She chairs the editorial board for The Rural Educator ... According to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, West Virginia now ranks 51st, behind all 50 states and the District for Columbia ...

Out-of-state coal companies own millions of acres in West Virginia ... Rural America In These Times and In These Times intern. You can follow her on Twitter @laurenkgurley. Treated Like Meat ...

In order to advance economic security for women and families in West Virginia, policymakers should prioritize policies that ensure economic equality and health care access for all. A mother spends ...

But, like many residents of rural McDowell County, West Virginia, his house has no number, and his street has no name. The postman doesn’t deliver there. When I recently set out to see how long ...

Many of the dynamics today in West Virginia would be familiar in old industrial towns in the Northeast, or in rural communities across the Midwest. The population is declining as young residents ...