It has been a hard as hell year for the Asheville Blade, our leftist local journalism co-op. All of us struggle with poverty in a time of escalating attacks. Our city's one of the least affordable in the country and our co-op's faced police persecution for our work.
We're trying to raise enough to stay afloat, so we can all stay housed and fed. Anything helps.
We get under the skin of local officials, which makes us a target, but this work is too important to stop now. Please support our collective as we ready ourselves for another year of local journalism in the south. We run no ads and refuse all corporate backing. We’re just trans and nonbinary journalists depending on the support of our community, and we need your help.