House Speaker Mike Johnson noted the significance of Vice President JD Vance entering the Oval Office, saying that the ...

1 MARTYR! (Vintage, $18). By Kaveh Akbar. A man tries to understand his tendency toward sadness and self-sabotage by writing ...

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I doubt that many progressives in the United States have read J.D. Vance’s Hillbilly Elegy. Being based in the Philippines, a ...

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Many are bursting with pride at their native son’s accomplishments, but others feel lingering embarrassment over his ...

The portrayal created a backlash among Appalachian scholars ... Gomia said he was poor growing up and his family got a lot of government benefits, including food from the health department ...

FAIRMONT – On the surface, the new film by Appalachian filmmaker Eddie Mensore could easily be dismissed as just another opioid movie set in a state riddled with poverty. Mensore, who is gearing ...

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