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Why is Appalachia so misunderstood?
Elizabeth Catte is a historian from east Tennessee. People in Appalachia voted Donald Trump into office. But the popular conception of that region as a backwards, racist place is wrong, according to one historian from east Tennessee. She…
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readElizabeth Catte is a historian from east Tennessee.
People in Appalachia voted Donald Trump into office. But the popular conception of that region as a backwards, racist place is wrong, according to one historian from east Tennessee. She explains why the hillbilly narrative persists.
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The full episode
4 of 5What would it take for LA to run on public transportation?- 0:00How the MS-13 gang spread from Los Angeles to New York
- 10:45After State of the Union, is there bipartisan movement on immigration policy?
- 18:09What will it take to get more Angelenos on public transit?
- 27:38Why is Appalachia so misunderstood?You’re reading this
- 39:42Remembering LA ceramicist Dora De Larios