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.
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Populism
Good country folk historically hate big business, cops, authority of any kind, and rich folks. What happened? Nothing, really.
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Calling Him Hitler
Last week, ICE officials raided a slaughterhouse in East Tennessee to detain nearly 100 workers.
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Sometimes, Evil Prevails: Dry County Economics
Liquor money is green as anybody’s.
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Swallowing Us Whole: New Regulations on Predatory Lending Felt in Appalachia
Predatory lenders continue to invade rural landscapes. The CFPB tried to regulate them. Congress said no. Here’s why that’s awful.
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American Farm Bureau Speech
Thoughts after Trump’s American Farm Bureau Conference speech. Short and sweet? It was lame.
Read MoreCheck out this thing with my name on it in The Baffler!
Upon Senator Doug Jones’ seating, let’s talk about extant Southern progressives.
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Poor People’s Investing: Quick Cash and Payday Loans
Quick Cash and Payday Loan merchants are fixtures in most rural towns. This is why I hate them.
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VOTE DOUG JONES
This isn’t about values. This is about what true Southern pride looks like, and it looks like Doug Jones.
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Stagnate, Fester & Putrefy
Trying to reconcile hateful ass perceptions of the South with people that actually live here.
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Snake & Tree 