While surrounded by coal-state lawmakers and coal miners, President Trump signed a bill this week that rolls back an environmental rule designed to protect streams from coal mining debris. Miners wearing hard hats and overalls stood with politicians in suits during the bill signing at the Whitehouse. Senate majority leader […]
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Sanders takes on Trump at West Virginia book tour stop, says he’ll be back to McDowell County
The stories of the hardworking, blue collar West Virginians who looked to Trump as an outsider willing to change the political order in Washington have been told by both local and national media outlets, but the question now is whether he will stick to his word. At a Sunday night […]
Read MoreThis slice of ‘Trump Country’ isn’t hopping on the boycott Budweiser bandwagon
Inside the dimly lit Mason Jar Saloon nestled along U.S. 19 on the outskirts of Morgantown, West Virginia, billiard balls clang into one another while Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Simple Man” blares from the jukebox. The walls are plastered with signs supporting coal miners and touting American pride. One bears the slogan […]
Read MoreThis photography project aims to fight the stereotype that Appalachia equals poverty
Take a look through Roger May’s crowd-sourced photography project Looking at Appalachia and you’ll gain a perspective of the region in stark contrast with the images born out of President Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty a half century ago. Black and white images of Appalachians became the cornerstone a national narrative when […]
Read More‘Beyond Dire’: With marker in hand, West Virginia’s new governor delivers unconventional State of the State
In what may have been the most unconventional State of the State address in West Virginia history, Gov. Jim Justice warned that the state’s situation is “beyond dire” and that the Legislature must work with him to take bold steps — including $450 million in tax increases in the short-term […]
Read MoreNot so fast: 84 Lumber Super Bowl ad enrages, amazes, then confuses America
The Pennsylvania company 84 Lumber may have gotten more than it bargained for with their pro-immigration (or was it anti-immigration?) Super Bowl ad. Responses initially fell along political lines, condemned by some #MAGA viewers as condoning illegal immigration, while #NotMyPresident viewers gave a salute of respect for what they saw as the brand’s pro-immigration stance. And then […]
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