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America Faces an Unprecedented Dental Health Crisis

Mary Otto / Independent Media Institute Jun 11, 2019 According to federal estimates, 49 million are living in areas with limited access to oral care. Appalachia's Lee County is one of them. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

The Raging Crisis Hitting Trump’s Base the Hardest

Raj Menon / TomDispatch Feb 3, 2019 The real national emergency in America has nothing to do with building a wall. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

5 Dead After Tornado, Flooding From Central U.S. Storms

JOHN RABY / The Associated Press Feb 25, 2018 A system stretching from Texas to the Canadian Maritime Provinces prompted several emergency declarations even before the dangerous storms arrived. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

How an Uneven Economic Recovery Drove Many Americans to Believe Donald Trump Could Save This Country

Staff / Truthdig Jul 20, 2016 In some downtrodden American towns, the question about whether or not to vote for the Republican nominee has more to do with a "desperate survival bid" than with his racist promises. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

In Appalachia, the Coal Industry Is in Collapse, but the Mountains Aren’t Coming Back

By Laura Gottesdiener, TomDispatch Aug 26, 2015 Though the coal-mining industry in West Virginia is experiencing an unprecedented collapse that threatens to dethrone King Coal once and for all, 14-year-old Ryan Hensley and all the other children growing up in the shadow of these “blank spaces” will never see the decapitated peaks return to thickly forested mountaintops. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

A Week in the ‘Real America’

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Oct 22, 2008 What struck me during my week in Appalachian Ohio was how different this was from the America of the McCain-Palin campaign, a divided place where the Republicans pit one part of the country against another with vicious robocalls at the dinner hour. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )