‘The Geography of Stuck’: On Richard Florida and 21st Century American Mobility

Published November 26th, 2011 by Peter Kinder

What does it mean when 78.9 percent of today’s Louisianans were born there? Nothing good, infers Richard Florida, Senior Editor at The Atlantic and Director of the Martin Prosperity…

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Appalachian Poverty’s Changed Face: Thoughts Provoked by Shelby Lee Adams’ Pictures

Published November 13th, 2011 by Peter Kinder

Arthur Rothstein, Nethers, Virginia (1935) Source: http://arthurrothsteinarchive.com/photographs.html Few photos disturb me more than those of contemporary Appalachian poverty. I grew up mixing with it every day: miners’ kids, a beloved…

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