100 Days, 100 Voices, Redux
6 days ago · It’s been exactly eight years since 100 Days in Appalachia debuted as a project to cover the first 100 days of the new Trump administration’s impact on our region.Those first 100 days were a blur as every decision coming out of the administration reverberated throughout Appalachia, and we scaled rapidly to interpret and investigate the impacts to our region.
From the Editor: "We’ve Seen The Future, It Looks Like Young …
Dec 9, 2024 · “I’ve Seen the Future. It Looks Like Appalachia.” This is a headline that sticks with me from our first days of publishing 100 Days in Appalachia — conceived the day after the 2016 election and launched on Inauguration Day 2017.
Tyler Childers’ Appalachia: How the Country Singer Challenges our ...
Dec 30, 2024 · The first time I heard Tyler Childers’ voice I was riding in the passenger seat of a 15-year-old car late at night through the back roads of West Virginia. It was 2019, and I was 17 years old. And even though my first encounter with Childers’ music was five years ago, his songs have continued to ...
On “Making It” in Appalachia
Sep 24, 2024 · I owe all my successes to other people from West Virginia, be that my grandparents who raised me or my many teachers who also got their education in the region. There is so much talent here: the foundations of mathematics and physics I learned in high school from John McElwain (Berea College), Dan Cutlip (West Virginia University), and Charles Toumazous (Glenville State College) gave me a base ...
In North Carolina, A Sanctuary for Local Songwriters Emerges: The …
May 14, 2024 · It’s 6:30 p.m. on a Friday night in Boone, North Carolina, and a hush falls over the East Boone Listening Room. “We spent many years trying to find a space like this in town,” says artist and songwriter Sarah DeShields. Boone, which is …
100 Days in Appalachia | Appalachia Matters
From the Editor: “We’ve Seen The Future, It Looks Like Young Appalachia.” I’ve been thinking about our efforts since 2016 to collectively rewrite a different future, one where Appalachia, especially young Appalachia, is fully cognizant of the dystopia and hopeful nonetheless. Read More ‘A Crisis of Truth:’ Trauma, Disinformation and […]
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4 days ago · Front Porch Politics: An Alabama Democrat’s Roadmap for Defeating Trumpism in Appalachia By Skylar Baker-Jordan / April 2, 2024 You may not have felt it, but last week, Appalachia […] Read More 100 Days Hiring Digital Managing Editor By 100 Days in Appalachia / April 1, 2024 100 Days in […]
Day One: The Inauguration
3 days ago · On Jan. 20, tens of thousands of people flooded Washington, D.C. to watch the pomp and circumstance of President Donald Trump’s second inauguration. Local law enforcement agencies estimated that more than 200,000 people had tickets to the inauguration. This turnout follows an election where Trump made notable inroads with many […]
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3 days ago · On Jan. 20, tens of thousands of people flooded Washington, D.C. to watch the pomp and circumstance of President Donald Trump’s second inauguration. Local law enforcement agencies estimated that more than 200,000 people had tickets to the inauguration. This turnout follows an election where Trump ...
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