It was on the muddy banks of the Scioto River that Hillary Clinton’s electoral ship began sinking in 2016. At a CNN townhall in Columbus, Ohio, Clinton – then in a heated primary battle against Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont – infamously said, “We’re going to put a lot of […]
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Commentary: The Far-Reaching Effects of the Carceral State on Appalachian Communities
In 2019, local activists succeeded in stopping the construction of a new federal prison in Letcher County, Kentucky. The prison was on track to be the most expensive federal prison ever constructed, with $510 million in allocated funding. The project had a powerful advocate in Kentucky Congressman Hal Rogers, who […]
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