As the global COVID-19 pandemic spread into rural communities earlier this year, states like West Virginia watched the number of emergency service calls drop as public spaces shut down and more people were either required or chose to stay at home. In the early months, suspected COVID-19 calls trickled in […]
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On Saturday, two gun-toting political groups planned to square off in downtown Louisville. NFAC, which stands for the Not F**king Around Coalition, had announced their plan to hold a march through the city earlier this month. Multiple 111%er militias took to social media to call on their members and like-minded […]
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The plan, according to a Facebook post, was to meet in the East Preston School parking lot at noon. The school district superintendent had given the organizers permission to park there, as long as the protest itself stayed on the sidewalk. At 11:59 a.m., the parking lot was empty. Across […]
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It’s been a month since protests, rallies and marches erupted in the streets of American cities and Appalachian communities to demand an end to police brutality and reforms to our criminal justice system. Not long after the demonstrations began, authorities began to use the term “outside agitators” to explain how […]
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