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Why Middletown?

Middletown Media is an alternative news outlet with over 52 thousand global subscribers. We value in-depth investigative journalism and progressive articles.

Todd Smekens is the owner and publisher:

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In the 1930s, a sociological study called the “Middletown Studies” dubbed Muncie, Indiana the “microcosm of the USA.”

Many writers have traveled here to gain perspective about the USA’s ongoing “democracy” project – a decaying automotive hub turned UniverCity.

An oligarchic-controlled community where the aging class structure is easily identified as are the systemic racial boundaries.

The community struggles to create a new identity in a post-capitalist America.