How Appalachia’s Children Highlight the Region’s Best Attributes
Appalachia has been a very maligned, misunderstood, mischaracterized region, but Foxfire magazine elevates the conversation about the region.
Fresh Fun for All the Pennsylvania Farm Show
The Pennsylvania Farm Show is a celebration of food; fuel; life; milkshakes; hot, flaky potato doughnuts; fresh double-fried mozzarella cubes; hard work; conservation; and a way of life that is not often understood by outsiders.
Where Our Trust in News Lives
A study by the University of North Carolina Hussman School of Media and Journalism found that hundreds of newspapers have closed across the country. Thousands of journalists have lost their jobs, leaving local news deserts for millions.
Pennsylvania House Races Serve as a 2020 Harbinger
The Keystone State, as always, will be in the center of which way the winds might blow nationwide.
In Praise of Dollar General
Politicians have targeted the deep-discount retailer for failing to provide "nutritious options" to their low-income customers. But the chain is a part of Americana worth saving . . . and celebrating.
Tone-Deaf Democrats Risk Handing Western Pennsylvania to Trump
At the moment, the Keystone State is Biden’s to lose—and he will lose it if he continues to appear to be out of touch with blue-collar workers.
The ‘Great Revolt’
Enters a New Phase
How the populist uprising of 2016 will reverberate in 2020.
The Town That
Wouldn’t Be Passed
EVERETT, Pennsylvania—For the past two years, items on layaway for over 200 families at the Walmart here have been paid for by some generous soul […]
A Different Kind of Celebrity on Twitter
Hallmark Channel star Trevor Donovan offers young people a good example of how to behave on social media.
He Makes a Village
Nine Line Apparel founder and CEO Tyler Merritt is using his success to help his fellow veterans in Georgia.
In the ‘Nicest Place in America,’ Community Thrives
This story isn't about small towns or small cities being better than large cities or large metropolitan areas. It is about a city that understands the value of community and everyone taking the time to invest in it.
Dr. Laura’s Lasting Truths
People need to have a purpose in their lives in order to build a life more meaningful than just accumulating goodies. Our culture today doesn’t agree.
America’s Troubled Waters
CRESCO, Iowa—If you come to this rural Iowa town, you’ll learn about a problem that may sound familiar. In The New York Times, for instance, […]
Pennsylvania 2020:
It’s Complicated
Trump won Pennsylvania by just 44,000 votes in 2016, making him the first Republican to take the state since 1988. That margin is so thin that the state could easily be won by a Democrat in 2020.
The Bellwether House Race for 2020 Is in Western Pennsylvania
Decorated Army Ranger Sean Parnell is taking on Democratic golden boy Conor Lamb.
Will the Democrats Miss Middle America Again?
It was never about Trump. It was always about their communities. Trump was the symptom, not the cause.
Why Mark Zuckerberg Wants to Recruit Outside the Ivy League Liberal Bubble
Mark Zuckerberg wants you to know that Facebook strives for diversity in its workforce—and not just on the basis of race or gender. The CEO […]
How Small Cities and Towns Can Right Their Ship
ERIE, Pennsylvania—Several large pieces of cobalt-blue glass panels bearing “Don’t Give Up the Ship” and a bold likeness of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry lay broken […]
Old-School House Democrats Face Primary Challenges From Progressives Across the Country
The Intercept reported last week that the chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Rep. Cheri Bustos (D.-Ill.), counted as many 111 primaries for her incumbent members, a higher-than-normal number as the Democratic Party struggled with the leftward trajectory of their new coalition, which is less white, more educated, and youthful.
Repurposing ‘America’s Hometown’
Compared to the large monopolies we allow to control our every move, small businesses like the Kinsey Market open us up to the very essence of localism and place.