Melissa Hellmann

‘Fixing a problem we didn’t cause’: the Black Appalachian activists cultivating community power | US news

Appalachia, which spans from southern New York to northern Mississippi, usually evokes images of white working-class people, as depicted in JD Vance’s 2016 memoir Hillbilly Elegy. But it’s little known to people outside of the region that there’s a robust

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‘The movement is not over’: leaders of Uncommitted look ahead at organizing during Trump term | US elections 2024

Following Donald Trump’s decisive victory in this week’s presidential election, leaders of the anti-war group Uncommitted National Movement expressed their disappointment over the results, highlighting the Democratic party’s failure to listen to its base and prioritize progressive policies. Since the

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‘Take these attacks seriously’: journalist Imara Jones on the dangerous rise of anti-trans political ads | US elections 2024

Imara Jones was filming a documentary on a road trip in California when she took a break to scroll the news. A story about state lawmakers in Idaho banning transgender girls from playing on female sports teams at public schools

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