By Dr. Bill Kovarik Abraham Lincoln used to tell a story during the darkest days of the Civil War. Although the story was omitted from a recent movie about Lincoln, it is still worth recalling. It goes like this: When…
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Appalachian Elegy by bell hooks: “an avalanche of splendor”
By Matt Grimley bell hooks doesn’t claim to be an Appalachian. But through her latest collection of poems, Appalachian Elegy, (University Press of Kentucky, 2012) we get the bigger message: that doesn’t matter. bell hooks was born in Hopkinsville, Ky.,…
Membership Spotlight: Silas House
TAGS: Appalachian Culture Appalachian Identity Appalachian Voices Appalachian Voices board of directors member spotlight Silas House
Seeing is Believing
The coal industry is fond of saying that there is no mountaintop removal taking place in Tennessee, so we wanted to see for ourselves. Appalachian Voices recently teamed up with the filming crew from “Coal Country” and SouthWings’ award winning…
TAGS: Coal Country Cumberland Plateau end mountaintop removal Mountaintop Removal Scenic Vistas Protection Act SouthWings stop mountaintop removal Tennessee
AV and iLoveMountains Launch No More Excuses Campaign
Appalachian Voices, in conjunction with iLoveMountains.org, recently launched a two-pronged campaign to solicit reelected President Obama to end the devastating practice of mountaintop removal coal mining. With our new report summarizing the human cost of mountaintop removal coal mining and…
TAGS: end mountaintop removal Mapping the Human Cost of Mountaintop Removal Mountaintop Removal Mountaintop removal health impacts No More Excuses President Obama stop mountaintop removal
Organizational Roundup
Fighting Tennessee Valley Assumptions Appalachian Voices recently joined forces with the Sierra Club and Tennessee Clean Water Network to call on the Tennessee Valley Authority to not overhaul its aging Gallatin Fossil Plant without fully considering cleaner and cheaper options.…
