The economy shapes the geography of America. In the 19th century, the industrial revolution spawned cities, factories, and row homes, a dense world of red
When Socialist Presidential Candidate Eugene Debs Was Sent to Moundsville Prison for Making a Speech
In April, 1919, Eugene V. Debs, a four-time presidential candidate, was thrown in Moundsville’s state penitentiary for making a fiery pro-socialism anti-war speech in Canton,
The Real Meaning of Belgitude
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
