Jimmy Pan, 27, is a first-year student at the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine in Lewisburg, W. Va. He’s originally from Hong Kong, and now calls Charlotte, N.C. home. Pan says he’s voted in three presidential elections, but this time his pick was not the winner. He took a break […]
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‘You have to be hopeful,’ says Bernie Sanders supporter
Aimee Anderson, 23, works as a bartender at the Kanawha Lounge in Buckhannon, West Virginia. The television at the bar is always on Fox News and, as a Bernie Sanders supporter, Anderson described the election season as tense. Post inauguration Anderson said the atmosphere is quieter, “We still watch the news […]
Read More‘100 Days of US’ funds 25 community projects to start in first 100 days
Ryan Coon is a program officer with The Sprout Fund, a nonprofit organization based in Pittsburgh. He explained the ‘”100 Days of US” project. The Sprout Fund awarded $120,000 to 25 projects leading a civic response for the first 100 days of the new administration. Our team attended The Sprout Fund […]
Read MoreA community college president shares 10 things to do in the first 100 days
Dr. L. Marshall Washington, 47, is president of the New River Community and Technical College in Beaver, West Virginia. Washington was photographed in Lewisburg, West Virginia as part of a Martin Luther King celebration. Dr. Washington was the keynote speaker at the event. The following is an excerpt from the speech […]
Read MoreFor this gas industry worker, Trump is a ‘real dude’
Jimmy Palmer, 32, of Upshur County, West Virginia, works in the gas industry. Palmer ran a rig crew drilling for natural gas. Now he’s changing jobs to work at “the other end of it” where he manages the fluid coming out of the well. Palmer says he saves his money […]
Read MoreAppalachian Trump and Clinton voters pick their causes to march for women
Alice Dilbeck, 58, of Harvest, Alabama is retired from the software solutions industry. She traveled to Ohio to work on the Hillary Clinton campaign. After the election, Dilbeck was one of the local organizers for the Alabama chapter of the Women’s March on Washington. The Women’s March was a worldwide […]
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