As a tenth generation Appalachian, Ivy Brashear sees J.D. Vance’s 2016 memoir “Hillbilly Elegy” as a “really one-sided and simple view of the region.” In an effort to help broaden people ...

And yes, while the Appalachian Mountains range from Newfoundland, Canada, to central Alabama, I'm talking about the five states that mostly encompass Appalachian culture—Virginia, West Virginia ...

"Hillbilly Elegy" thrust JD Vance into the spotlight, but was criticized by some Appalachian authors.

I started reading JD Vance's 2016 memoir "Hillbilly Elegy" on election day, 2020. I didn’t plan it this way. I’d been asked to review the film and I felt that I should read the book beforehand ...

Neema Avashia’s Indian American family was among the minority in West Virginia, a place she describes as having demographics that put you in two camps: white or not white. Though she said some people ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. I read “Hillbilly Elegy” by author, Ohio senator and now Donald Trump’s ...

Avashia responded with her own memoir, “Another Appalachia,” about growing up Indian-American and queer in a West Virginia chemical plant community.

Newly minted vice presidential nominee JD Vance built his Wednesday night speech to the Republican National Convention around his own Appalachian roots, but it wasn’t the first time he had ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Newly minted vice presidential nominee JD Vance built his Wednesday night speech to the Republican National Convention around his own Appalachian roots, but it wasn’t… ...