Author Archives: Anthracite Unite

Book Review: Remembering Lattimer

Review of Paul A. Shackel’s “Remembering Lattimer”

The Quiet, Brave Battle

Fighting Spanish flu inside Schuylkill County’s prison

Sanitation

“These guys know a hell of a lot more about us than we do about them”

Lou Barletta: A Political Obituary

Louis J. Barletta, renowned demagogue, defeated at 62

Lou Barletta: Un Obituario Político

Louis J. Barletta, demagogo renombrado, derrotado a los 62

The Lion

“Thundering across the landscape, the rails rumble beneath her wheels.”

A Quest for Validation

NEPA sorely lacks resources for trans folks

Churches of the Coal Region

Their transcendent beauty has inspired locals for generations

A House of Bigotry and Hate

Clarks Summit University dismissed Gary Campbell because he is gay

The Inescapable Inevitability of Loss

“The forces that render capital out of human sweat and toil have moved on” – interview with photographer Andrew Wertz (Part 2 of 2)