a portion of appalachia do we know of? west virginia, west virginia, southern west virginia, eastern. and some of these counties in south west virginia as well that is what we call appalachia, coal. right. so exactly. persistent poverty is heavily centered in those areas in within appalachia. what else do we notice? there's some other things that this map tells us as well that we can just touch on. yes, right here, a big proportion along mississippi river, big portion along the mississippi river, right. certainly, this is something that we've talked about when we the antebellum south. right. the black belt that you can see here, also the mississippi river valley. so this map is also demonstrating structural inequalities or structural poverty in areas historically align with plantation agriculture and the and the slave system in the united states. another map that i know shown you before, this is a map of excess mortality rates in really what we see is. you can kind of lay this map directly over the one that we were just lo

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as part of the general assembly's historic investment in appalachia, we've enabled local communitiesrmine their revitalization priorities. we recently announced the new appalachia insurance health initiative which will be helping 20 ohio counties to create or expand community and school-based health clinics to serve at least 61,000 students and 375,000 residents in appalachia. i think it is important to note that these communities decided this was their top priority. today, i am asking every school in ohio to look at the hool-based model. it works. take a look at it. talk to your communities about partnering with your local hospital or primary care clinics, community health centers, or children's hospitals. we want to help you get the technical expertise you need to build your own school-based health center, like how u use our student wellness and success funds to build a clinic. that money that you have provided over the years can be used for a clinic, it can be used tprovide that kind of care. so today, i am asking several of our state agencies to work together with school district

kentucky devastated an important cultural hub for the region that is home to big large section of appalachia'sulture and history. >> not like what i remember. >> a lot different. >> it is a center for cultural preservation not struggling to preserve itself. apple shop in whitesburg, kentucky. the operations director recalls the mess of water and mud he found when he first entered after the floods. critics -- >> it was hard to reconcile what i was seeing with what i was supposed to be seeing. >> most of its 55-year history is building sites and sounds of the history of appalachia, first in film, extending to radio theater, a music station and music classes. all while building a one-of-a-kind archive that documented everything from music to mining. the central idea -- to allow the people of the region to tell their own stories, the good as well as the hardships. >> i did not know you could do journalism in your own community. i did not know you could tell a story in your small town. >> johnson runs the huge media program, the same program that first brought her in the door. >> when we were flood

whether it is appalachia where i met women in west virginia who have to sell tacos on tuesdays so theyeastern kentucky where i met black and white coal miners who watch the minds be taken over by multinational companies that moved to the union rights out of it, or whether it is in the delta, it is everywhe. there is not a county in this country now where a person making $7.25 -- that is with the minimum wage. the federal minimum wage of $7.25, it has been like that for 14 years, jon, it has not been reached for my 14 years. >> jon: when they try to raise it in 2015, the fight is, everywhere you go, a huge fight to raise it to $15, it's going to kill other jobs. >> which is a lie. three nobel pete economists said it would not kill jobs, it will put more money in the economy and it would actually expand drops. here's the thing, we had 15 proposed in 2020. eight democrats and all republicans stood against 55 million people -- 52 million people who make less than a living wage, $50 an hour. here's the thing. in '63, the march on washington called for raising the minimum wage to $2 which in

also, eli ruben noted that we've seen production come back in the marcella shale region, parts of appalachiaause we are coming off this unique period where demand was really weak. some of the production was sidelined. that'sonline. if we have record temps throughout the summer, no longer an easy fix, could it be supported? record inventory levels, five-year high. moving over to oil, that is higher today on a little bit more optimistic demand projections. i did want to note we saw over the weekend some attacks on vessels in the red sea. that still does impact oil prices. you see there, so far this year, flows through the -- sorry, i should say flows around the cape of good hope have risen about 50% for oil and oil products compared to last year to avoid the region. >> i'm glad to hear it is going to be 97 instead of 98. >> you know what? it makes a difference. you probably don't notice but the utilities notice. >> i bet. >>> let's get to see ma for our update. >> elon musk is fighting to reclaim his pay package after shareholders voted to reaffirm it. in a letter to the delaware judge in char

