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J.D. Vance’s book, Hillbilly Elegy, defines a certain segment of the rural / Appalachian cultural group through the lens of his own family history and his own right-wing views of it. When he applies these views to the culture as a whole, our mainstream...
by Walk In the Woods
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on Sat Mar 02, 2024 at 06:00 AM PST
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West Virginia Democratic Executive Committee Passes 21st Century Economic Bill of Rights Resolution October 4, 2023 West Virginia Democratic Executive Committee Passes 21st Century Economic Bill of Rights Resolution For Immediate Release October 3,...
by TroyNMiller
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on Wed Oct 04, 2023 at 11:38 AM PDT
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Hello, lovers of these mountains and surrounding areas as well as anyone who has an interest in the environment and environmental justice. Some of you may be well aware of the efforts of the group Appalachian Voices on behalf of the people, wildlife...
by tenacious12
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on Sun Jan 22, 2023 at 09:17 AM PST
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Originally published: blueridgebreakdown.substack.com/... On September 13, 2022, the Republican-dominated West Virginia legislature passed a strict abortion law with few medical exceptions – the bill is heading to Gov. Jim Justice’s desk where it is...
by TroyNMiller
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on Wed Sep 14, 2022 at 01:34 PM PDT
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Thanks to Chrislove and Mrcynical, who introduced me to Celebrating Appalachia’s YouTube channel. There are some wild things — chocolate gravy? who knew? — but it was a cheap sauce if you didn��
by Youffraita
205 comments
on Fri Aug 19, 2022 at 07:30 AM PDT
with 34 Recommends
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LGBTQ Literature is a � Readers and Book Lovers � series dedicated to discussing literature that has made an impact on the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people. From ...
by Chrislove
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on Sun May 29, 2022 at 04:30 PM PDT
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Crystal Good is an activist who tells the stories of the Black Appalachians she grew up with. In addition to her work as an author, Ted-X speaker, published poet, and member of the Affrilachian Poets group, in the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Good...
by Rebekah Sager
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on Tue May 10, 2022 at 07:18 AM PDT
with 94 Recommends
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I know that MAGAts blame Blacks and women and immigrants and signtists and elitist Librul Soshulists for the loss of coal jobs, and drug deaths, and everything else wrong in WV, but what about the ...
by Mokurai
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on Mon Feb 21, 2022 at 04:00 AM PST
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"No, no. There's 52 senators who don't agree, okay, and there's two that want to work something out if possible in a most rational reasonable way." Joe Manchin fessing up that he and Sinema are Republicans to CNN reporter. Manchin Cheerfully Gives...
by Pakalolo
23 comments
on Tue Oct 19, 2021 at 04:36 AM PDT
with 73 Recommends
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Watching the ivermectin craze has been like opening a random page in a Choose Your Own Adventure book, reading with interest an apparent abortive ending and then trying to trace Memento-style the path backwards to the origin of the present disaster....
by novapsyche
55 comments
on Wed Sep 01, 2021 at 06:30 AM PDT
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Morning Open Thread is a daily, � copyrighted � post, from a host of editors and guest writers. We support our community, invite and share ideas, and encourage thoughtful, respectful dialogue in ...
by Otteray Scribe
207 comments
on Wed Aug 25, 2021 at 03:30 AM PDT
with 35 Recommends
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Dear Citizens and Elected Officials: In the fall of 2015, when John Delaney was my Congressman in Maryland’s terribly gerrymandered 6th Congressional District, he gamely travelled to the far Western reaches of this improbable district, near the West...
by billofrights
33 comments
on Fri Aug 20, 2021 at 08:19 AM PDT
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For�four years, American coal miners were Trump's most beloved workers. And he was going to reverse the seemingly inexorable trend away from coal as an energy source. He didn’t. His empty�rhetoric ...
by TheCriticalMind
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on Wed Apr 21, 2021 at 06:51 AM PDT
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Although the crop of indie-rock Appalachiana is as rife with charlatans as any clique, Palace frontman Will Oldham is, more or less, the real thing. With his roots firmly planted in the bluegrass ...
by Al Dorado
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on Thu Apr 08, 2021 at 08:55 PM PDT
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You have got to check this out: It’s the worst that it’s been since the last time it happened, it’s happening again right in front of our eyes. There’s updated footage, wild speculation, tall tales and hearsay and absolute lies being passed off...
by Runyonr
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on Fri Sep 18, 2020 at 07:53 AM PDT
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<big>▓ Environmental Racism 💚 </big>■ Diary List ■ Members ■ Profile/mission statement: Group founded Pakalolo dedicated to exposing disproportionate ecological and climate impacts that people of color, the powerless, the...
by mettle fatigue
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on Fri Jul 17, 2020 at 07:16 AM PDT
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The long Complacent Centrists Strike back, effectively, against Martin Luther...err...Bernie Sanders Dear Citizens and Elected Officials: Forgive me for introducing a religious note into the very secular politics of the Democratic Party, but I’m still recovering from the dramatic, almost unbelievable reversal for Bernie Sanders and the democratic...
by billofrights
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on Fri Mar 06, 2020 at 09:01 AM PST
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Dear Citizens and Elected Officials, and If It May Please the Court: I had no prior intent, your Honor, in even “being there,” much less voting “No” on the annual draft Maryland Climate Change Commission Report today. I recognize, Sir, that I’ve...
by billofrights
18 comments
on Thu Nov 21, 2019 at 03:37 PM PST
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In my last diary a poster explained they didn’t know how to talk to farmers. This person was a precinct Captain with three “turfs”. Two of the turfs were urban and they had no trouble canvassing there but one was rural and they couldn’t figure out how...
by Nonlinear
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on Thu Sep 05, 2019 at 04:26 PM PDT
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On Nov. 4, Kentuckians will vote for their next governor. Attorney General Andy Beshear—who beat out state Rep. Rocky Adkins and former state auditor Adam Edelen in the May 21 Democratic primary—is challenging the Republican incumbent, Matt Bevin....
by Erin Tulley
26 comments
on Thu Sep 05, 2019 at 08:15 AM PDT
with 94 Recommends
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