Hillbilly Elegy, on Netflix, has joined The Shack, See No Evil Hear No Evil, and Saw V as films audiences love and critics hate. On
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West Virginia Officially Loses All 4 of its Minor League Baseball Teams
‘Moundsville’ is a PBS movie about the history of a small town on the Ohio River, and this blog collects articles and essays about the
Why This Educated Millennial is Staying in West Virginia
The brain drain from America’s hinterlands to the cities has shaped American economics and politics this century as much as the tech revolution, the opioid
When the Hillbilly Shot the Filmmaker: The Genius of ‘Stranger with a Camera’
We’ve been fighting over hillbilly elegies for a long time. Amid the buzz and furor over Hillbilly Elegy, I watched Stranger with a Camera, a
‘America Lost’ Finds Humanity and Redemption in Youngstown, Memphis, Stockton
Church or state: How do we rebuild America’s left-behind communities? NOTE: America Lost is currently available for free here. The 2016 and 2020 elections had
Lady Gaga, Star with Roots in Appalachia, Campaigns in Pittsburgh — Mom from West Virginia Town Left for NYC, Part of Rural America Brain Drain
A divided Moundsville watches: “She should wear a Steelers jersey.” On one level, Lady Gaga’s appearance in Pittsburgh tonight with Joe Biden, on the last