Kentucky Archives

Activists across Kentucky organized voters against an amendment that would have prevented a right to abortion or abortion funds in the state constitution. In illustration, meet three folks who were part of the movement to defeat Amendment 2.

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Illustrated: The South isn't so anti-abortion after all. Kentucky proved it at the polls.

On abortion, count on Gen Z for more than votes

'Young people need power.' Southern students on safety, accountability, and what they need from adults

How Louisville photographers are keeping Breonna Taylor in focus

A granddaughter's gratitude

Without paid leave, the South's COVID school policies cause a terrible trickle down for families

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

The media's extractive telling of Appalachia

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

Rep. Attica Scott on her protest arrest: 'This is about the police's power, domination, and control over Black bodies'

Justice for Breonna Taylor: Dispatch from Kentucky's March for Black Women's Lives

Ballad of a Land Man: Kentucky theatre takes on fracking

Dear national media, Southerners on unemployment aren't living high on the hog

'Working sick'—Kentucky miners fight black lung regulations

Nuclear waste in Paducah, Kentucky poses extra threat to region facing historic flooding

Hope in coal country: Parents without diplomas keep their kids in school

'You will die of old age. I will die of climate change.'

Video: In their own words, why Kentucky miners are blocking a coal train

"We fight for what's right and we fix what's wrong": Voices from Kentucky's Poor People's Campaign

Fed up Kentucky teachers aim to oust conniving officials

"Jeanette's Law" could help victims of domestic violence in Kentucky

Kentucky's rural water disaster could get worse before it gets better

A Republican backup plan for killing Obamacare

Photo essay: There is love in Louisville

How federal prisoners might become Appalachia's new 'black gold'

Two poems: Ohio River & Border State of Denial

Kentucky should move forward, not backward, on healthcare access