<div>Like many groups in our city, the <a href="https://ashevilleblade.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Asheville Blade</a>  has faced serious struggles after Helene, long after the cameras left. We're a journalism co-op of working class trans folks. It has not been an easy year.
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<div>Amid exhaustion, poverty, illness and trauma we've still done incredible work. We told the story of utility workers <a href="https://ashevilleblade.com/?p=5238" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">striking</a> post-Helene when an exploitative company refused to pay them, covered pro-immigrant <a href="https://ashevilleblade.com/?p=5269" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">demonstrations</a>, reminded locals our city is <a href="https://ashevilleblade.com/?p=5282" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">worth fighting for</a>, investigated a <a href="https://ashevilleblade.com/?p=5287" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">corrupt cover-up</a> at the highest levels of the police department and analyzed how city government was <a href="https://ashevilleblade.com/?p=5315" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">making everything worse</a> to appease the wealthy. We've also expanded our social media coverage, collaborated with local radio and alerted the public about the ongoing risks of covid. We've just launched a <a href="https://ashevilleblade.com/?p=5349" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">series</a> contradicting the myths of a recovered city with a strong dose of reality.
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<div>But it still remains a serious challenge, given both the hardship we've endured as well as many of our working class supporters having to leave the city in the storm's aftermath. All this at a time when the people of our city need independent journalism more than ever. With your help we can make sure the <em>Blade</em> survives, and expands, in 2026.
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