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Dec 2, 2024 | 
mytotalretail.com | Anthony Flaccavento
During this crucial shopping period of the year — the Golden Quarter — U.S. consumers are showing little sign of slowing down their spending. Retail sales have been steadily increasing since the end of the pandemic, with even high prices caused by inflation failing to curb consumer appetite for purchasing.
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
thenation.com | Anthony Flaccavento
Politics / October 31, 2024 Harris-Walz Must Reclaim Progressivism for Workers, Farmers, and Rural CommunitiesTo win in 2024, Harris and Walz must wholeheartedly commit to a populist vision that makes people’s economic self-determination every bit as important as control of our own bodies.
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
barnraisingmedia.com | Anthony Flaccavento |Winona LaDuke |Joe Engleman |Roger Kerson
On August 29, I joined six Virginians who focus on rural development in at a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) “Rural Investment Roundtable” in Blacksburg, Virginia. Our goal was to explore what’s working in rural southwest Virginia, how federal and state governments can make their programs more effective and user-friendly, and how farmers, entrepreneurs and the public can get involved.
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Sep 6, 2024 | 
cardinalnews.org | Anthony Flaccavento
Imagine what might happen if one of the most rural counties in Virginia provided broadband to every household within it? If farmers, once dependent upon tobacco, could now sell large quantities of produce and meats to thousands of people on a limited budget? If abandoned schools, unused buildings and vacant lots were converted to over 11,000 units of affordable housing? Or if people with a few acres of woodlands could raise and sell high value forest products without cutting down any trees?
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Aug 27, 2024 | 
thenation.com | Erica Etelson |Anthony Flaccavento
Rethinking Rural / Calling the Ohio senator “weird” may feel satisfying. Pundits have dismissed him as a drag on the ticket. But the smarter play would still be to steal his thunder. Ad PolicyThis article appears in the September 2024 issue, with the headline “Don’t Disparage Vance.”In 2017, I (Anthony) was invited to Oberlin College to debate JD Vance, the recently famous author of Hillbilly Elegy.
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Jul 30, 2024 | 
thenation.com | Anthony Flaccavento
Can we count on you? In the coming election, the fate of our democracy and fundamental civil rights are on the ballot. The conservative architects of Project 2025 are scheming to institutionalize Donald Trump’s authoritarian vision across all levels of government if he should win. We’ve already seen events that fill us with both dread and cautious optimism—throughout it all, The Nation has been a bulwark against misinformation and an advocate for bold, principled perspectives.
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Jun 4, 2024 | 
thenation.com | Erica Etelson |Anthony Flaccavento
Rethinking Rural / The countryside has been neglected for decades. A Rural New Deal would reverse that with capital and creative solutions writen by and for rural Americans.
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May 17, 2024 | 
thenation.com | Erica Etelson |Anthony Flaccavento
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Apr 16, 2024 | 
cardinalnews.org | Anthony Flaccavento
I was cutting firewood on a warm March day when a fellow pulled up in his truck to ask me what I was doing there. When I explained that the owner of the property had given me permission to cut up some of the downed logs, he relaxed, got out and fired up his own chainsaw. After a while, he introduced himself. He was a big old boy in his late 30s, white, tall and stout. After I’d introduced myself in turn, he looked at me with surprise. “Are you that fella running for Congress?” he asked.
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Apr 9, 2024 | 
thenation.com | Erica Etelson |Anthony Flaccavento
The Nation WeeklyFridays. A weekly digest of the best of our coverage. By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 and agree to receive occasional promotional offers for programs that support The Nation’s journalism. You may unsubscribe or adjust your preferences at any time. You can read our Privacy Policy here. Trump has a knack for stoking resentment, and in 2016, rural resentment was plentiful, mostly against the establishment and the political class.
