The Flooding of Beech Fork
In the twentieth century, dams transformed the landscape of Appalachia. What was lost in the process?
Read These Stories Instead of Watching Hillbilly Elegy
Eleven pieces on identity, community, exploitation, and resilience in Appalachia.
West Virginians Were Promised an Economic Revival. It Hasn’t Happened.
The coal industry continues to decline. Natural gas isn’t bringing the prosperity it promised. And now the pandemic has wrecked the state’s economy.
Path Dependency (Or, Appalachia is Not Post-Industrial)
How the region's industrial history continues to shape contemporary life.
DuPont’s Lasting Legacy in Parkersburg
The West Virginia community is left to grapple with the consequences of C8 contamination.
Robert Smith’s Last Ride
The first person in West Virginia to die from the Spanish flu pandemic was an incarcerated Black man.
Wheeling Island’s Keeper of the Bees
On the most populated Ohio River island, this beekeeper found a way to better himself and his community.
Can Elk Heal Coal Country?
West Virginians hope elk restoration can help post-mining ecology and local economies recover.
West Virginians Are Reinventing Broken Foodways
The current system is bulky, inequitable, and bad for the environment. Can small-scale cooperatives save it?
Call for Submissions: Reimagining Rust Belt Infrastructure
In search of features, essays, and commentary on the connections between infrastructure and issues of climate, environment, equity, and democracy in the region.
Beyond “Trump Country”
An excerpt from 55 Strong: Inside the West Virginia Teachers' Strike.
A letter from the front lines of the WV Teacher Strike
By Jessica Salfia In 1990 I was nine years old, and my mom, a single parent, was a day-to-day substitute [...]