Issue 6: December 2012/January 2013

What Appalachia’s global ties could tell us about the life, history and struggles that take place within these mountains.

Goods we take for granted today, such as spices, sugar, silk and coffee, were once signs of…

By Matt Grimley Lucy Hoffman hears her cell phone buzzing at all hours. At Avery Amigos, a…

By Molly Moore No country is an energy island. In the face of a European Union sanction…

By Paige Campbell Half a million people live on the hundreds of specks in the wide-open Pacific…

By Brian Sewell “Greetings from North Carolina.” Doc Watson’s rich, syrupy baritone voice is instantly recognizable in…

By Jesse Wood The expansion of global markets and its effect on Appalachia has been a lopsided,…

By Molly Moore Appalachian farms are many things: bucolic, rugged, diverse and productive. But rarely does the…

Issue 6: December 2012/January 2013 - Columns

By Molly Moore Pinnacle Park lies less than…

By Matt Grimley Anything that costs $120 billion…