Switching gears now to a story from the Appalachian Mountains of Tennessee, home to a population of mixed race people called the Melungeons. That's a term that, decades ago, used to be a derogatory ...

People in Appalachia are talking about "Hillbilly Elegy" ‒ and not all of them kindly. Ohio Sen. JD Vance's bestselling memoir, which thrust him into the spotlight in 2016, gained renewed attention ...

Vice President JD Vance praised President Donald Trump’s "bulldozer" approach to public health, calling it a necessary force that "just had to happen," during remarks at Wednesday’s Make America ...

In this excerpt from “Beginning Again,” Nikki Giovanni offers an ode to the great people who call Appalachia home. I will raise my eyes to the mountains; from where will my help come? My help comes ...

Neema Avashia, the author of "Another Appalachia: Coming Up Queer and Indian in a Mountain Place," weighs in on J.D. Vance's depiction of Appalachia. What this West Virginian author says JD Vance gets ...

PIKEVILLE, Ky. — On Election Day 2016, Jonathan Webb found himself on a lavish cruise liner with America’s elite, gliding along the Atlantic outside of Miami. Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of ...

Hello and welcome to the millionth edition of male lawmakers who seemingly do not understand how women's bodies work. Today's talking point comes from Louisiana Republican Sen. John Kennedy. "You know ...

Terra Vance is a distant cousin of Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance, and has garnered an online following for her lessons on Appalachia. Critical of how he portrays the region in his ...

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 ...

Esther Renee Adams, "Mamaw," was laid to rest in her own home. In the mountains of eastern Kentucky, such "country wakes" could last for days. Shelby Lee Adams Esther Renee Adams was born on her ...