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 MoreCassie Chambers Armstrong's story is indeed a remarkable one; but her decision after graduation from Harvard makes her story a unique one. She chose to come back to Kentucky.
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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