Passive, Poor and White? What People Keep Getting Wrong About Appalachia
Co-published with The Guardian. To satisfy an elitist, narrative fetish about âTrump Countryâ, photographers from outside have long ignored my regionâs diversity
I Wrote About Farmers’ Suicides â And the Reaction Has Been Overwhelming
Co-published with The Guardian. After the Guardian and EHRP published a piece about the record number of farmers who are killing themselves, there were hundreds of responses.
My Small Town is Being Poisoned by Fracking Waste
Co-published with The Guardian. In a tiny south-eastern Ohio town in the Appalachian foothills, the Hazel Ginsburg Well is holding waste from out-of-state fracking operations â a sludge of toxic chemicals and undrinkable water.
America’s Local Newspapers Might be Broke – But They’re More Vital than Ever
Co-published with The Guardian. Local journalism is doing great work across the country while fighting cutbacks and tight budgets. But we need people to stop expecting news to be free.
The Socialist Experiment
Co-published with Oxford American, republished in The Clarion-Ledger. A new-society vision in Jackson, Mississippi
Oklahoma Isn’t Working. Can Anyone Fix this Failing American State?
Co-published with The Guardian. Poverty, police abuse, record prison rates and education cuts that mean a four-day school week. Why are public services failing Oklahomans?
Ranching Life on the High Plains of Montana
Co-published with The Guardian. Elliott D. Woods spent time in Phillips County in northern Montana, where public land is a source of life to which ranchers are intimately connected. If the plan to transfer lands to the
How We’re Working with Reporters from Around America to Cover Class and Inequality
Co-published with The Guardian. The national media failed to cover large swathes of the US pre-election, while rural voices have been quieted by the decimation of local news. Our On The Ground project aims to remedy these
Working-Class Women are Too Busy for Gender Theory â But They’re Still Feminists
Co-published with The Guardian. You wonât get very far as a poor woman without believing you are equal to men â and if someone embodies this thought, it is Dolly Parton.
“We Should Try to Preserve Humanity”
Co-published with Oxford American. The third installment in a series of four posts, featuring films produced in collaboration between the youth filmmakers of the 2016 Summer Documentary Institute at Appalshopâs Appalachian Media Institute and filmmaker Jordan
In Montana, Land Transfer Threatens the American Rancher’s Way of Life
Co-published with The Guardian and Mountain Outlaw Magazine. Ranchers in the west have been struggling for decades. Now a new threat looms: public land might be taken away from them
“You Will Come Here, and There Will Be Magical Things Happening”
Co-published with Oxford American. The films and filmmakers of the Summer Documentary Institute at Appalshopâs Appalachian Media Institute.