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Alison Stine is a writer, visual artist and author. She is a writing fellow for the Center for Community Change. Her work has appeared in The Atlantic, The Nation, The Paris Review and Jezebel.
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Rural America
My County is Poor and Remote. Fracking Companies Think They Can Abuse It.
Alison Stine