A photographer spends 15 years documenting an Appalachian family and the constant pressure of poverty in their lives.

Map of Appalachian Counties. Appalachian counties are defined according to the Appalachian Regional Commission. Rural and urban status definitions are from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) ...

Georgetown University’s Master of Science in Health and the Public Interest program hosted a public health researcher to examine healthcare access in rural communities Jan. 29. Meit said rural ...

A woman who escaped her drug-addled hometown in rural Kentucky said Appalachia residents face similar problems as inner-city Black communities but get much less attention. "Some of the poor Black ...

H.R. 1 will devastate Medicaid, but Kentucky can protect thousands of residents, particularly those at highest risk, while complying with federal law.

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 of ...

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The Health Wagon, a free and charitable clinic, began with Sister Bernie, who came to the Appalachian region more than 30 years ago at the request of the Catholic Richmond Diocese to treat the poor ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) For some, it was the third time in just four years that their homes had flooded, and ...

Parts of the North Fork of the Kentucky River flooded in July 2022, and again in February 2025. Arden S. Barnes/For The Washington Post via Getty Images For some, it was the third time in just four ...