
‘Love Letter To Black Boys’: Memoir Explores Masculinity Against Appalachian Backdrop
Punch Me Up To The Gods opens with Brian Broome’s father beating him when he was 10. The blows by his father were meant to pound manliness into him — to be the “toughest guy in the room.”

AppHarvest Hopes To Build A Garden Of Eden In America’s Appalachia (NASDAQ:APPH)
AppHarvest is building out commercial indoor farms in Appalachia.

Georgia State study finds Atlanta students lost months of progress in pandemic
Some cohorts were found to have lost the equivalent of seven months or more in areas like reading and math.

Eula Hall, One-Woman Relief Agency in Appalachia, Dies at 93
Calling herself a “hillbilly activist,” she started a health care clinic and offered other services in chronically underserved eastern Kentucky.

Editorial: Biden seems to go all-in on Appalachian economy
During last year’s presidential campaign, we reviewed the rural economy plans from each of the candidates and found Joe Biden’s to be one of the thinnest and least inspiring.