appalshop's fifty five year history, this building teemed with the vibrant sights, sounds, and stories of appalachiaking -- expanding to the renowned roadside theater, a radio station, and music classes all while building an ever-growing, one-of-a-kind archive that documented everything from music to mining. the central idea, and without the people of this region to tell their own stories, the good as well as the hardships. >> i didn't know that you could do journalism in your own community. i didn't know you could tell a story in your small town. correspondent: willa johnson runs the youth media program at appalshop - the same program that first brought her in the door as a 21 year-old aspiring filmmaker. >> when we were flooded, it took out the bridge to our our community. and so we didn't have cell phone, we didn't have internet, we didn't have water. we didn't have a way out. i just kept thinking, man, i hope they realize why i'm not at work. i didn't even know appalshop was underwater. seeing it underwater was like seeing such a pivotal place, like a home place being lost. correspondent: one a

it's about the stories of pot from appalachia and folks from the east kentucky that cannot be denied or dismiss. >> yeah, that often don't get told. that's fascinating what you're saying there again, the book is called white poverty. how exposing myths about race and class can reconstruct american democracy. reverend dr. william barber. thank you very much for joining us thank you and thank you for watching news night. laura coates live starts right now tonight a. >> new batch of secretly reported audio supreme court justice samuel alito, the activists behind the reporting's will share it with us in just minutes from now, plus, hunter biden convicted the new reporting about the reaction from inside the trump campaign and say it ain't. so why joey chest that's reign as one of the top dogs at coney island is coming to an end. good evening anja lithosphere now i'll go good evening. >> i'

that racism is in their dna, that every white person has privilege, even if they were born or in appalachia, and that parents never finished a second grade and they're living some hollow out in on the mountainside. but because of that white skin are told that they have privilege above someone that may be a racial and ethnic minority from affluent family dei that elevates person sins because of that group identities and with affirmative action and our civil rights laws, the focus was on the equal opportunity but equity of the is not the same as equal opportunity as it is being practiced. it strives for equal outcomes and in the process it has lowered academic for kids in k-through-12 as well as on college and university campuses. and so we had a point now where we're told that institutions must be diverse, equal, equitable and inclusive, and they must attuned to people's innermost. i mean, just take this just look around at all the people here. do you really that any institution be attuned to everyone's innermost? it doesn't make any sense? no, it they can't be. and what is happening is that

of the areas where we have low migrant populations, certain black neighborhoods and places like appalachiawill find none migrants doing the jobs that migrants do in high migration areas, so it is not true americans do not do certain jobs. i was the only one who kept to the five minutes. [laughter] bari: he is so prepared, it is breaking my heart. sohrab: we all benefit as consumers, it is good for us as consumers. so if lowering the prices of goods and services by lowering wages including through labor arbitrage is such a great idea, why not help all americans just constantly lower their wages, not just the ones of migrant labor. why not legalize child labor? it would definitely lower consumer prices. they say we all benefit as consumers. no, that is a statistical trick. some americans make gains, but they treated as gains while all americans. if you hire a serf, how do i as a consumer benefit from that? you are the one to cut your house cleaned at a discount because of a vulnerable migrant, so why don't we generalize the harms to workers, and that is the noncollege majority most at risk b

my district is in the heart of appalachia in southeastern kentucky. i have witness of the distress caused by the downturn of the coal mining industry. i have seen firsthand the great things that can happen when we empower small and rural communities through job creation and economic opportunity. the economic development administration and its assistance programs encourage innovation by providing competitive incentives for job creation in struggling communities. this year's budget also proposes newer programs such as the auto program and regional technology and innovation hub program. both programs aim to create sustainable innovations to train the next generation workforce. it is no secret the american economy was and continues to be built on ingenuity, taking smart and calculated risks. the federal government, and particularly the department of commerce, should not stand in the way of hard-working americans. i look forward to hearing about how this year's budget request prioritizes american innovation and competitiveness. so let me know recognize the