From COVID-19 outbreaks to the youth leaders of local Black Lives Matter movements, here are some of our publishing partners’ favorite stories that you may have missed this year. Belt Magazine Ohio Has Always Had Confederate Apologists This story on the history of confederate sympathizers in Ohio was one of […]
Read MoreTag: Politics
For Most Americans, the Local Presidential Vote Was a Landslide
More than half of Americans live in counties where the vote margin between Donald Trump and Joe Biden was 20 percentage points or more. Still, the percentage of Americans living in landslide counties dropped a bit from 2016 to 2020. Republicans and Democrats were less divided in the 2020 election […]
Read MoreThe Inverted New Deal: Elites Vote Democratic; Working-Class, Republican
The topsy-turvy 2020 election shows just how much the New Deal coalition has come undone. In counties where a smaller percentage of residents held bachelor’s degrees, voters were more likely to support Donald Trump. In counties where a greater percentage of residents held bachelor’s degrees, voters were more likely to […]
Read MoreWhere Did the First COVID Vaccines Go in Appalachia?
A critical care nurse in Long Island is reportedly the first in the country to receive a vaccine for the coronavirus. Sandra Lindsay said the shot didn’t feel much different than any other. Lindsay received her vaccine Monday as COVID-19 death rates in the U.S. reached 300,000, nearly one American […]
Read MoreExplore How Appalachia Voted in 2020
Although the media called the 2020 President race weeks ago, states across the country are finalizing their recounts and certifying their tallies this week, but the outcome is unlikely to change. Vice President Joe Biden will be the next president of the United States. Appalachia is made up of 420 […]
Read MoreICE Contracts with Metropolitan Knoxville Generate Fear with Rural Immigrants
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agreements with a single county can affect an entire region, immigration advocates say. In East Tennessee, Knox and Greene counties maintain such agreements, while larger metropolitan areas have backed away from them. In 2018, an ICE raid in a Bean Station, Tennessee, slaughterhouse made national headlines. […]
Read More