalachia.

The Bridge Project, a pioneering initiative dedicated to ending child poverty through direct, unconditional cash support, is broadening its reach to include expectant mothers across East Tennessee. Th ...

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

We are deeply concerned about the White House budget proposal to drastically cut funding to the Appalachian Regional ...

Barbara Kingsolver tells the story of poverty and addiction in contemporary Appalachia in her novel “Demon Copperhead.” ...

Fletcher never escaped poverty, and neither have his descendants. Appalachia didn’t take center stage in American politics again until the 2016 presidential race, this time anchored to the ...

Over the next decades, Frost’s conception gelled in the American mind. Appalachia came to represent an area spread loosely across the mountain range of the same name—portions of Kentucky, West ...