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Greetings, all! 17 theHandpuppet Mar 2014 Nov 2014 9 7061
Charities/Volunteer Organizations serving the Appalachians 10 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Nov 2014 3 48726
Appalachia's Hometown Heroes 7 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Nov 2014 1 20096
Umbrella threads at Appalachia Group 1 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 2 3690
Natalie Tennant for West Virginia, Alison Lundergan Grimes for Kentucky 27 theHandpuppet Jul 2014 Jul 2014 27 5047
What’s the Matter With Eastern Kentucky? 21 theHandpuppet Jun 2014 Jun 2014 14 10294
WV spill updates 20 theHandpuppet Mar 2014 Nov 2014 2 6168
Appalachian Mountain Music & Dance Videos 19 theHandpuppet Mar 2014 Jul 2014 2 5718
Mountaintop Removal 17 theHandpuppet Mar 2014 Oct 2014 5 5633
Okay, I need some feedback from this group regarding an article 16 theHandpuppet May 2014 Jun 2014 3 4858
Are "Hillbilly" & "Redneck" Nation's Last Acceptable Stereotypes? 14 theHandpuppet May 2014 Jun 2014 1 7945
From the bookshelf: Appalachian voices 13 theHandpuppet Mar 2014 Nov 2014 3 3394
Pawpaws not any old fruit, and this isn’t any old festival 12 theHandpuppet Sep 2014 Oct 2014 4 4060
The Liberal Redneck: Progress & How Democrats View Rural America 12 appalachiablue May 2020 May 2020 12 2636
Appalachian fall music festivals 11 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 Oct 2014 2 3626
Need some help checking out this website 11 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 2 3408
Need updated info for these Appalachian Summer Music Festivals 10 theHandpuppet Mar 2014 Jul 2014 0 3071
Articles & News on Appalachian Health 10 theHandpuppet Jul 2014 Nov 2014 1 4789
Need feedback from Appalachian Group 10 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 Oct 2014 3 2271
Hey all 10 Aerows Oct 2014 Nov 2014 0 3280
Coal’s Decline Is Choking Appalachia Towns (xpost from GD) 10 KamaAina Sep 2015 Sep 2015 1 6400
Breaking the Grip of the Fossil Fuel Economy: If It Can Happen in Appalachia, It Can Happen Anywhere 9 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 Aug 2014 2 1860
Labor Day Rememberance: United Mine Workers of America 9 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 Sep 2014 4 3108
The Hillbilly Stereotype: Razing History, Leveling Appalachia 9 theHandpuppet Sep 2014 Sep 2014 8 2404
This message was self-deleted by its author 9 appalachiablue Feb 2015 Apr 2016 2 4162
Appalachian Studies: Web Resources 8 theHandpuppet Mar 2014 Oct 2014 4 2415
The Black Experience in Appalachia: Resources 8 theHandpuppet Sep 2014 Oct 2014 2 3123
It's been a tough night for Dems in Appalachia 8 theHandpuppet Nov 2014 Nov 2014 1 2504
"The Lies We're Told About Appalachia": Stereotypes, The Media, LBJ's War On Poverty 8 appalachiablue Dec 2019 Dec 2019 7 7255
Photos of Appalachia, Photographer Explores Appalachian Folk Tales Through Vividly Poetic Images 8 appalachiablue Jan 2023 Jan 2023 8 2813

Appalachia Continued...

