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
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Review of Ghosting the News, by Margaret Sullivan When 37-year-old CVS cashier David Seum decided to run for Moundsville, WV town council in 2020, he
Lighting Up West Virginia’s Native American Past After Suppression
11,000 people in WV claim Native American ancestry — Couldn’t own property until 1960s In Moundsville, Native Americans are present through the stories of the
Candidate for Council Dreams of Rebuilding Town While Making $19,000 a Year Working as CVS Cashier
David Seum Wants to Reboot Moundsville With Events, Family Park — Imagines Life on $37,000 A Year Way up this fall’s U.S. election ballot is