In Appalachia, people watch COVID-19, race issues from afar

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It’s a common view in the little towns that speckle the Appalachian foothills of southeast Ohio, where the pandemic has barely been felt. Coronavirus deaths and protests for racial justice — events that have defined 2020 nationwide — are mostly just images on TV from a distant America. These fears reflect a desolate worldview: People who a generation ago believed in the president’s promises to change their region forever now have a deep distrust of Washington - and a defiant sense that they are on their own.We came to this part of Ohio because it’s where President Lyndon Johnson decades ago first mentioned the Great Society, perhaps the most audacious federal push to remake America since World War II.

“We must abolish human poverty,” Johnson proclaimed, foreshadowing a torrent of federal programs that would eventually include Medicare, Head Start preschool, environmental laws and a push for equal justice. “I fear our country’s not far from collapse,” he said. “We’ve taken it and taken it. And there’s going to be a lot of people that just ain’t taking it no more.”“You’re just sitting here minding your own business, and things start crumbling all around you,” he said, shaking his head. Only God knows, he said, when America will return to normal: “And I sometimes think we’ve got Him scratching His head because this is a bunch of craziness.

Yet it’s impossible to paint a picture of this swath of Appalachia without describing its deep and pervasive poverty. While COVID-19 itself hasn’t hit hard yet, its economic impact is further squeezing a region that can barely afford it. The poverty is visible in the houses near collapse, the trailer homes fixed with duct tape, the buildings consumed by vines. These not-quite ghost towns were once thriving coal communities, now slowly dying decade after decade, leaving behind streams that still run a putrid orange from the drainage of old mines.

“I’ve had this problem with jobs - like authority,” said Lamm, who has been largely on her own since 14 and saw her father, brother and the father of her children succumb to heroin addiction.

Great article, nice work Tim Sullivan.

Sorry, but as a former rust belt Ohioan (NE Ohio region), I'm beyond tired of stories about the 'economic anxiety' and plight of poor white ppl in small-town Ohio. If it was about economics they wouldn't be voting for Trump. Poor doesn't have to mean ignorant. It's a choice.

Well written...telling it like it is ... The will to thrive is there...yet why do unpleasant things happen to good people? ...unnerving! ...

So this region has been abandoned. 30% poverty rate is insane and should not be a thing in the States

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As an Ohioan originally, this is super sad. These people were suckered the worst of all. My heart goes out to them

Very good article

They have eyes and see what’s going on.

Why doesn't the media denounce the protests during COVID seeing that they are super spreader events? I've heard them denounce Trump rallies, but why not BLM and other protestors when they spread COVID nightly?

Be safe out there 🙏 ❤

Lmao these pathetic people are somehow worse off than they were 4 and 8 years ago but still blame democrats lmao.

This crumbling is coming largely as a result of people not exercising common sense when it comes to conspiracy theories. These 10 tips, if followed, could make a huge difference.

Maybe the rest of the country was actually in a way more precarious position than you realized and maybe that should tell you something about the people you put in charge.

BIGOTS... 'the hills'

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