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East Liverpool and the Unforgiving Economy of Rural Appalachia 2 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 2 1327
Just a couple of suggestions on how to raise the visibility of our group 2 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 2 1419
Fresh From Appalachia: Chinese Medicinal Herbs 2 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 3 1615
Dammit -- I wish I could celebrate this 6 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 3 2082
Elections matter: The problem with political reporting, campaign consultants and the coal industry 1 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 1240
Appalachia on Film: Resources 0 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 2 1230
REMOTE AREA MEDICAL: Stop the suffering in Appalachia 1 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 6 1817
Museum of the Cherokee Indian receives North Carolina Arts Council Grant 1 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 4 1285
Archaeologists Uncover Paleoindian Habitation in Upland Area of Tennessee 3 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 3 1568
Native Americans of the Appalachians -- Resources 5 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 9136
Study Shows Direct Connections Between Mountaintop Removal Dust Exposure and Lung Cancer 6 A Little Weird Oct 2014 Oct 2014 3 1825
Coal Miners Fired in Appalachia Getting Hired in Wyoming 1 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 2 1233
Poor teeth (from Good Reads) 1 A Little Weird Oct 2014 Oct 2014 2 1368
Need some help checking out this website 11 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 2 3404
North Carolinians speak out against fracking: Are elected officials listening? 2 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 1337
Growing up gay in Appalachia 2 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 2362
Poverty impacts students throughout Athens County, Ohio 7 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 2076
Should the feds bail out coal miners? 6 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 3461
Democrats, like mining, may never fully recover in Appalachia 0 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 0 1270
Helping People in “Coal Country” as the Nation Divests from Carbon 1 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 2 2724
Appalachian transition: Why coalfield residents need to help themselves diversify their economy 0 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 2 1179
Marshall University's family medicine students stay in Appalachia 0 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 1120
The Appalachian Community Fund 0 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 0 1274
How the War on Poverty became the War on the Poor: Central Appalachia as a case example 0 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 2 1822
"African-Americans in Western North Carolina" conference set for Oct 23-24 1 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 3420
Losing the War on Coal: One Virginia town's painful decline 0 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 0 1208
Appalachian Studies: Web Resources 8 theHandpuppet Mar 2014 Oct 2014 4 2404
ARC's "Investing in Appalachia's Youth Conference" 0 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 0 1347
Complex Market Forces Are Challenging Appalachian Coal Mining 2 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 2 1380
Federal Court Backs EPA’s Veto Of One Of The Largest Surface Mines Ever Proposed In Appalachia 0 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 2 1320

Appalachia Continued...

