'The Matter Isn't Finished'
From Massive Resistance to modern-day disinvestment, the blueprint of exclusion in Warren County is shifting—and we have to fight back. My recent address to the local NAACP.
Beth Macy
Beth Macy is the author of four bestselling books, including "Dopesick," which was made into an Emmy-winning TV series, and, most recently, "Paper Girl: A Memoir of Home and Family in a Fractured America."
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A Master Class In Hope
Gardens Connect Us When the Country Divides Us
The Art of the No Show
Roanoke is witnessing the human cost of federal chaos thanks to Donald Trump and Ben Cline, and I'm not backing down—not even a little bit.
The subversive magic of moms and libraries—and "Harriet the Spy"
Plus my latest reading list
‘They’re persecuting people of color’
Immigration forum, Virginia’s redistricting referendum, and (another!) call to action
Ladies, We've Got Shit to Do
Notes From the Campaign, Part II
Dressing 'Shacky' and Making the Tent Bigger
And Other Tales from the Campaign Trail
What my ex-boyfriend taught me about extremism, racism, and conspiracies
An excerpt from 'Paper Girl'
They say ‘God can fix everything’
But sometimes he needs a little help from us
'The American Dream is Dead'
As Congress debates the erasure of ACA subsidies, families share the effects on their health, household budgets, and the local economy.
Men Talk Over Me, an Ode to the Rev. Bill Lee, and My Unputdownable Reads of 2025
(And President Barack Obama's too.)
How These Women Turned into Citizen Journalists and Activists
By Shining Light On the ‘Slow Dismantling of Human Dignity’
Welcome to the Worst-Kept Secret
I'm running for Congress!
Thinning pantries, the soaring price of fall chili, and America's Thanksgiving dilemma
'We do not lack the resources to fix food insecurity; we lack the conviction.'
Love persists “if you tend it like a flame”
(And other lessons from my “Paper Girl” tour)
'How do we love beyond what we can't understand?'
'Paper Girl' launches today!
'Paper Girl' delivery en route!
Wherein I'm 'off to sell books and love, and that is never not fun.'
Helping Our Terrified Immigrant Neighbors
Trump's Fascism Threatens 'to make liars and criminals out of all of us'
‘In Love But Locked Out’
What the working class really needs, how Trump and Cline’s radical cuts are filtering down to our part of Appalachia, and spoiler alert: a new cutie in the house!
“I AM A NURSE!”
And other reasons why we should uplift, not pull the rug out from under, America's working class