Appalachia Archives – Scalawag

Consuming Blackness in 'progressive' West Virginia

by Crystal Good March 5, 2021

A memory of a charity event that showcased just what's wrong about West Virginia progressives' ideas about race.

'Pure America': Eugenics past and present

by Adam Willems March 2, 2021March 3, 2021

In Appalachia, the face of addiction is white—and so is the story of recovery

by Crystal Good February 26, 2021April 6, 2021

Behind the scenes in Black Appalachia

by Crystal Good December 23, 2020December 23, 2020

The media's extractive telling of Appalachia

by R. Garringer December 15, 2020January 5, 2021

From Appalachia to Outer Space: The beauty and the limits of perspective in Portraits & Dreams

by Kim Kobersmith December 7, 2020December 7, 2020

Southern Politics

After coal and COVID-19, Appalachia needs more than a one-time check. Universal Basic Income could be next.

by Laura Harbert Allen August 4, 2020September 29, 2021

Drive-in wrestling: West Virginia's solution to pandemic cabin fever

by Emily Allen for WVPB July 31, 2020September 16, 2020

The Remedy: The Costello family's 'next-best thing' spaghetti sauce

by Mike Costello July 14, 2020November 19, 2020

Southern Politics

Six Appalachian states did not expand Medicaid. Their free clinics are bearing the burden of COVID-19.

by Taylor Sisk April 28, 2020September 16, 2020

Southern Politics

Profit over people: Inside an Appalachian struggle to save rural healthcare

by Katie Myers April 10, 2020September 16, 2020

Southern Politics

'Working sick'—Kentucky miners fight black lung regulations

by Austyn Gaffney March 2, 2020September 16, 2020

Southern Politics

A parachute-reporter's 10-step cheat sheet for covering the South

by Katherine Webb-Hehn January 6, 2020May 5, 2021

Blount County remembers Cormac McCarthy and looks towards its literary future

by Lou Murrey December 2, 2019September 16, 2020

Southern Politics

Appalachia is transitioning from coal. Here's what the region could learn from Germany.

by Katherine Webb-Hehn October 16, 2019September 16, 2020

Southern Politics

Pregnant Women Struggling with Addiction Say Doctors Turned Them Away. This Appalachian Clinic Is Changing That.

by Jess Mador September 23, 2019September 16, 2020

A Black kingdom in postbellum Appalachia

by Danielle Dulken September 9, 2019October 1, 2020

Growing Up Gay in Appalachia: Anthology Shares Poetry and Prose of a Region

by Anna Patrick April 15, 2019December 3, 2020

Mountain Justice: Appalachian women fought for workers long before they fought for jobs

by Heather Duncan March 25, 2019September 16, 2020

Southern Politics

Could a Universal Basic Income Solve Appalachia's Post-coal Poverty?

by Lovey Cooper and Liz Price February 11, 2019October 9, 2020

One Sweet Hand: 'Sugar Run' by Mesha Maren

by Corinne Manning January 28, 2019September 16, 2020

Forest Bathing in Appalachia: As Popularity Grows, Economic Viability Still a Question

by Tiffany Stevens December 31, 2018September 16, 2020

Southern Politics

Appalachian Whiteness: A History that Never Existed

by Timothy Pratt December 24, 2018September 16, 2020

Southern Politics

Telling tales: How the media fails Appalachia

by R. Garringer March 22, 2018December 3, 2020

Southern Politics

Learning from the leadership of West Virginia's striking teachers

by R. Garringer March 7, 2018October 4, 2021

A roadmap for solarizing Virginia's coal country

by Eric J. Wallace March 1, 2018October 1, 2020

Southern Politics

The Trillbilly Workers' Party

by Lia Russell January 23, 2018October 4, 2021

Southern Politics

"It's going to take resoluteness": Elizabeth Sanders on uprooting white supremacy in Central Appalachia and beyond

by R. Garringer January 9, 2018October 4, 2021

Southern Politics

The massacre men

by David Forbes July 27, 2017September 16, 2020

Southern Politics

A Georgia town's battle against coal ash

by Georgina Gustin June 28, 2017September 16, 2020