100 Days in Appalachia12d
Tyler Childers’ Appalachia: How the Country Singer Challenges our Relationships with Addiction and Religion
Not only has Childers reformed how Appalachians think about addiction and religion, but he's re-cast the way the rest of the ...
100 Days in Appalachia16d
Appalachian Tennessee Abortion Providers Are Still Fighting to Provide Care
When Jules Edwards was a teenager, they say being able to access an abortion was life-saving health care. “I was somebody who had an abortion as a teenager and didn’t tell my family and got support ...
100 Days in Appalachia16d
Author: Kacie Faith Kress
Amid abortion bans across Southern Appalachia, it’s harder than ever for abortion providers in Tennessee to offer services.
100 Days in Appalachia24d
For These Drag Queens, Their Queerness and Appalachian Identity Go Hand-in-Hand
Under fluorescent stage lights at a bar outside of Louisville, Baby St. Jane strips off her burgundy gown to reveal a black lingerie bodice. The room shakes with hoots and hollers from the audience as ...
100 Days in Appalachia26d
Religion and Politics
Many find healing from trauma in religion. But that trauma can also be used by religious leaders to activate political action.
100 Days in Appalachia27d
‘A Crisis of Truth:’ Trauma, Disinformation and the New Apostolic Reformation’s Effect on Our Politics
On a sunny October Saturday three weeks before the election, about 100,000 Christians gathered on the National Mall in Washington D.C. to fast, pray, and atone for sin. Although the event, dubbed “A ...