This Thursday, President Trump will hold a rally in Huntington, West Virginia, and one of his supporters is now urging those who support the head of state to show up fully armed and shoot anyone...
officer
In America today, we sentence to prison people who chuckle at the Attorney General. We incarcerate more people than any other nation on the planet. And we fire police officers who refuse to shoot mentally...
schools
Going to school in Harrison County, West Virginia, can be a great experience full of hope and a bright outlook for the future. The only catch is that you need to make sure you live...
poverty
The weather-beaten ‘Trump 2016’ signs that litter my home state of West Virginia are in your face daily. People in WV showed up in force to vote for now President Donald Trump. WV is one...
Being a liberal, I am a loyal fan of Real Time with Bill Maher. The last two episodes contain references about West Virginia. In light of Congress' latest move to lift protections of streams from coal...
Racist West Virginia
Last month we brought you the lovely little tale of a racist woman in Clay, West Virginia, named Pamela Taylor. You may recall that Ms. Taylor went to her now deleted Facebook feed to spew...
coal
Recently, the Young Turks interviewed a young white millennial raised in the heart of America's coal country, and what he had to say is straight out of the Republican Party's worst nightmare. Nic Smith describes himself as...
Let’s begin with a few facts. Water is wet; the sun rises in the east and sets in the west; you shouldn’t wear white after Labor Day; and man-made climate change is not a myth. Now, let’s...
nonprofit
Racist posts are not okay and the people of West Virginia have spoken. They said "You're Fired" to Clay Mayor Beverly Whaling and nonprofit director Pamela Ramsey Taylor after a racist Facebook post by Taylor called First...