Ariana is an Appalachian activist, writer, and musician originally from Pikeville. She is currently a senior Political Science student at U of L. (Read the rest on the Contributors page.)
The Kentucky Democratic Party reorganization is fast approaching, on the heels of an array of disappointing electoral losses. Again, the question is asked: why do we keep electing Republicans such as Rand Paul and Mitch McConnell to represent us? I can only offer so much insight from my personal perspective,
An elegy is a poem, typically written for the dead as a dedication. How could someone write an elegy for something that is very much alive? It would seem counterintuitive, yet that is exactly what JD Vance has done in his now-famous — and controversial — 2016 memoir Hillbilly Elegy, now an
Let’s talk about QAnon. What does this fringe conspiracy theory that’s attempting to break into the mainstream have in common with Nazi propaganda, Pixar’s Monsters Inc., a Hezbollah television show, and HAMAS? Probably more than you’d think. How did this conspiracy go viral, hijack an anti-human
