23 “MCALLEN AND SOUTH TEXAS NEED HELP NOW” McAllen

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
4. INTRODUCTION 1
5. 1 THE MYSTERY OF CAROLINE COUNTY, VIRGINIA Bowling Green 13
6. 2 WHAT’S VEXING MACON, GEORGIA? Macon 19
7. 3 RED STREETS VERSUS BLUE STREETS IN MCKEESPORT, PENNSYLVANIA McKeesport 27
8. 4 FIGHTING THE WALL ALONG THE RIO GRANDE McAllen 35
9. 5 ARE DEMOCRATS AN ENDANGERED SPECIES IN CAROLINE COUNTY? Bowling Green 41
10. 6 YES, DOROTHY, WE ARE WAY OUTSIDE THE BELTWAY Macon 49
11. 7 FEAR AND LOATHING IN THE TIME OF CORONAVIRUS McKeesport 55
12. 8 IN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY, A BORDER CLOSES, AND SIGNS OF A WALL APPEAR AS THE PANDEMIC SPREADS McAllen 63
13. 9 THE GHOST OF A WEEKLY COVERS THE PANDEMIC Bowling Green 69
14. 10 STANDING ON SINKING SAND, LIVING IN LIMBO Macon 77
15. 11 TRANSPARENCY IN A TIME OF PANDEMIC McKeesport 85
16. 12 COVID- 19 HAS CHANGED HOW WE REPORT STORIES ON THE BORDER McAllen 91
17. 13 HOW THE PANDEMIC IS PLAYING IN RURAL VIRGINIA Bowling Green 97
18. 14 A GOOD IDEA AT THE TIME Macon 105
19. 15 IN TOWNS LIKE MCKEESPORT, THE FUTURE WAS ALREADY PRECARIOUS. THEN CAME CORONAVIRUS. McKeesport 113
20. 16 SAVING SANTA ANA WILDLIFE REFUGE EXTENDS BEYOND POLITICAL BOUNDARIES McAllen 117
21. 17 AT THE EDGE OF A PANDEMIC, ITS DIRECTION UNKNOWN Bowling Green 123
22. 18 DIRTY POLITICS IN THE DIGITAL AGE Macon 131
23. 19 HOW FACEBOOK HAS UNDERMINED COMMUNAL CONVERSATION IN MCKEESPORT McKeesport 139
24. 20 SOUTH TEXAS WAS REOPENING. NOW COVID- 19 IS ROARING BACK. McAllen 145
25. 21 RACISM, CONFEDERATE STATUES, AND THE VIEW FROM FROG LEVEL, VIRGINIA Bowling Green 151
26. 22 MACON– BIBB COUNTY VOTES WHILE A NATION PROTESTS Macon 159
27. 23 “MCALLEN AND SOUTH TEXAS NEED HELP NOW” McAllen 167
28. 24 WHEN A NEWSPAPER DIES, WHAT FILLS THE VOID? Bowling Green 173
29. 25 TO SCHOOL OR NOT TO SCHOOL— A BURNING QUESTION Macon 181
30. 26 WHAT WILL “NORMAL” MEAN AFTER COVID- 19? McKeesport 191
31. 27 SOUTH TEXAS IS A BAD ALGORITHM RIGHT NOW McAllen 197
32. 28 IN RURAL VIRGINIA, A TALE OF TWO CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS Bowling Green 203
33. 29 A LOCAL ELECTION, SCHOOL REOPENINGS, AND THE PANDEMIC Macon 211
34. 30 WILL WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA BECOME A STRING OF GHOST TOWNS? McKeesport 219
35. 31 WHERE ARE THE CAMPAIGN SIGNS AND THE POLITIQUERAS? McAllen 227
36. 32 A CONFEDERATE SOLDIER MOVES ON Bowling Green 233
37. 33 MACON– BIBB COUNTY AND THE UNRELENTING SHOCK OF COVID- 19 Macon 241
38. 34 WILL THE SONS OF STEELWORKERS SEE TRUMP’S COVID- 19 BEHAVIOR AS STRONG OR RECKLESS? McKeesport 249
39. 35 COUNTING ON NEXT YEAR BEING MUCH BETTER McAllen 257
40. 36 ELECTION DAY APPROACHES 263
41. POSTSCRIPT: JANUARY 20, 2021 271
42. INDEX 285