A coal mine was the first to wreck the land. Now activists want to keep another extractive industry from taking root there: ...

Fewer people than before are being diagnosed with and dying from cancer in Appalachia, but cancer incidence and death rates ...

A coal mine was the first to wreck the land. Now activists want to keep another extractive industry from taking root there: prisons.

A former Atlantic Coast Line EMD SW9 has been badly damaged in a light-engine derailment on Kentucky and Tennessee’s Big ...

The prison has been controversial, with some supporting the prospect for jobs but others raising concerns including mass ...

Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. On a freezing cold Wednesday afternoon in eastern Kentucky, Taysha DeVaughan ...

Calipari's tenure at Kentucky ended with too many losses in March, but there's no denying he breathed instant life into a ...

There are important distinctions in cancer diagnoses and deaths among different regions of Appalachia, with certain areas ...

Investor interest in cryptocurrencies -- especially Bitcoin -- has grown over time. More publicly traded companies than ever ...

I fully agree with Dr. King’s quote suggesting that we judge people by the content of their character, and not just the color ...

As a child, Carter G. Woodson, the son of formerly enslaved and illiterate parents, endured the backbreaking labor of a ...