Barbara Kingsolver wrote a bestseller on opioids in Appalachia. Now she helps women fight addiction.

[ad_1] Pennington Gap, Va. — On a Saturday evening in June, people of this rural region gathered at the historic Lee Theatre to celebrate the founding of Higher Ground Women’s Recovery Residence. Author Barbara Kingsolver opened the facility in January with royalties from her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, “Demon Copperhead,” whose plot revolves around Appalachia’s opioid…

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Americans detained during immigration enforcement speak out about treatment by federal agents

[ad_1] Days after federal immigration agents detained Cary Lopez Alvarado, a 23-year-old Los Angeles native and U.S. citizen, she gave birth to a baby girl.  Lopez Alvarado and her now 3-month-old child are among some Americans who have been caught in the middle of the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement and forced to prove their citizenship…

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