Support justice-driven, accurate and transparent news — make a quick donation to Truthout today! In the years since our now-Vice President J.D. Vance published his disingenuous memoir Hillbilly Elegy — which many Appalachians criticized as “poverty porn” designed to launch his political career — Appalachians have continued our tradition of “talking back.” We published books...
Stephen Colbert may disagree with the Pope on almost every issue, but that doesn’t matter a bit to him at the moment. Only one thing counts: as a Cardinal, Pope Leo XIV disagreed with J.D. Vance on an issue. Stephen Colbert was won over by the newly elected Pope Leo XIV in no time. https://t.co/60v112ILaz...