The book topped the New York Times bestseller list, but some critics panned Vance for feeding into stereotypes of a region composed mainly of poor rural white people. Vance's vision of the area is ...

This commentary originally appeared in The Athens Messenger. By Victoria LaPoe, Ph.D., Ohio University Professor, E. W.

But while many people from that generation have ... The boomer shift has caused a sudden population surge in Appalachian areas that were previously rural. It has "brought forth a sort of whiplash ...

Yet they're happening more often . The floods have highlighted the resilience of local people to work together for collective survival in rural Appalachia. But they have also exposed the deep ...

What can people from urban areas learn from Shawnee and other rural places? And perhaps more importantly, how can we come to understand each other? During the Trump era, we are barraged with media ...