Southeast Ohio is a region known for a long history of poverty. The region continues to suffer from this issue, with many families being food insecure, homeless or experiencing a lack of healthcare.

H.R. 1 will devastate Medicaid, but Kentucky can protect thousands of residents, particularly those at highest risk, while ...

Appalachian Ohio receive mental and physical healthcare services thanks to the work of volunteers, interns and employees from ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Kristina P. Brant, Penn State (THE CONVERSATION) On Valentine’s Day 2025, heavy rains ...

Here & Now’s Scott Tong visited Kingsolver in her home in western Virginia to talk about the power of home, poverty and addiction.

The region’s most economically distressed counties are in the coalfields of Central Appalachia, including Eastern Kentucky’s Letcher County, above, as fog settles on Aug. 23, 2019. (Scott Olson | ...

Attorney General Eliot L. Spitzer says that anyone driving across upstate New York would see a region of economic devastation -- much like Appalachia. In a campaign stop last week in Manhattan, ...