I do have to respect one thing about J.D. Vance: he's got a hell of a grift going on. After all, being the conservative that explains white Trump voters to.
Another key addition to the important backlash against Hillbilly Elegy and J.D. Vance's grift on liberals who just want to understand those white people. The fact that people will read.
Eric Lipton's feature on the decline of coal in Kentucky is interesting, though flawed. He tells a heartbreaking story for these coal miners, helping us understand just how deeply people.
Building on my post from the other day about what the decline of coal is going to do to the already horrible economy of southern Appalachia, Brad Plumer weighs in.
