A Model For Worker Training
Brandon Dennison, CEO of the Coalfield Development Corporation in southern West Virginia, contributed his organization’s successful model of a wholistic worker training program to...
Prevent Diabetes EKY
One in seven Kentuckians have been diagnosed with diabetes, and it is estimated that 1 in 3 have elevated blood sugar levels that could...
Black Lives Matter In Appalachia
The population of Appalachia, like most of rural America, is more diverse than many people realize. And the recent support for racial justice has...
Preventing Diabetes During COVID
With COVID-19 spreading into our communities it is more important than ever to take steps to prevent diabetes. Health care providers have found that...
The NET Plan For Coal Communities
Over 80 local, regional and national leaders worked together for several years to develop the National Economic Transition, or NET, platform which was released...
We Can ReImagine Appalachia
Members of ReImagine Appalachia, a coalition of policy organizations, grassroots groups, individuals and activists from West Virginia, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and Ohio, offer ideas at...
KY Workers Demand Federal Aid
The Kentucky Labor Day Town Hall was held virtually on September 7 because of COVID 19, the virus that has now infected 58,000 Kentuckians...
Taylor Pratt: Youth Can Change
Younger people sometimes believe that prediabetes and type 2 diabetes are health conditions they don’t really need to worry about. But Taylor Pratt found...