After coal and COVID-19, Appalachia needs more than a one-time check. Universal Basic Income could be next.

After coal and COVID-19, Appalachia needs more than a one-time check. Universal Basic Income could be next.

Coal piles sit along Route 60 just outside of Charleston, West Virginia. All photos by Roger May. Join the Scalawag family

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Learn more Listen to the audio version of this story: Last year, before the COVID-19 pandemic, Matt Murphy started his first salaried job, scheduling and placing on-air ads for a state-wide commercial broadcasting company based in Charleston, West Virginia. Before landing full-time employment, Murphy worked as a substitute teacher, bartender and part-time radio announcer. But the transition to regular […]

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