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**Walmart’s New Price Trick Should Terrify You Why Surge Pricing Isn’t Innovation. It’s Exploitation. I saw a headline today that didn’t just make me shake my head. It clarified something I’ve felt for a long time. Wal…
Read story →**Choosing Homelessness for a Dog Isn’t Noble. It’s a Warning Sign. I came across a news article the other night that stopped me cold. It was being shared widely on social media as something heartwarming. A sweet story…
Read story →**Where We Still Remember There’s a kind of holiness that doesn’t need stained glass or marble altars. Sometimes it shows up on a hillside, tucked behind a gravel road, where folding chairs circle the ones we’ve loved—a…
Read story →The following submission does not necessarily represent the views of Appalachia Insider as an organization. Chris Woolery is the Energy Projects Coordinator at Mountain Association. Over his career, Chris has helped del…
Read story →**The Lie of Social Security Insolvency: Why They Say It’s Broke—And Why That’s a Choice, Not a Fact They’ve been telling us for years that Social Security is going broke. Not “under strain.” Not “in need of reform.” B…
Read story →**Holding On While Moving Forward** We’ve been through a lot here. More than we probably give ourselves credit for. The coal left. The factories closed. Businesses we’d counted on for generations shut their doors, and …
Read story →Nuclear in the Mountains 2—A Safer Future for Magoffin County I recently posted an OpEd about bringing nuclear energy opportunities to Magoffin County, and I’ve read through all the feedback. I appreciate everyone who t…
Read story →**Violence, Protest, and the Illusion of the In-Between A friend and I were discussing the nature of protest and where the line is drawn between civil disobedience and outright violence. The conversation started with a …
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Read story →Weathering the Storm: Eastern Kentucky’s Strength Amid Disaster The rain started as it always does in the hills—steady, soaking, unremarkable. The kind that settles into the valleys and drips from the porches, the kind …
Read story →The Weight of the Mirror: Why Leaders Fear Admitting Mistakes This all started with a simple thought: why is it so hard for leaders to admit they’ve messed up? The question popped into my head after reflecting on a situ…
Read story →The Debt Lie: Why America Can’t Go Broke (And Why They Keep Telling You It Can) It’s no wonder the average American has no idea how the monetary system works. We’ve been hearing the same story for decades: the U.S. is i…
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