The Betrayal of Appalachian People – Echoes of Appalachia

https://appalachianmemories.org/2025/04/20/the-betrayal-of-appalachian-people/

The dying coal town that reveals Trump’s lies about reviving mining

https://inews.co.uk/news/world/coal-town-trump-mining-lies-3642271

The hurricane dead zone: Map shows coastline that hurricanes can’t seem to reach

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/weather/2025/04/19/map-of-us-hurricane-landfalls/83155900007/

Federal layoffs, tariffs likely to cause economic slowdown in Hampton Roads, expert says

https://www.whro.org/business-growth/2025-04-17/federal-layoffs-tariffs-likely-to-cause-economic-slowdown-in-hampton-roads-expert-says

Rappahannock Tribe acquires nearly 1,000 acres along its namesake river

https://virginiamercury.com/2025/04/18/rappahannock-tribe-acquires-nearly-1000-acres-along-its-namesake-river/

‘I’ll go to jail if I have to’ – Beth Macy

How to care for local immigrants like your life, too, depends on it—and a call for ideas

https://substack.com/home/post/p-161612661

Mark Warner hosted local roundtables on federal cuts, and said he was barred access to Salem VA Hospital.

https://www.wdbj7.com/2025/04/16/warners-hosts-local-roundtables-federal-cuts-says-he-was-barred-access-salem-va-hospital/

Pentagon’s ‘SWAT team of nerds’ resigns en masse

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/15/pentagons-digital-resignations-00290930

This Virginia Farm’s Tulip Field Feels Like Visiting The Netherlands

Burnside Farms in Nokesville, Virginia plants more than 2 million tulip bulbs each winter.

https://search.app/gfYph7PvCKsNUe828

Trump Is Begging China to Make a Deal Over Tariffs | The New Republic

https://newrepublic.com/post/193918/donald-trump-begging-china-deal-tariffs

UVa opens outpatient transplant clinic in Wytheville, as Carilion awaits state decision on Roanoke kidney transplant program.

https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/10/uva-opens-outpatient-transplant-clinic-in-wytheville-as-carilion-awaits-state-decision-on-roanoke-kidney-transplant-program/

Losing Confidence in the Con Man

https://steady.substack.com/p/losing-confidence-in-the-con-man?utm_medium=ios

Trump’s Tariffs Are Threatening the US Semiconductor Revival

https://www.wired.com/story/trump-tariffs-impact-semiconductors-chips/

The Affordable Car Is About to Go Extinct in the US

https://www.wired.com/story/trump-tariffs-affordable-cars-extinct-united-states/

Colleges say the Trump administration is using new tactics to expel international students

https://www.wsls.com/news/politics/2025/04/04/colleges-say-the-trump-administration-is-using-new-tactics-to-expel-international-students/