Google “environmental justice in Appalachia” and nearly every returned link will exclusively describe the impact of coal extraction on the region. It’s no surprise, then, that here in Pulaski, VA, many of us only feel peripherally connected to that conversation. Although we have had a few coal mining operations in this County historically, most of […]
Confederate Monuments, Pulaski, and Unanswerable Questions
This morning, Facebook showed me two interestingly juxtaposed stories. First was an interview Ezra Klein conducted entitled “Bryan Stevenson explains how it feels to grow up black amid Confederate monuments.” Second was this video from WDBJ-7 with the following caption: “Neesey Payne‘s hometown of Pulaski sure is beautiful from above! We definitely know why she loves […]