Just before he died of lung cancer in 1978, Belgium’s balladeer Jacques Brel recorded a song called “Mai 1940”. It was left off his last
Why America Needs to Tell the Story of Pittsburgh
The familiar frame of American history wraps itself around revolution and civil war; and an economy that enslaved millions of people. But we should always
Death of an Appalachian Justice Warrior
Of all the people I’ve met in Appalachia doing the Moundsville project, nobody came at you with a spirit like that of Michael J. Iafrate,
Americans Love to Uproot but at What Cost? (Review)
In America, to live is to move. Bust out of that old town. Move, and move again. It’s a creed that suits our national love
A Day in Philly With Walking Twitter Star Neil King
Of all the colors of truth to seek — scientific, historical, religious, emotional, empirical, logical — there’s nothing quite as satisfying something I’ll call Walking Truth.
HBO’s ‘Our Towns’ Tells How Americans Save America
The story of America bundles enlightenment ideals, slavery, capitalist innovation, racism, poverty, civil rights, the moon landing, the suburbs, baseball, jazz, the Constitution, and a