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'King Coal' Documentary Review, Heavy Is The Crown. A View From Appalachia: NYT Critic's Pick 8 appalachiablue Aug 2023 Aug 2023 8 3396
He's Lived 50 Years Off The Grid in Appalachia 🐿 8 appalachiablue Aug 2023 Aug 2023 46 4126
Teachers' salaries must be competitive! 7 theHandpuppet Mar 2014 Mar 2014 1 2199
The Virginia side of the spill-- McAuliffe: Duke expected to pony up for coal ash spill 7 carolinayellowdog Mar 2014 Aug 2014 3 2058
Old-timey foods that I miss 7 theHandpuppet Apr 2014 May 2014 0 2091
Prominent Women in Appalachian History 7 theHandpuppet Jul 2014 Jul 2014 5 3793
Kentucky group to present ideas on improving Appalachia 7 theHandpuppet Sep 2014 Sep 2014 1 2165
Poverty impacts students throughout Athens County, Ohio 7 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 2079
An old Irish dish to Appalachian tastes: Kalecannon with smoked ham 7 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Nov 2014 1 3321
Deadly Black Lung Makes a Comeback Among Coal Miners 7 A Little Weird Nov 2014 Nov 2017 3 7278
11/20/2014 Who's In Charge? An Information Session on the 70,000 Miles of Proposed Pipelines in Ohio 7 greatlaurel Nov 2014 Nov 2014 6 3647
12th Annual Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition 7 theHandpuppet Nov 2014 Nov 2014 4 2201
"What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia," By Elizabeth Catte, Book Review 7 appalachiablue May 2020 Jun 2020 11 6855
A multiethnic, multiracial portrait of Appalachia 6 theHandpuppet Mar 2014 Apr 2014 2 2375
Article in UK newspaper demands a local response ... 6 Fred ONeill Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 2891
The women of Appalachia - fearless and still fighting 6 theHandpuppet Jun 2014 Sep 2014 5 3157
Should the feds bail out coal miners? 6 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 3475
Dammit -- I wish I could celebrate this 6 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 3 2089
Study Shows Direct Connections Between Mountaintop Removal Dust Exposure and Lung Cancer 6 A Little Weird Oct 2014 Oct 2014 3 1832
On The Trail To Preserve Appalachia's Bounty Of Heirloom Crops 6 theHandpuppet Nov 2014 Nov 2014 5 2004
future of the Appalachia group 6 A Little Weird Jun 2016 Jul 2016 1 5260
Trump Wants To Weaken *Coal Miner Protections As Black Lung* Makes A Comeback 6 appalachiablue Jul 2018 Jul 2018 4 6053
Appalachian Hospital In Kentucky Vaccinates Workers 6 appalachiablue Dec 2020 Dec 2020 4 2474
Read Your Way Through Appalachia, Barbara Kingsolver: NYT 6 appalachiablue Aug 2023 Aug 2023 7 1859
My home in Appalachia 5 William769 Mar 2014 Mar 2014 4 5475
Nurse practitioners in Appalachia segment.. 5 Purrfessor Apr 2014 Apr 2014 1 2192
Environmental tragedy as high levels of zinc flow into Appalachia’s historic New River 5 theHandpuppet Apr 2014 Apr 2014 1 2451
Scholar House of Central Appalachia opens in Pikeville 5 theHandpuppet May 2014 May 2014 10 1705
Why Stopping Corporate Personhood in Appalachia is not the way to go: 5 truedelphi Jul 2014 Jul 2014 2 1953
Two E. Tennessee ex-mining towns try to change their fortunes 5 theHandpuppet Sep 2014 Sep 2014 2 1855

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Land Trust celebrates acquisition of Gauley River tract 5 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 1529
Native Americans of the Appalachians -- Resources 5 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 9147
Matewan Massacre: Landmark Struggle For Miner & Worker Rights 101 Years Ago, May 19, 1920 5 appalachiablue May 2021 May 2021 2 6794
Appalachian states face billions in mining cleanup 5 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 3 2610
The Appalachian Diaspora, How It Can Help Reinvigorate the Region: Expatalachians 5 appalachiablue Apr 2022 Apr 2022 3 2762
This was my favorite cake growing up in Appalachia 5 William769 Nov 2022 Nov 2022 16 4192
The truth about Friends of Coal 4 Petrushka Apr 2014 Apr 2014 7 2153
If you have access to online newspapers from Appalachia... 4 theHandpuppet May 2014 May 2014 0 1373
The Jewish Experience in Appalachia: Resources 4 theHandpuppet May 2014 Oct 2014 2 2253
Feeding Appalachia's hungry children through the summer 4 theHandpuppet Jul 2014 Jul 2014 4 3495
Looking at Appalachia -- William Gedney -- Part 1 4 Petrushka Jul 2014 Jul 2014 2 1531
Obama pulls the plug on mountaintop removal study 4 theHandpuppet Jul 2014 Aug 2014 3 1709
Maps of Appalachia -- poverty rates, life expectancy, etc. & mountaintop removal mining 4 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 Aug 2014 3 2351
Worst form of black lung is roaring back 4 theHandpuppet Sep 2014 Sep 2014 3 1671
Grow Appalachia: Bringing gardens and fresh food to Appalachian families 4 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 1783
Employees of DEP-certified lab conspired to violate Clean Water Act 4 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 Oct 2014 8 2150
Appalachia gathers dissent to gas pipeline bound for eastern N.C. 4 theHandpuppet Nov 2014 Nov 2014 3 2175
Now, PBS 'The Mine Wars' American Experience, Mother Jones, Union Struggles New 2016 WETA 4 appalachiablue Jan 2016 Jan 2016 4 5055
Appalachia 4 KamaAina May 2016 Jul 2016 0 3553
COVID in Appalachia: Misinformation is killing people 4 TexasTowelie Nov 2020 Nov 2020 16 6370
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