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Jeff Biggers

Jeff Biggers is the author of numerous books, including his latest: "Resistance: Reclaiming an American Tradition?" His previous works include: "State Out of the Union: Arizona and the Final Showdown Over the American Dream;" "The United States of Appalachia;" and "Reckoning at Eagle Creek: The Secret Legacy of Coal in the Heartland."

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We Still Live Here: Coal Activists Fight On in Heart-Wrenching New Film

As The Both of Me makes clear, the self-destruction of Appalachia has never ended.

Jeff Biggers · May 30, 2021

A mountaintop removal site at Kayford Mountain, West Virginia.

The Endless War on the Central Appalachian Mountains Continues

Instead of recognizing the century-old legacy of ruin in coal country, the Biden administration risks falling into the trap of outdated policies.

Jeff Biggers · May 2, 2021

Dr. Rodolfo "Rudy" Acuña is the founding chair of the Chicana/o Studies department at then San Fernando Valley State (California State University at Northridge) — the largest Chicana/o Studies Department in the United States. (Photo: via RudyAcuna.net)

Ethnic Studies Redux: Professor Rudy Acuña Still Has Work to Do

An interview with renowned 88-year-old historian and Chicana/Chicano Studies founder

Jeff Biggers · Mar 23, 2021

" We need a new climate narrative that sets out a road map for a renaissance of thinking and action, not a new series of dystopian chronicles that paints our climate emergency as a roadside attraction," writes Biggers. (Photo: Rainforest Action Network/flickr/cc)

We Need a New Climate Narrative: Not a Dystopian Movie, but a Vision of Hope, Change and Empowerment

In a season of fire and storm, we need more than fables of apocalypse. There's real hope, if we can seize it.

Jeff Biggers · Sep 17, 2020

Despite the fact that two centuries of coal mining had left our region in ruin, with entrenched poverty, toxic discharges of slurry and the region's lowest health indicators, it remained the dominant way of business and politics. (Photo by Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)

An Earth Day After Coal: Amid All the Bad News, A Major Turning Point

Launched as a call for resistance against the primacy of corporate profits, Earth Day turns a historic corner.

Jeff Biggers · Apr 22, 2020

School children march down Queen Street during a climate change protest on May 24, 2019 in Auckland, New Zealand. Thousands of students across New Zealand are demonstrating in the streets again to fight for climate change action. (Photo: Hannah Peters/Getty Images)

'How Are We Supposed to Protect Our Lungs?': Climate Strikers Blast EPA Suspension of Pollution Laws

Greta Thunberg and others argue that the Trump administration has created another "loophole" for environmental destruction.

Jeff Biggers · Apr 1, 2020

Officials from the 68th caucus precinct overlook the results of the first referendum count during a caucus event on February 3, 2020 at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. (Photo: Tom Brenner/Getty Images)

It's the Turnout, Stupid: The Real Story of Iowa Caucus

My caucus in Iowa City had 60 fewer people than four years ago. Tepid turnout will re-elect Trump for sure.

Jeff Biggers · Feb 5, 2020

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg attends a session at the Congres center during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, on January 21, 2020.

Greta Thunberg Needs No Defense: Why We Must Keep Climate Striking

Massimo Paciotto Biggers · Jan 25, 2020

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