Why Do Americans Stay When Their Town Has No Future?
"Family and community are the only things left in Adams County, Ohio, as the coal-fired power plants abandon ship and the government shrugs."
"Family and community are the only things left in Adams County, Ohio, as the coal-fired power plants abandon ship and the government shrugs."
"Guess where the economically forgotten people live? The majority of these 'ALICE' households live in America’s largest cities."
"70 years ago, one out of every 20 U.S. jobs required a state license; today, almost 1 in 3 American occupations requires a license."
"Sheriff Buffett isn't just any sheriff. He's the son of Omaha billionaire investor Warren Buffett, and he's used his family wealth both to finance law enforcement spending in the county and to basically buy his way into the sheriff's office."
"The U.S. attorney in Maine has now indicted two men on federal firearms charges for allegedly lying about their marijuana use on the gun purchase form."
"All of that [exculpatory] evidence was withheld by the same prosecutor who is now being hired to handle death penalty cases all over Louisiana."
"They didn’t find a crime, but they did find a picture of Charles with marijuana from over a year prior. Based on that picture, his visa was revoked."
I don't normally get very excited about what the Supreme Court does. But when it's right, it's right!
In this episode, I cover the Townshend Acts, the crafty attempt by Chancellor of the Exchequer Charles Townshend to enact taxes which would allay some of the colonists’ arguments against parliamentary taxation. Introduced here is John Dickinson, a lawyer from Pennsylvania, who would play a critical role in the struggle. I also cover other Townshend…
"He never thought the 911 call could have been fake, he said."