One in eight children in the U.S. reportedly live in homes where one parent has a substance abuse problem. 'Inheritance' documentary explores generations of poverty, trauma and addiction A new ...

Diane Sawyer felt a personal connection in reporting her latest documentary on American children living in poverty. Born in southern Kentucky, raised in Louisville, Sawyer is certain her ancestors ...

For almost 25 years, St. Ambrose University theology professor the Rev. Edmond Dunn and campus staffers have exposed students to a different world at an alternative school in David, Ky.. During spring ...

For 37 years, the Appalachian Media Institute (AMI) has provided a creative outlet for young people to use media to analyze critical issues. Now, a Morehead State alum is helping to tell AMI's story ...

More than a decade ago, the Emmy-nominated documentary Poor Kids portrayed poverty in America as it’s rarely seen: through the eyes of children. Now, those kids — Brittany, Johnny and Kaylie — are all ...

Novelist Barbara Kingsolver loves living in the Appalachian hills of southwestern Virginia. But she says she feels that the region is often misconstrued by mainstream media. Her new book, Demon ...

"Invisible America" is a poignant film that delves into the harsh realities of poverty in the United States. Through compelling visual storytelling without narration, it exposes the hopelessness and ...

"The movement (to create the Black Appalachian Commission) began in April 1969, when two black students who were attending the Council of the Southern Mountains Annual Conference at Fontana Village, ...

People pick up food from the Sugartree Ministry food bank. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) Ohio’s poverty rate was 8.7% in 2021, according to a recent study by Columbus-based firm Scioto Analysis.