Author Archives: Anthracite Unite

Anthracite Heroes: Anne

During the early 1900s in Shenandoah, Anne used her influence to fight bigotry

Coal Region Films

A list of films / movies about Pennsylvania’s Anthracite Coal Region

When Assimilation Isn’t Enough

Tales of a “Good Immigrant” in Hazleton

Trouble is Brewing

Remembering the 1900 Coal Strike in Pennsylvania’s Williams Valley

Letter of Transit

A poem about poverty and immigration

Healthcare Not Wealthcare Protest

A photo essay of local folks protesting the AHCA

Lou Barletta: Burdensome, Illegal, Alien

Barletta’s pro-corporate stance is alien to the Coal Region’s working class legacy

Towering Tyrants

Hazleton’s ‘Markle Building’ and the looming legacy of the coal barons

A Dual Language Education for Our Children

If education is a shared value, a Dual Language program makes sense

Shenandoah’s ‘Hyphenated Catholics’

Coal Region Catholics have long had to straddle ethnic divides