When Kim Riddle took the 700-mile trip from Athens, Ala., to her new home in Lordstown, Ohio, last year, it was the first time she had left either her home or her 18-year-old son. Riddle had certainly gone on road trips out of state, but she had never moved and never been on an airplane or a subway before transplanting to Ohio. (She has since traveled on the former but expressed no desire to try the latter.) ‘When you’re from the South, you don’t want to leave,
Monday, October 15th, 2012
The Death and Rebirth of Spring Hill
Author: JEREMY STAHL
Source: Slate
Publication Date: Friday, October 12, 2012, at 12:57:05 PM ET
Link: The Death and Rebirth of Spring Hill
Source: Slate
Publication Date: Friday, October 12, 2012, at 12:57:05 PM ET
Link: The Death and Rebirth of Spring Hill
Stephan: This is a good look at what is happening in the American car industry that the Republicans would have let die. Also note that this would not have happened had it not been for the unions. People who are anti-union, and who do not acknowledge its role in creating the American middle class are willfully ignorant about American history. The data is out there; it actually takes work to avoid it.
