Appalachia is defying history and charting a path to prosperity

Garrett Ballengee is president and CEO of the Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy. Charles Mitchell is a visiting fellow at the institute. On May 29, 1961, Alderson and Chloe Muncy of Paynesville, West Virginia, became the first recipients of food stamps. It was a powerfully symbolic way to...

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