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February 2025

"We can't work ourselves to death"
Medicaid is a literal lifeline for this hardworking mom and cuts to the program would unravel everything.
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Gwen Frisbie-Fulton
Homegrown Politics
How a mom's backyard garden planted the seeds for political advocacy
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Gwen Frisbie-Fulton
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A love letter to the working class.
Politicians claim you, pundits eat you alive, but do you recognize yourself?
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Gwen Frisbie-Fulton
When the Proud Boys Came to Town
A small town mom and business owner rallied her town against extremism.
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Gwen Frisbie-Fulton

January 2025

Ain't No Neutral Here.
Blackjewel Miners, Appalachia, and Solidarity
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Gwen Frisbie-Fulton
Where Should the Story Start?
A story about snapping turtles, children, jail, working-class neighborhoods and Eminem.
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Gwen Frisbie-Fulton
“People are trying to pay for groceries, trying to pay rent.”
Jayne Williams asks the question: What would it look like if working-class people ran for office?
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Gwen Frisbie-Fulton
"We Showed Them What Could Be Done"
How a campaign to re-open a neighborhood park helped build small-town political power in Oxford, North Carolina
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Gwen Frisbie-Fulton
God Willing and the Creek Don't Rise
The fact that Helene was not natural, but a human-made climate disaster means that humans can start to do the work of mitigating climate change.
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Gwen Frisbie-Fulton
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