Happy Labor Day? Not in Appalachia

(or anywhere else, really).

CHARLESTON — The portion of Appalachian states living in poverty last year increased by 114,000 people to 13.3 million, according to U.S. Census Bureau figures released Tuesday.

But it’s all going swimmingly, isn’t it? That’s what the man tells us, and that’s what we know. Unless, of course, you pay attention.

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