Rural Dems want the DNC to bring working class voters back into the fold
An open letter to the Democratic National Committee calls for “prioritizing and fixing the Democratic Party’s profound deficits with rural and working-class voters.”
Appalachian workers are still paying the price for bosses’ greed
Our grandparents fought for decent wages, safe working conditions, and dignity. How long will we let the new crop of industrialists take away those hard-won rights?
GOP cuts to Medicaid could threaten rural hospitals
And the effects would ripple across each rural community
Analysis: Cuts to Medicaid will shift costs to families and providers, and will be especially harmful to rural communities
Includes Kentucky-specific interactive map
Q&A: Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear on optimism and the rural vote
The rural vote, combatting partisanship, and showing up: how a Democratic governor increased his popularity among rural voters.
‘Least contacted and most undecided:’ Young voters in rural America
“We’re becoming the adults in the room. No one else is gonna figure this out for us.”
Inflation Reduction Act fuels Kentucky grocer’s money-saving solar energy investment
Grocery stores take a lot of electricity to operate. A REAP grant is helping a rural business in East Kentucky hold down energy costs for the long haul.
Hillbillies don’t need an elegy, but the mountains might
Vance wears the term hillbilly like a costume, but I can see through it.
In his tales of Appalachian life, JD Vance ignores people like me
William Turner, author of “Harlan Renaissance,” says JD Vance ignores key players in Appalachian life.
New Federal rule tightens black lung regs, but KY laws make diagnosis harder
Kentucky’s rules limiting number of healthcare professionals able to diagnose black lung makes applying for compensation by miners increasingly difficult. Currently, the entire state has one pulmonologist legally qualified to assess for the disease.
