Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance is part memoir, part social commentary, and entirely compelling. It tells the story of Vance’s turbulent childhood growing up in a working-class Appalachian family ...

Chua, who gained notoriety for her 2011 memoir "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother," encouraged Vance to write "Hillbilly Elegy.

Lawyer and author J.D. Vance – the current Ohio GOP nominee for U.S. Senate – is a “fake hillbilly” who’s made millions trashing a region he has little business claiming ...

Speaking to an audience that nearly filled St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, best-selling author J.D. Vance recalled the motivation behind his “Hillbilly Elegy,” a memoir that some took as a ...

Vance discussed his family's struggles in suburban working-class Ohio in his 2016 book, which became a New York Times best-seller and was praised, primarily by conservatives, as a window into the ...

Between 1870 and 1873, a Kansas family now known as the “Bloody Benders” terrorized travelers who stopped at their cabin looking for rest along the Osage Trail, killing their victims one-by ...

Melania Trump stands in front of the White House Christmas Tree at the North Portico of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Nov. 23, 2020. Bloomberg/Getty Images Save this story ...

Tonya Mosley is an Emmy award-winning journalist and the co-host of Fresh Air.Previously, she was the co-host of NPR’s midday program Here & Now, where she led daily coverage during the Trump ...

Mosley gained some research skills to supplement his family tree through the Gerald Gill Fellowship, which supports Tufts student research around public history, race, and democracy.The fellowship ...

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