This is not a story about politics. Instead, it is a story about America and how sometimes, you can discover something new when you try to absorb […]
Author: Salena Zito
American general store a symbol of enterprise and exceptionalism
BUCKSTOWN, Pa. — The Duppstadt’s Country Store, sitting high on a plateau along the Lincoln Highway between Stoystown and Reels Corner, has served Somerset County residents and […]
S.D. rocked again as a wind turbine plant shuts its doors
John F. Kerry, the special presidential envoy for climate, said only months ago those losing fossil fuel jobs in coal and hydraulic fracturing will find they have […]
Where’s the beef? Hackers bring it home
MURRYSVILLE, Pa. – Elaine Noll is standing in front of the cherry white and blue stand for Billy’s Country Smokehouse at the local farmers market. Wrapped around […]
There are deep roots in these mountains
The roots of faith, family, patriotism, dialect and work ethic are a prominent feature here. One of the first modern American presidents to recognize those characteristics here […]
Kevin McCarthy wants to arm his caucus for the 2022 battle
For Republicans to win back the majority in the House, Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said GOP candidates, whether they are incumbents or challengers, must spend time with […]
Pa. town saved by fracking fears Biden will kill its prosperity
Thirty years ago, Jason Capps was a young man with ambition, but when he looked around Canonsburg, Pa., near Pittsburgh, where he grew up, all he saw […]
UMWA doesn’t always represent miners’ values
GRAYSVILLE, Pennsylvania – When coal mine employee John Morecraft heard last Monday that United Mine Workers of America President Cecil Roberts approved of President Joe Biden’s plan […]
Lonely urban monuments evoke today’s political division
The 2.8-mile-long East Street Valley neighborhood, which once flourished in Pittsburgh, sure died hard. Only St. Boniface Roman Catholic Church remains, a lonely sentinel that survived what […]
Trump didn’t form a populist coalition; he was the result of one
They’re still there, planted in front of stately homes in wealthy suburban neighborhoods, on flagpoles in middle-class communities and along the front stoops of inner-city row houses. […]
