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‘I’m not JD Vance’: the Appalachia memoir author running for Congress

Beth Macy, author of Dopesick, is drawing on her reporting experience to win Virginia voters in a longtime Republican district

The Guardian - US · 17h ago

Both parties raise the stakes ahead of Virginia redistricting referendum

When author and journalist Beth Macy launched a bid last fall for Virginia’s 6th District, the Democrat expected to face an uphill climb in the deep-red seat. But if Virginia voters approve a new congressional map in a referendum next week, Democrats would be favored to win the district this…

Roll Call · Apr 14

Barack Obama shares his favourite movies, music and books of 2025

Barack Obama’s years-long tradition of sharing lists of his favourite cultural highlights continues. Here’s what the former POTUS has been listening to, reading and watching in 2025...

Euronews · Dec 19, 2025

‘Listening to the people’: Beth Macy on the opioids crisis and her Dopesick sequel, Raising Lazarus

What’s next, the author asks, now the US has ‘a generation of users that started with heroin and fentanyl’

The Guardian - US · Aug 14, 2022