Appalachia - Think

What Is Appalachia Without Coal Mining?

February 11, 2021 Culture, Current Events, Environment, Health, Race/Identity

Jeff Young is managing editor of Ohio Valley ReSource, a regional journalism collaborative reporting on economic and social change in Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia. He joins us to discuss his investigations into the struggles of the people and businesses there, and why they don’t bode well for the future of the nation.

Appalachia’s Silent Killer

January 22, 2019 Economics, Environment, Health

Howard Berkes contributed to a joint Frontline-NPR investigation about how government regulators responded to toxic mine dust and joins us to share stories about miners dying from dirty lungs.