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An Appalachian love affair: Dabney chronicals moonshiners 0 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 1188
Don't Let Big Coal Destroy America's History 2 jen63 Oct 2014 Oct 2014 2 2085
Evidence the Irish found West Virginia before Columbus found America 2 Petrushka Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 1746
Grow Appalachia: Bringing gardens and fresh food to Appalachian families 4 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 1772
Land Trust celebrates acquisition of Gauley River tract 5 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 1521
Appalachian fall music festivals 11 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 Oct 2014 2 3613
Food Insecurity In Rural Appalachia: Gender-Based Violence of Women Affected by Incarceration 0 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 1245
The 4th Annual Boone Heritage Festival Held Sun, Oct. 12 Celebrating Southern Appalachian Heritage 0 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 3 1170
Mountaintop Removal 17 theHandpuppet Mar 2014 Oct 2014 5 5605
Tom Eblen: Forums look at what Kentucky can learn from former Welsh coalfields 1 theHandpuppet Sep 2014 Sep 2014 3 1491
Congressional Budget Office: GOP coal bill would cost $97M 0 theHandpuppet Sep 2014 Sep 2014 0 1090
The Giants of Appalachia 0 Petrushka Sep 2014 Sep 2014 4 1637
The women of Appalachia - fearless and still fighting 6 theHandpuppet Jun 2014 Sep 2014 5 3146
Kentucky group to present ideas on improving Appalachia 7 theHandpuppet Sep 2014 Sep 2014 1 2153
College scholarships for Appalachian students 2 theHandpuppet May 2014 Sep 2014 2 13528
The Hillbilly Stereotype: Razing History, Leveling Appalachia 9 theHandpuppet Sep 2014 Sep 2014 8 2398
Ceremony to recognize coal miners of segregation 0 theHandpuppet Sep 2014 Sep 2014 1 1261
David Holt: Crossing the musical bridge of Appalachia 0 theHandpuppet Sep 2014 Sep 2014 1 1293
Worst form of black lung is roaring back 4 theHandpuppet Sep 2014 Sep 2014 3 1665
Census report: 1 in 4 W.Va. kids lives in poverty 0 theHandpuppet Sep 2014 Sep 2014 2 1205
Legislative leaders say coal rhetoric not helping 3 theHandpuppet Sep 2014 Sep 2014 1 1445
Mountain top removal mining 2 jen63 Sep 2014 Sep 2014 3 2435
Locals named ‘Kentucky Appalachian Heroes’ 2 theHandpuppet Sep 2014 Sep 2014 4 1385
Notice to those in the Marysville, Tennessee area 0 theHandpuppet Sep 2014 Sep 2014 0 1261
Appalachian groups, citizens head to Washington to advocate for protection from mountaintop removal 3 theHandpuppet Sep 2014 Sep 2014 3 1382
Review - Musical journey from Scotland, Ireland to Appalachia explored 2 theHandpuppet Sep 2014 Sep 2014 2 1512
Universities get $5 million grant aimed at improving worker safety in Kentucky 1 A Little Weird Sep 2014 Sep 2014 1 1248
Introducing RAMP: Rockin' Appalachian Mom Project 1 theHandpuppet Sep 2014 Sep 2014 1 1193
Two E. Tennessee ex-mining towns try to change their fortunes 5 theHandpuppet Sep 2014 Sep 2014 2 1850
Stones and bones: Volunteers help resurrect local African-American history (NC) 1 theHandpuppet Sep 2014 Sep 2014 4 1243

Appalachia Continued...

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Labor Day Rememberance: United Mine Workers of America 9 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 Sep 2014 4 3098
Remembering James Weekley, mountaintop removal activist 2 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 Sep 2014 3 1458
Why abundant coal may have ‘cursed’ the Appalachian economy 2 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 Sep 2014 1 1537
Women of Appalachia: Annual event seeking art, stories from local women 3 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 Sep 2014 2 1884
Interview With Wired Appalachian Advocate, Dana Kuhnline 0 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 1046
Western NC Fracktivism events: 2 gklagan Aug 2014 Aug 2014 0 1706
Artificial heart pioneer Dr. John C. Norman Jr. dead at 84 1 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 Aug 2014 0 7479
Alert! Federal appeals court says groups can sue over Blair Mountain 0 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 Aug 2014 3 1204
Appalachia’s Environmental Votetracker 0 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 1169
Maps of Appalachia -- poverty rates, life expectancy, etc. & mountaintop removal mining 4 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 Aug 2014 3 2344
The Virginia side of the spill-- McAuliffe: Duke expected to pony up for coal ash spill 7 carolinayellowdog Mar 2014 Aug 2014 3 2045
Museum of Appalachia announces line-up for 35th Tennessee Fall Homecoming 0 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 Aug 2014 0 1186
Students learn to keep Appalachian music alive 1 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 Aug 2014 0 1151
LTTE: Services too far for rural poor in Appalachia 0 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 Aug 2014 0 1066
HandMade in America: Appalachian Women Entrepeneurs 1 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 1462
Obama pulls the plug on mountaintop removal study 4 theHandpuppet Jul 2014 Aug 2014 3 1704
Is Mitch McConnell's wife involved with anti-coal group? 1 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 Aug 2014 0 1429
Reviving folk agriculture in the modern food economy 0 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 Aug 2014 5 1135
Report: Children in Appalachia worse off 0 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 Aug 2014 0 1157
Heads up! Rutherford County, NC food pantry needs our help 0 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 1318
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