Tennesseans have long bridled at our stereotypical image - hillbillies. But we know there are many things in the traits of Appalachian and Volunteer State people to be proud of, to cherish, to pass on ...

Riley Crabtree is a Columbus Dispatch opinion writer. The first-generation college student was raised near Jackson, Ohio and attends Miami University. Like JD Vance, I am from the great state of Ohio.

The New York Times once more reports about goings-on in our fair state. Last week it was goats for hire in Chattanooga; this week it's the dust up in Murfreesboro over the possible construction of ...

Readers are still taking the NCAA to task. They're also still singing the praises of Tennessee chancellor Donde Powman. But in a new twist, our Hillbilly culture took a hit from one of my newer ...

I do hope that flea bag’s for sale. How much is that houn’ dawg in the winder? The one with the long mangy tail . . . Henry Doyle Haynes and Kenneth Charles Burns, both 33, are singing Tennessee ...

About US is an initiative by The Washington Post to explore issues of identity in the United States. Sign up for the newsletter. The film adaptation of “Hillbilly Elegy,” J.D. Vance’s best-selling ...