Cassie Chambers Armstrong’s Hill Women reads as a faux-response to Vance’s polemic against the region: coming from Berea and growing up in Owsley County, she understands that poverty has largely been a policy problem, and that the people struggling in this region deserve community-level support rather than nationwide castigation.
Read MoreIn light of the nationwide demonstrations protesting police violence that led to the murders of George Floyd and Louisville’s own Breonna Taylor, Kentuckians of all backgrounds are finding new ways to elevate their communities.
Read MoreFrom reviving classic outlaw music to feature length anime films, two Kentucky musicians are harnessing their talents to take a wrecking ball to the prevailing narrative about their homeland.
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