Politics – Snake & Tree

June 2, 2018

New Post for 100 Days in Appalachia

Click here to read my post about the proposed budget cuts to adult education programming and why that sets a terrifying precedent for the next grant renewal cycles.

May 14, 2018

Populism

Good country folk historically hate big business, cops, authority of any kind, and rich folks. What happened? Nothing, really.

April 13, 2018April 13, 2018

Calling Him Hitler

Last week, ICE officials raided a slaughterhouse in East Tennessee to detain nearly 100 workers.

March 11, 2018March 11, 2018

Sometimes, Evil Prevails: Dry County Economics

Liquor money is green as anybody’s.

February 28, 2018February 28, 2018

This week: Guns and Mayoral Scandals

The kids will be alright, if they can fight the domestic terrorism group called the NRA.

February 15, 2018February 15, 2018

This week: Meth is back, a horrific school schooting, and DACA’s latest news

Don’t send thought and prayers. Call your senators and demonize the NRA. This week: school shooting, DACA, and meth.

February 4, 2018February 4, 2018

DACA, Megan Barry’s Affair, Senate Bills, Predatory Lenders.

This week: the Dems have to win this Dream Act. Megan Barry’s hooha. Abortion and Predatory Lenders.

I’m Rachel, a jaded twenty-something English grad student looking to tell some stories. Currently based in Nashville, born and bred in rural Alabama. Here you’ll find liberal political tirades, stories, book reviews, and folklore focused in on these lower Southeastern thirteen states.

The title, Snake and Tree, comes from the Alabama proverb that if you hang a dead snake in a tree it’ll bring rain. These stories are the snake. The rain is making peace with this broke South.